Advanced Nurse Practitioner - GP Walk In Centre

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the United Kingdom, employing approximately 40,000 staff across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health services to a population of over 1.15 million people, and to a wider population of 2.2 million when regional and national services are included.

The Role

The GP Walk in Centre is based at Cardonald Health centre in South Glasgow and will provide urgent primary care services to the local population. The service aims is to improve access, reduce pressure on GP practices, and minimise inappropriate Emergency Department attendances by offering rapid access to same-day assessment for patients unable to secure a GP appointment.

We are looking for motivated, enthusiastic Advanced Nurse Practitioners who have experience of working in primary care at an advanced level. Experience in Acute Care would be an additional advantage.

The Advanced Practitioner will practice autonomously in the assessment, diagnosis and appropriate management of patient presenting with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems. They will be supported by a team of GPs and nursing staff on site to deliver urgent care and appropriate interventions as required.

You need to have a live NMC UK pin in order to be considered for this post.

Duration, Location, and Working Pattern:

Location based Cardonald Health Centre

Fixed-term Contract for 12 months

Part-time position (24.5 hours per week & 16.5 hours per week)

Shift pattern for this post are:

24.5 hours per week - 3 days a week

16.5 hours per week - 2 days a week

Please note the salary is Pro Rata for part time hours.

Key Responsibilities

Assess each patient's needs and treat accordingly utilising evidence based practice. This will involve utilising highly developed clinical knowledge and advanced decision making skills to facilitate a full analysis and interpretation of the patient's history, presenting symptoms and results of clinical examination to ensure an accurate diagnosis and subsequent management plan.

Implement advanced clinical care, incorporating advanced clinical skills within agreed protocols and guidelines, and within this make decisions to admit, refer and discharge.

Apply high level decision-making and assessment skills to formulate appropriate differential diagnoses based on synthesis of clinical findings.

Possess the freedom and authority to request, where indicated using judgement and clinical reasoning, appropriate diagnostic tests / investigations based on differential diagnoses.

Interpret and analyse previously ordered results of tests/investigations and work collaboratively with other healthcare professionals when needed.

Adopt a multi-agency approach to provide person-centred care throughout the continuum of care.

Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details.

Knowledge, training, qualifications and/or experience required to do the job:

Essential

Registered Nurse on the NMC Register

Evidence of completion of Masters level education in Advanced Practice

Non-medical Prescriber V300

Proven experience of working in primary care at an advanced level

Professional registration with NMC/HCPC

Be recorded as a Non-medical Prescriber (V300) with the NMC

An appropriate Masters level qualification in Advanced Practice which has enabled competence in:

Clinical assessment

Clinical reasoning, judgement and diagnostic decision making

Anatomy and pathophysiology

Non medical prescribing- V300

Leading, delivering and evaluating care

Practice learning/transferable work based learning

Significant post-registration experience within a healthcare setting, some of which must be in acute care

An Advanced Nurse Practitioner with Primary Care experience

A commitment to lifelong learning and demonstrates evidence of continuing professional development

Basic Life Support (BLS) essential

Desirable

Can demonstrate experience in managing staff, leading a team, providing education and training and establishing a supportive, learning environment

Successful track record in working in multi-disciplinary team settings and promoting collaborative approaches to delivering excellent patient care

Immediate Life Support

What We Offer

We offer a wide range of supportive policies designed to enhance your employee journey, including a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to Work Scheme, bursary scheme and extensive learning and development opportunities.

As an NHS Scotland employee, you will be entitled to:

A minimum of 27 days annual leave, increasing with length of service, plus public holidays

Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme, including life insurance benefits

Salary Sacrifice Car Benefit Scheme

Development opportunities including study bursaries, e-learning and classroom-based courses

Enhanced pay for working public holidays

NHS discounts on a wide range of goods and services

Confidential employee support and assistance, including…