Job Title:
Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Job Summary:
The Advanced Nurse Practitioner will provide expert nursing skills and interventions, extending traditional nursing roles and responsibilities. This role requires significant experience, knowledge, and training to competently deliver care as an adjunct to medical colleagues, delivering safe, timely, evidence-based nurse-led care to patients at an advanced nursing level.
Key Responsibilities:
* Provide clinical leadership and initiate/implement changes in health services in response to patient needs.
* Develop a vision for epilepsy nursing practice and advance it beyond the current scope of practice.
* Contribute to strategic development of epilepsy management services to ensure high-quality nursing care for patients with neurological conditions.
* Advocate for advanced nursing practice in epilepsy through teaching in clinical areas, classrooms, and the wider multidisciplinary team/community.
* Ensure travel guidance aligns with national policy where applicable.
Demonstrated Competences:
* Domain 2: Clinical-Decision Making Competences - Enhance autonomous clinical decision-making through comprehensive holistic health assessments, synthesis of information, use of evidence-based investigations, and knowledge of therapeutic interventions.
* Domain 3: Knowledge and Cognitive Competences - Translate knowledge into clinical practice; educate others; demonstrate advanced practice leadership; participate in standards of practice, KPIs, and development of integrated care pathways.
* Domain 4: Communication and Interpersonal Competences - Communicate effectively across the healthcare team; lead in professional practice; facilitate clinical supervision and mentorship.
* Domain 5: Management and Team Competences - Promote quality care, seek feedback, implement practice changes, participate in quality forums, and promote awareness of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner role within the organization.
* Domain 6: Leadership and Professional Scholarship Competences - Lead in service planning, engage in health policy development, identify care gaps, and lead change management.
Qualifications:
* Statutory registration and professional qualifications as required.
* Broad clinical experience relevant to the advanced practice field.
* Demonstrates competences relevant to the specialist area of advanced practice.