Advanced Nurse Practitioner

The role will involve the assessment, diagnosis, treatment or referral of patients presenting with undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions. The post holder will work within the Advanced/Emergency Care Practitioners level of competency.

Job Responsibilities

• To provide triage, assessment, diagnosis, and appropriate treatment/referral to patients according to their needs, either in the Practice or patients homes.
• To support the development of an on the day emergency patient service within the Practice.
• To undertake and interpret diagnostics and take appropriate action to manage patient care, distinguishing between abnormal and normal findings in order to relate them to a possible diagnosis, using clinical guidelines as appropriate.
• To signpost appropriately to other services in the identified healthcare pathway.
• To refer patients to appropriate care settings, within locally agreed healthcare pathways.
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