Advanced Nurse Practitioner - GP Practice R1 (Annex 21)

Band 7 (£46,244 - £53,789)

NHS Borders, Darnick, Scottish Borders

Part time
Permanent

, 11 Sep | Get your application in now before you're too late!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

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Full Job Description

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Band 6 Trainee/Band 7 ANP

Are you innovative, enthusiastic, motivated and committed to providing high quality care and treatment?

Are you looking for the next challenge in your professional development? If so, we have an opportunity to join our Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) Team.

This ANP role will support the General Practitioners to deliver safe, effective and person-centred care to patients in a primary care setting.

The successful applicant will work in West Linton Medical Practice, or attend to patients in their own homes. There is also a commitment to the Four Pillars of Advanced Practice, allowing for the development of skills in education, mentoring, audit, leadership, and quality improvement.

Applicants will therefore be required to either;

Be working in an Advanced Practice role and have undertaken MSC (level 11) Advance Practice studies to PG Dip level or equivalent . This includes clinical assessment, decision making and non medical prescribing modules; or

Be an experienced nurse, working at Nurse Practitioner level, educated to degree level, and willing to complete your MSC (level 11) Advance Practice studies to PG Dip level.

You should have excellent communication skills, work autonomously utilising your own initiative, clinical judgement and decision making.

For further information please contact Sharon Dempsey on for further information or an informal discussion.

Please note this is a Trainee post, therefore Annex 21 applies*

For trainees covered by Annex 21 where the period of training lasts for between one and four years, pay will be as follows:

up to 12 months prior to completion of training: 75 per cent of the pay band maximum of the fully qualified rate;
more than one but less than two years prior to completion of training: 70 per cent of the pay band maximum of the qualified rate of the qualified;
more than two but less than three years prior to completion of training: 65 per cent of the pay band maximum for the qualified rate.
more than three years from completion of training: 60 per cent of the pay band maximum of the fully qualified rate.

For further guidance on Annex 21 please follow this link: Annex 21 Arrangements for pay and banding of trainees

Please note: the salary quoted is for full-time hours (37.5 hrs per week). For appointments to part-time hours, the salary will be pro-rata.

PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early