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This is an exciting development for the role of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) within Urgent Care Services Fife (UCSF).
As an Advanced Nurse Practitioner you will apply high levels of decision making to assess and treat paediatric and adult patients presenting in UCSF. 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 or prepared to work towards MSc level in an Advanced Nurse Practitioner Qualification and Independent Nurse Prescriber qualification and have completed or be prepared to complete the Acute Illness Course. 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. 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 UCSF hours will include a range of shift patterns which include, evenings, nights, weekends, day-time and public holidays. Travel across Fife will be required with UCSF centres at Queen Margaret Hospital, Victoria Hospital and St Andrews Hospital.
In return, we are fully committed to supporting you with orientation, access to Personal and professional Development Planning, clinical supervision, coaching and mentorship.
Annex 21; Trainees are paid a percentage of the pay band maximum for the qualified rate which is dependent on the duration of the training period (see annex 21 Terms and Conditions).
For informal enquiries please contact Fran Simpson- Lead Nurse, frances.simpson@nhs.scot or Kathryn Brunton- Senior ANP, Kathryn.brunton@nhs.scot
Please note the salary for this post is pro rata to part time hours.
A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.
NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.
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.