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“We have an exciting opportunity various positions Senior Advanced Nurse specialist NPD posts, one will be in Out of Hours and the other in Primary Care. Successful candidates will have completed Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Practice and be in the process of completing their dissertation. The posts will be based within South Lanarkshire and the primary care Senior ANP will be expected to travel across Lanarkshire to meet the needs of the service.”Will provide the assessment, examination, diagnosis, management, and treatment initiation to a range of adults and /or children.
As a senior clinician within the department, the senior advanced practitioner will also play an important part in leadership and teaching for both AHP, nursing, and medical staff. The post holder will provide leadership, clinical support, and advice to AHP, nursing, and junior medical staff, making appropriate referrals to, and coordinating the contribution of other members of the multi-professional team as well as providing specialist education, training to nurses, AHP’s, students and junior medical staff,
The post holder will commit to demonstrating critical thinking whilst providing safe, competent clinical decision-making skills. In order to work at this level, HCPC/NMC / GPHC requirements for advanced practice must be met. The senior advanced practitioner will provide direct patient management in collaboration and consultation with departmental consultants / General Practitioners.
Informal enquiries regarding the post will be welcomed by Christine Paterson at christine.paterson@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
If you have any queries regarding the application form or recruitment process email: recruitment.lanarkshire@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.
‘In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge, and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.’
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for an interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
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