Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join our highly respected and friendly practice team. Working 16 - 24hrs per week.

We are looking for a dynamic and committed Advanced Nurse Practitioner to work as part of the clinical team to support the delivery of high quality healthcare services to our patients. Experience of independent working in primary care and having a prescribing qualification is essential.

Interviews for this post will take place on 13th May 2025.

Main duties of the job

The Advanced Nurse Practitioner will be expected to undertake all duties and responsibilities associated with an Advanced Nurse Practitioner working within Primary Care, including (but not limited to):

Working as an autonomous, advanced practitioner, with an extended scope of practice. Supporting our experienced team to deliver care to patients in face to face consultations, telephone appointments and within their own homes on occasions.

Providing initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment plans for patients. Using evidence-based principles and current best practice.The role will involve independent prescribing within the scope of professional practice

Keeping comprehensive, accurate records that support the clinical reasoning process in the assessment and treatment of all patients.

Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, sharing clinical knowledge and experience. Ensuring all clinical practice is based on current clinical evidence. Demonstrating through day-to-day action a contemporary approach to Primary Care which is patient-centred, prudent and team-enabling.

About us

We are a thriving Practice including six GP partners. A well-established team including Salaried and Retained GPs, ANPs, Multiskilled Nursing Team, Pharmacy, Wellbeing Team and Mental Health Nurse. All supported by a fantastic Care Navigation and Admin Team. Providing high quality primary healthcare to a rural population of over 13,000 patients. We are innovative and forward-thinking practice and like to work collaboratively with our team and external partners to provide the best possible care to our patients.

Our practice is a friendly welcoming place to work, where you will feel part of a strong and supportive workforce. We pride ourselves on staff wellbeing. This being fundamental to the ethos of the Practice.

We offer an attractive annual leave entitlement, regular one to one meetings and yearly performance and development reviews. Birthday leave, paid sick leave after probationary period, and paid dependency leave (subject to management discussion). We also offer various social events throughout the year.

The Practice is an equal opportunities employer, and will not discriminate on the grounds of disability, sex, sexual orientation, race, religion or similar belief, or age.

Applicants applying for this role currently registered at Gillingham Medical Practice will be required to register with neighbouring practice if successful.

If you have not heard back from the Practice within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume you have not been successful.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical responsibilities

• Diagnosing and treating patients presenting with minor illness.
• Ensuring clinical practice is safe and effective and remains within boundaries of competence and to acknowledge limitations.
• Provide first point of contact within the practice for patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems, making use of advanced skills in history taking, physical examination, problem solving and clinical decision making to establish a diagnosis and management plan.

• Instigate necessary invasive and non-invasive diagnostic tests and investigations and interpret findings and action within own competence.

• Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, in a safe, effective and appropriate manner as defined by current legislative frameworks and local guidelines, and within scope of practice.

• Provide safe, evidence-based individualised care to the practice population.

• Refer patients directly to other services/agencies as appropriate.

• Work with the multi-disciplinary team within the practice and contribute to practice targets (local and national) with disease management agenda. E.g. QoF.

• Undertake scheduled home visits for patients unable to attend the surgery as agreed with the Duty GP and within scope of practice.

• Support other healthcare professionals within the practice and offer advice and guidance within area of competence.

Administration and professional responsibilities

• Ensure accurate and legible notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patients notes.
• Ensure the clinical computer system is kept up to date with accurate details recorded and amended.
• Dealing appropriately with results and clinical letters for patients under your care.
• Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration.
• Attend and participate in practice meetings as required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Please refer to Person Specification attached for essential and desirable criteria.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Gillingham Medical Practice

Address

Barn Surgery

Newbury

Gillingham

Dorset

SP8 4XS

Employer's website

https://www.gillinghamsurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)