Advance Nurse Practitioner

The Methodist Church in Britain; West Town; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 54,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development opportunities

Shared learning within the practice

Supervising and educating medical-stud

Above-average earnings

Job summary

Middleway Surgery is seeking an Advanced Nurse Practitioner for a 32-hour per week contract, focusing on autonomous assessment and management of acute and chronic conditions. The post includes prescribing, chronic disease reviews, and referrals within a supportive GP team.

The role requires an ALNP credential or equivalent, an independent prescriber registration, and experience in chronic disease management and patient safety. Aimed at enhancing primary care delivery.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree via ALNP credentialing or an advanced practice degree.
• Minor illness qualification.
• Enhanced-level working per the relevant framework.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose and manage acute conditions; start treatment plans.
• Prescribe as an independent or supplementary prescriber and review medicines.
• Deliver chronic disease reviews and run chronic disease clinics.
• Request, process and interpret pathology results and act on them.
• Support home visits and online triage and duty team.
• Participate in clinical emergencies and support the team.
• Ensure patient safety and coordinate referrals when needed.

Skills

Independent prescribing

Chronic disease management

Autonomous practice

Clinical assessment

Education

ALNP Master’s credentialing

Minor illness qualification

Advanced practice framework experience

Job description

Middleway Surgery, a general medical services practice in Par, is recruiting an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to its clinical team on an initial 12-month contract. The post centres on autonomous assessment and management of patients with acute and chronic conditions, including chronic disease reviews, prescribing and onward referral. It is a 32-hour role built around 15-minute appointments and a daily home visit, working alongside GPs and other practice clinicians. Fit depends on advanced-level nursing qualifications and independent prescribing registration.

What the job involves

• Assess, diagnose and manage patients with acute and chronic conditions, prioritising needs and starting treatment plans
• Provide advanced nursing care in line with evidence, NICE guidance and national standards
• Recognise deterioration, manage risk, and escal ?de? or refer to secondary and specialist care
• Prescribe as an independent or supplementary prescriber and review medicines
• Request, process and interpret pathology and test results, acting on them
• Deliver chronic disease reviews, run chronic disease clinics and maintain registers with call/recall
• Identify patients at risk of long-term conditions and support prevention
• Recognise, assess and refer patients with mental health needs or substance misuse
• Participate in clinical emergencies and support the team
• Carry out chaperoning and support vaccination programmes
• Deliver well woman and well man clinics and health promotion
• Support home visits and the online triage and duty team

Qualifications

• Master's degree for qualification after December 2020 via RCN ALNP credentialing, or an advanced practice degree if qualified before December 2020
• Minor illness qualification
• Evidence of enhanced-level working per the Primary Care and General Practice Nursing Career and Core Capabilities Framework

Registration & licences

• Registered nurse with current NMC registration and revalidation
• Qualified independent nurse prescriber on the NMC register

Experience

• Understanding of general practice and the wider NHS
• Experience of practice within the four pillars
• Experience of leading chronic disease management
• Experience of prescribing and undertaking medication reviews
• Experience of infection prevention and control measures
• Experience of quality initiatives, such as benchmarking

Skills & knowledge

• Understanding of the importance of evidence-based practice
• Ability to promote best practice in nursing matters
• Clinical skills in ECGs, venepuncture, chaperoning, requesting and processing pathology, and advising patients
• Clinical knowledge of diabetes, hypertension, asthma, spirometry, CHD and women's health (cervical cytology, contraception)
• Working within own scope of practice and knowing when to refer to GPs

Nice to have

• Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
• Appreciation of the NHS landscape, including the relationship between organisations, PCNs and commissioners
• Qualified triage nurse
• Teaching qualification
• ALS and PALS

What's offered

• Professional development opportunities
• Shared learning within the practice
• Involvement in supervising and educating medical students
• Above-average earnings, as stated by the practice