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ANP bank ( various hours) for our expanding ANP team that covers NHS Lanarkshire in hours urgent care and Lanarkshire's OOH service. Base Almada street, work base various. Shift Pattern 24/7 adhoc.
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 assessment and treatment of patients in 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 patient and his/her family, 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.
Applicants will be NMC registered Nurse, have a minimum of SCQF level 11 Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Practice (including V300 prescribing) and have evidence of completion of an appropriate Advanced Practice Competency Framework.
In addition, you will have a significant and demonstrable level of clinical practice and ongoing employment within primary/urgent/emergency care, including 1 year at an Advanced Practice level.
Successful candidates would need to provide ongoing evidence of practice in line with NMC requirements, and local governance, this would encompass mini-clinical exams, case based discussions, reflections on prescribing.
Please note, you will be required to undertake an assessment and interview. Full details of the assessment will be provided prior to the day. These are envisaged to take place in December 2022 (5th or 6th).
Start dates and an induction plan will be negotiated with successful candidates on an individual basis.
Informal enquiries are encouraged and should be directed to the Advanced Practice Senior Nurses or OOHs Service manager via the email
Robert Campbell, Senior Nurse, Urgent care, Robert.Campbell2@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
Pamela Buddy, Service manager, Out of Hours, Pamela.Buddy@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
Joanne McGregor, Senior Nurse, Out of hours, joanne.mcgregor@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
‘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 interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
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