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West Dunbartonshire seeks to recruit Advanced Nurse Practitioners, or experienced Band 6 Nurses who are keen to develop their existing clinical knowledge and skills to become an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in General Practice (Unscheduled Care).
This is an exciting new role within our HSCP, and has been developed with our GP partners as a component of the new GP contract, under the West Dunbartonshire HSCP Primary Care Implementation Plan.
These nurses will be employed by the HSCP and work closely with and in our GP practices to deliver unscheduled care within General Practice, enhancing the delivery of partnership working.
You will be expected to work as an autonomous practitioner, and the Job Description should be fully read to inform the breadth and depth of skills and also the opportunities that this role brings to developing your nursing career.
The role allows for full ownership of the complete clinical care of your patients, utilising an expert knowledge base and extensive clinical competencies, and also offers in reach with the multi-professional teams within West Dunbartonshire HSCP, and across other relevant partners in care e.g. Acute Services.
If successful applicants do not currently have the ANP PgD, the HSCP will support them through the ANP qualification (the successful candidates will be trainee ANP’s at Band 6 until qualified, moving to Band 7 on qualification), with identified GP practices ready to act as training practices throughout the 2 year PgD.
We are committed to this role, and will provide regular clinical supervision and close team working with the Senior Nurse, Nurse Team Leaders and GP’s in the training practices to ensure that staff are supported and nurtured to their full potential.
The hours of this post are 37.5 hours per week, mainly worked Monday to Friday between the hours of 8.30 am and 6pm, however there may be a requirement to work over weekends and public holidays.
We encourage expressions of interest via phone calls, and informal visits can be arranged to allow you to meet the Senior Nursing Team and the trainee GP practices prior to interview.
Annex 21 T&C will take effect should not all aspects of ANP training be completed prior to the uptake of the post therefore the applicant will be a ANP in training.
FOR APPLICANTS, WHERE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ANNEX 21 T&Cs WILL RESULT IN A PAY INCREASE
You are a trainee and as such, your pay is determined as a percentage of the pay for qualified staff, in accordance with Annex 21 of the Agenda for Change terms and conditions.
FOR INTERNAL APPLICANTS, WHERE THE APPLICATION OF THE ABOVE PARAGRAPH RESULTS IN A LOWER SALARY
You will retain your existing salary point (in the training post's band), with incremental progression based on your existing incremental date, for the duration of the training period.
Following completion of training, you will progress to the first pay point which gives an increase and your incremental date will be adjusted to the date of the completion of your training.
Informal Contact: Fiona Taylor, Senior Nurse, Tel No: 07766085272
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs .
EU Settlement Scheme
EU, EEA or Swiss nationals are strongly encouraged to join the EU Settlement Scheme prior to 30th June 2021. As part of the recruitment process, you will be required to produce proof of your EU Settlement status from 1st July 2021 to demonstrate your Right to Work in the United Kingdom.
Existing employees may be asked to provide evidence of their EU Settlement Status from 1st July 2021.
Further information: https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.