Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 267-BM6357024
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Whiteleaf Centre / Saffron House
- Town
- Aylesbury / High Wycombe
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 Per annum | Pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Buckinghamshire
Band 7
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Job overview
Within the Bucks memory clinics, the current dementia diagnosis and treatment pathway is applied for all referrals, irrespective of presenting needs or complexity, and involves a mix of clinicians, delivering a range of functions. The AP role enhances this by offering a pathway to people with non-complex needs, where the assessment, diagnosis and treatment functions continue to be incorporated into one consultation.
This is consistent with the current ‘one-stop shop’ model’.
The Advanced Practitioner (AP) role builds on and compliments the existing clinical skill mix and assessment / diagnosis / treatment pathway with the addition of a health care professional who can assess, diagnose, and treat dementia within one contact. Where the diagnosis is not clear, the role has access to a clear escalation structure.
Main duties of the job
The AP will be an existing independent prescriber or be prepared to undertake suitably accredited training. They will need to be experienced in titrating mediation and prescribing any alternative medication as part of ongoing treatment options.
The AP will need to successfully complete the Advanced Practice in Dementia Masters Module at Brookes University or have completed a similar accredited post-graduate course with content that directly evidences competency in the non-medical diagnosis of dementia.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• Provide a diagnosis of dementia where appropriate following completion of a comprehensive clinical
assessment and within the bounds of the agreed protocol and/or pathway within the service.
• Ensure the diagnostic assessment undertaken in cases of suspected dementia which includes comprehensive history taking, review of radiological reports, cognitive blood screening test results and ECG, as
appropriate for the individual being assessed.
• Communicate the diagnosis sensitively to the person with dementia and relevant others. Inform the
referring clinician of the diagnosis, including subtype, through provision of effective clinical reports.
• Prescribe medication as an independent prescriber within their own sphere of competence and the
bounds of their approved prescribing status in accordance with the Trust non-medical prescribing policy.
• Review the efficacy of memory enhancing medication that has been prescribed for service users in line
with the service pathway & protocol.
• Promote patient choice and understanding when delivering a diagnosis or prescribing medicines,
including provision of high-quality information both written and verbal to support this.
• Recognise the limits of their own expertise and (in line with the local protocol/ pathway for assessment
of suspected dementia), request additional assessments from more senior multi-professional colleagues
when required in the context of complex case presentations or circumstances of diagnostic uncertainty.
• Access regular caseload and clinical supervision (as identified within the local service protocol/pathway),
to summarise, present and discuss diagnostic assessments that have been completed with a senior
medical practitioner within the service and/ or nurse specialist (where appropriate).
• Ensure that the patient’s GP is notified of any changes to that patient’s prescription, including
commencement of any new medication in accordance with Trust policy.
• In the event of adverse drug reaction, to be accountable for ensuring that the GP/Consultant is advised
accordingly.
• Provide advice and support to other clinicians acting as a source of expertise.
• Participate in and undertake clinical supervision for junior members of the team within the service on a
regular basis.
• To keep accurate, professional patient records and to update in a timely way
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Nursing Degree
- NMP
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working in Memory Clinic
- Experience of Non-Medical Prescribing
- Experience of delivering diagnosis
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of up to date prescribing guidelines
- Knowledge of dementia
- Knowledge of post diagnostic support
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
- Ceri Potter
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Telephone number
- 07796 993189
- Additional information
At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
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