Advanced Nurse Practitioner

The Methodist Church in Britain; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS fleet scheme

Salary sacrifice

Enhanced access shifts

Job summary

Langton Medical Group is seeking an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join its general practice team, serving three surgery sites. The post-holder will assess, diagnose and treat patients with undifferentiated problems, and prescribes within scope with minimal GP oversight.

The role requires previous general practice experience and offers access to NHS fleet scheme and salary sacrifice, with opportunities to take enhanced access shifts.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in general practice.
• The role is open to both experienced practitioners and those recently qualified.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose and treat patients with undifferentiated, undiagnosed and complex health problems.
• Initiate, review and adjust treatment plans, including prescribing within scope of practice.
• Manage acute, minor and long-term conditions independently, referring or liaising with GPs or secondary care.
• Request, perform and interpret pathology, ECGs and other diagnostic investigations.
• Lead chronic disease management and QOF targets through reviews and recall, and identify patients at risk of long-term conditions.
• Promote prevention, self-care and health education in line with public health strategies.
• Contribute to clinical governance, including audits, significant event reviews and evidence-based practice.
• Help develop clinical protocols, service innovation and quality improvement across the practice.
• Keep accurate, timely clinical records, including SNOMED CT coding.
• Mentor and supervise junior clinicians, students and other practice staff.
• Support safeguarding matters and work with the multidisciplinary team, attending clinical, MDT and practice meetings.

Skills

Assess and treat

Prescribing within scope

Chronic disease management

SNOMED CT coding

Tools

Pathology requests

ECG interpretation

Clinical governance

Job description

This Advanced Nurse Practitioner post sits within Langton Medical Group's general practice team, which covers three surgery sites. The post-holder assesses, diagnoses and treats patients with undifferentiated problems, prescribes, and manages acute, minor and long-term conditions largely without direct GP oversight. The role is open to both experienced practitioners and those recently qualified, and previous general practice experience is required.

What the job involves

• Assess, diagnose and treat patients with undifferentiated, undiagnosed and complex health problems
• Initiate, review and adjust treatment plans, including prescribing within scope of practice
• Manage acute, minor and long-term conditions independently, referring or liaising with GPs or secondary care
• Request, perform and interpret pathology, ECGs and other diagnostic investigations
• Lead chronic disease management and QOF targets through reviews and recall, and identify patients at risk of long-term conditions
• Promote prevention, self-care and health education in line with public health strategies
• Contribute to clinical governance, including audits, significant event reviews and evidence-based practice
• Help develop clinical protocols, service innovation and quality improvement across the practice
• Keep accurate, timely clinical records, including SNOMED CT coding
• Mentor and supervise junior clinicians, students and other practice staff
• Support safeguarding matters and work with the multidisciplinary team, attending clinical, MDT and practice meetings

What's required

Experience

• Previous experience in general practice

What's offered

• Access to NHS fleet scheme and salary sacrifice
• Access to extra shifts through enhanced access