Advanced Practitioner

2 weeks ago


Oakham, United Kingdom Market Overton & Somerby Surgeries Full time

**Hours and salary (dependent on experience) are negotiable.**_
- A list size of 20,000
- SystmOne
- Participation in a wide range of Enhanced Services
- Provision of a Minor Injuries Unit for Rutland
- Payment of practice indemnity cover
- NHS Pension

The Advanced Practitioner (AP) will act autonomously within their professional scope of practice providing care for patients face to face, telephone consultations and home visits. The post holder will operate within their own sphere of competence and agreed acceptable limits of practice to provide expert professional clinical advice to patients, carers and colleagues, ensuring clinical safety and excellence.

The Advanced Practitioner may come from a range of professional backgrounds including nursing, pharmacy and paramedic. The post holder will attend to people with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems and will need to prioritise and triage accordingly. The post holder will use skills, knowledge and competencies as a qualified Advanced Practitioner in order to be responsible and accountable for managing patient caseloads for treatments including prescribing, referral and admission.

The post-holder will work within the clinical team and help to develop an on the day service for patients to enhance overall patient care.

The post holder will have the required level of training and competence and will work within patient group directions where these are available.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 25 per week

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday