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Various permanent vacancies have arisen for an Advanced Nurse Practioner to join the hard-working but rewarding Out of Hours Team @ Douglas Street, Hamilton.
This is an exciting opportunity to enhance your clinical knowledge & skills in order to develop your professional career.
The shift pattern will cover flexible rotational shifts and hours, therefore a full valid UK driving license holder would be essential to meet the needs of the service.
The Advanced Practitioners will work autonomously across Primary, Community, and Acute Services during the in and out of hours period, covering seven days including public holidays. They will be responsible for the clinical decision-making for the population including the assessment and treatment of patients across the Primary, Community, and Acute settings.
The Advanced Practitioner will work closely with the multidisciplinary team (MDT)/medical staff including the OOH Hub and Acute Services. Communicate on a daily basis about any patient they have seen overnight/ at weekend and who needs to be followed up by the GP / Acute Services during normal working hours.
The Advanced Practitioner provides assessment, clinical care, and management of both stable and acutely unwell patients and/or their families, making complex, autonomous decisions using advanced skills and knowledge, having overall responsibility for the assessment of care needs and the delivery of advanced care. Medical telehealth/telephone support will be available when required from an identified source.
The successful candidate will demonstrate the following Knowledge, Training, and/or Experience:
Registered Nurse / AHP / Pharmacist with valid NMC/HCPC / GPHC Registration.
Educated to/working towards/operating at Masters Level.
Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced clinical practice and expertise within specialty/area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently.
Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the specialty.
Advanced Specialist knowledge and experience of relevant conditions, pathology, policies, and procedures associated with the specialty/area of practice ensuring that the level of expertise can be utilised to deliver leadership within the specialty.
Evidence of application of advanced practice skills in specialty and applying clinical judgment.
Evidence of further developed knowledge and experience in management and/or leadership.
Further education/evidence of Continuous Professional Development in the area of specialty including study days/courses/postgraduate qualification.
Possess excellent team-working/leadership skills and have the ability to motivate and influence others and work using their own initiative.
Excellent listening, communication, and interpersonal skills and effective time management skills.
Working knowledge of basic information technology.
Informal enquiries regarding the post will be welcomed by Jane Mc Donald, Senior Charge Nurse email: Jane.McDonald@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: that 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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