Job overview
Are you an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner looking for a new challenge?
Do you want to work for an organisation that will fully support you in your career development?
We want you to work for us.
The Division of Medicine are currently recruiting an ANP post to complement our existing Multi-Disciplinary Teams within Gastroenterology.
Applicants with a Gastroenterology or General Medicine background would be particularly encouraged, however as part of our ambition to expand our ANP workforce, candidates from other backgrounds are also encouraged to apply.
Main duties of the job
- Initiate and undertake preliminary investigations, under agreed protocols, following clinical assessment e.g. appropriate blood analysis, Chest x-ray, ECG, GI studies, and cardiovascular investigations.
- Implement decisions made by senior medical staff.
- Undertake advanced diagnostic and therapeutic procedures under agreed protocols.
- Independently perform clinical review and formulate individual care and management plans.
- Obtain consent for treatment/procedure as required.
- Complete discharge summaries to General Practitioner.
- Make appropriate referrals to specialties and professions allied to medicine both autonomously and on behalf of consultants.
- Undertake research and audit within the service as required.
- Develop practice-based protocols to lead advanced level of professional practice in care.
- Implement and undertake training programmes for health professionals using specialist knowledge and skills.
- Advocate health promotion strategies and modification of lifestyles/behaviour in terms of prevention of deterioration in disease process.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Advanced Nurse Practitioner position available at WUTH.