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Advanced Nurse Practitioner
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Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) - Walk-In Service (Urgent Care)
This is an exciting development for the role of Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) within the Walk-In Service (Urgent Care). There are various hours available (minimum 30 hrs per week).
As an Advanced Nurse Practitioner, you will apply high levels of decision making to assess and treat paediatric and adult patients presenting to the Walk-in Service. As part of the senior clinical team, you will ensure patient health needs are met through the autonomous provision of diagnosis and the management of patient conditions through assessment, treatment, and review planning process. This will be facilitated in partnership with patients, carers and families. This role involves providing specialist advice and education to healthcare professionals, other agencies, carers, clients and relatives. Within this role you will also be required to work collaboratively across healthcare boundaries to develop the service to improve practice, implementing and evaluating evidence-based standards, guidelines and policy.
This is an exciting opportunity to develop nursing practice within community based urgent care. As a Registered General Nurse with substantial post registration experience, you will be educated towards MSc level in an Advanced Nurse Practitioner Qualification and Independent Nurse Prescriber qualification, or hold relevant clinical experience. You will also have experience supporting the professional development of others including teaching, clinical supervision and the application of research and audit underpinned by a strong knowledge of current Urgent Care issues. Excellent professional leadership, team working, advanced clinical assessment and decision-making skills are all key to this role.
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You will be flexible to the needs of the role and service and will support the Lead Nurse in developing the service to assure safe, patient centred and effective care delivery applying the 4 pillars of practice at an advanced level.
To meet the needs of the Walk-In Service (Urgent Care) hours will include weekend working. Travel across Fife will be required with centres at QMH, VHK and St Andrews.
In return, we are fully committed to supporting you with orientation, access to Personal and Professional Development Planning, clinical supervision, coaching and mentorship.
About the Role
- Location: Fife
- Centres: QMH, VHK, St Andrews
- Hours: Weekend working
- Qualifications: Educated towards MSc level in an Advanced Nurse Practitioner Qualification and Independent Nurse Prescriber qualification, or hold relevant clinical experience.
Responsibilities
- Apply high levels of decision making to assess and treat paediatric and adult patients.
- Ensure patient health needs are met through autonomous provision of diagnosis and management of patient conditions.
- Provide specialist advice and education to healthcare professionals, other agencies, carers, clients and relatives.
- Work collaboratively across healthcare boundaries to develop the service.
- Implement and evaluate evidence-based standards, guidelines and policy.
Requirements
- Registered General Nurse with substantial post registration experience.
- Educated towards MSc level in an Advanced Nurse Practitioner Qualification and Independent Nurse Prescriber qualification, or hold relevant clinical experience.
- Experience supporting the professional development of others including teaching, clinical supervision and the application of research and audit.
- Strong knowledge of current Urgent Care issues.
- Excellent professional leadership, team working, advanced clinical assessment and decision-making skills.
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Benefits
- Support in orientation, Personal and Professional Development Planning.
- Access to clinical supervision, coaching and mentorship.
Application Information
For informal enquiries: please contact Kerin Bell, Lead Nurse at kerin.bell@nhs.scot for Urgent Care Services.
A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigration Service.
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.
We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
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