Advanced Clinical Practitioner/Advanced Nurse Practitioner

West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group; Chipping Ongar; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Peer support

Supportive environment

Job summary

West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group is seeking an experienced advanced nurse practitioner to join Ongar Health Centre's multidisciplinary team. You will practice with autonomy, use advanced clinical skills and act as an independent prescriber to deliver high‑quality primary care.

We offer a supportive environment, flexible working hours, and opportunities for professional development, supervision networks, and leadership in a busy GP setting near Ongar.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with NMC registration and ANP/ACP qualifications.
• Independent prescriber with ability to manage patients autonomously.
• Experience leading in a multidisciplinary primary care team.

Responsibilities

• Practice independently in accordance with NMC code and guidelines, referring to GPs as needed.
• Assess, diagnose and treat patients with advanced autonomous skills.
• Prescribe safely as an independent prescriber within regulations.
• Lead education and supervision of other healthcare staff and students.
• Promote health and wellbeing through health education and screenings.

Skills

NMC registration

Independent prescriber

ANP qualification

ACP qualification

Autonomy in practice

Education

NMC registered nurse

ANP/ACP qualification

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

About the Role

Ongar Health Centre is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic advanced nurse practitioner to join our friendly team of 4 GP partners, 1 advance nurse practitioner, 4 practice nurses, 2 HCAs and a large administrative team. This is offered on a full‑time basis.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Practice independently in accordance with the NMC code of conduct and with reference to practice guidelines, appropriately referring to GP’s.
• Deliver a high standard of patient care, using advanced autonomous clinical skills, and a broad and in-depth theoretical knowledge base.
• Assess, diagnose and treat patients’ conditions, initiating direct referrals as appropriate.
• Provide expert advice to patients, carers and colleagues.
• Provide the opportunity for you to develop innovative concepts, models, methods and practices to help deliver improved primary care to our practice population.
• Promote health and well‑being through the use of health promotion, health education, screening and therapeutic communication skills.
• As an independent prescriber: to prescribe safe, effective and appropriate medication as defined by current legislative framework.
• Lead and under research and audits.
• Provide leadership, education and training to different healthcare professionals, staff and students.
• As a vital part of our multidisciplinary team, you will have the opportunity to support and care for a diverse patient group
• Ensure continuation of own personal and professional development facilitated by utilisation of clinical supervision networks.
• Provide general and specific health screenings to the practice patients (within agreed protocols) with referral to general practitioners as necessary.
• Support practice to achieve QOF
• Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the practice team.
• Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration with the practice.
• Maintain effective liaison with other agencies and staff concerned with patient care and with all other disciplines within the practice, with appropriate regard to confidentiality.

If you are an experienced advanced nurse practitioner looking for an exciting new change in career, then we would love to hear from you.

About the Candidate

The candidate must demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision-making process, must be an independent nurse prescriber, & have a consultation & assessment/diagnostic qualification.

You will:

• be a registered general practice nurse, with current NMC registration
• hold a recognised ANP or ACP qualification & work as an independent prescriber
• work with a high degree of autonomy and be confident in leading in a variety of settings
• be skilled in reviewing, diagnosing & treating minor ailments
• use and further develop your teaching and mentoring experience/qualifications, through your leadership of others
• be forward-thinking & strive to develop innovative ideas & new ways of working, that address the health needs of the practice, whilst motivating and encouraging others to do the same.
• As an excellent communicator & collaborator, you will embrace opportunities to work & liaise across multi‑professional and agency boundaries in the interests of improving patient outcomes.
• In addition to your highly developed clinical skills, your approach in the role will be consistently compassionate and respectful placing a high value on the dignity of patients, relatives, carers and colleagues.
• Compassionate, empathetic approach and demonstrable kindness in all aspects of your work as well as valuing the dignity of our patients, relatives, carers and colleagues.
• Knowledge and application of supporting long‑term conditions.
• Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and NHS.

About Us

Working from purpose‑built premises, we are an established dispensing and training practice rated Good with CQC, with the use of SystmOne computer system looking after 12,700 patients in Ongar and surrounding areas.

Supporting your work life balance and professional development is important to us, we can offer the following benefits:

• Supportive and friendly environment
• Flexible working hours
• Peer support

We use SystmOne clinical system and are rated Good with CQC.

Please email John Godleman, Operations Manager at [e-mail]

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.