Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 270-TF445-MH-A
- Employer
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Community Team for People with a Learning Disability
- Town
- Northampton
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 pa, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Band 7
Job overview
A unique and rare opportunity has arisen for an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join the Learning Disability Service working across Northamptonshire to support primary care services and undertake Annual Health Checks for 14+ with a Learning Disability. The expansion of the community team is part of the national community transformation process evolving in line with the NHS Long Term Plan. This is an exciting opportunity to be at the heart of responding to national change and developments in the delivery of care for those with a Learning Disability.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will combine high level assessment to make a diagnosis, initiate medical and/or nursing treatments, refer appropriately and lead the co-ordination of care working with partner agencies and key stakeholders. You will be expected to support colleagues and be responsible for non-medical prescribing, managing an age inclusive caseload, facilitate clinics and use a holistic clinical assessment approach. You will also manage the implementation of a range of care interventions for service users presenting with undifferentiated or undiagnosed problems.
Working for our organisation
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located in the Supporting Documents section. The full person specification can be accessed under the "About You" section of the document.
Person specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of significant experience working in a healthcare setting at a senior clinical level.
- Independent Nurse Prescriber
- Knowlegable in relation to clinical governance and prescribing
- RGN
Desirable criteria
- Data analysis, identifies and uses appropriate analytical methods to ensure the successful analysis of data.
- Knowledge of change management tools and able to demonstrate ability to influence change and affect change through others
- Understanding of practices that promote self-care management, behaviour change and independent living
- Understanding/Experience of patients with Learning Disabilities
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Holder of UK Driving licence
- Experience of SystmOne Electronic Patient record system
- Able to use a range of IT software (capable of producing reports/documents/presentations)
- Demonstated ability to have knowledge of and be able to identify, diagnose functional capability.
- Previous experience of delivery of outcome measures to reduce health inequalities in people with long term conditionss
Desirable criteria
- Highly developed presentation skills
- Teaching, coaching and mentorship skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kirsty Clarke
- Job title
- Interim Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07894 816194
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