Advanced Nurse Practitioner Epsom
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Job summary
Integrated Care Partnership is recruiting an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to lead the nursing team across several primary care sites in Epsom and surrounding areas. You will assess patients, prescribe where appropriate, and develop care plans in partnership with patients and the wider clinical team.
The role offers permanent status, flexible patterns (full-time or part-time), and a pay scale that reflects experience. You will work autonomously within current NHS guidelines and MDT settings.
Qualifications
- Registered Nurse with NMC.
- Advanced Practice qualification preferred.
- Experience in chronic disease management.
Responsibilities
- Lead the nursing team and provide mentorship.
- Develop training plans for nursing staff.
- Undertake specialist clinical assessments and referrals.
- Manage patients with acute and chronic conditions.
- Ensure adherence to safeguarding policies.
- Prescribe within own scope of practice and review meds.
Skills
Education
Job description
The ANP provides an opportunity for patients to avoid the need to be referred to a GP, thereby enabling them to receive timely care and negate unnecessary delay in receiving treatment.
ANPs in primary care can develop close, long-term relationships with their patients and work in partnership with them to achieve optimum health. They are autonomous in making decisions based on assessment, diagnosis and the interpretation of test results. They can independently prescribe appropriate medication, evaluate or refer to other specialists if necessary.
They have been assessed as competent in practice using their expert clinical knowledge and skills. They have the freedom and authority to act and make autonomous decisions in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients.
To clinically manage and support the nursing team.
- Clinically lead, mentor and support all members of the nursing team (nurses, nurse associates & HCAs), providing guidance when necessary
- Undertake training needs analysis and implement training and development plans for the nursing team members
- Conduct appraisals, in collaboration with the Operations Manager, for the nursing team
- To independently undertake specialised clinical assessments, diagnose, treat and discharge, or appropriately refer, patients with a wide range of acute and chronic illnesses.
- To ensure patients are fully involved in the design and implementation of their treatment plans.
- To ensure effective coordination and liaison with multidisciplinary teams across primary and secondary care, statutory and voluntary disciplines/groups to provide a seamless service to patients and their carers and prevent hospital admission where urgent care is required
- To adapt styles of communication appropriately to promote empowerment, self-management, and health education for patients.
- To attend clinical meetings as required.
- To be a source of clinical expertise to less experienced staff within the team.
- To delegate duties/tasks to other members of staff where appropriate.
- Provide specialist advice relating to minor illness and/or injury to local healthcare teams, patients, relative, and carers.
ICP is a patient focused and pro-active community-based provider. We are a standalone Primary Care Network and are looking to increase the team of clinicians and GPs working within the Practice.
ICP has a strong commitment to delivering high quality community-oriented services, and to working in partnership with service users, carers, health and social care agencies and voluntary agencies.
Date posted: 18 August 2026
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: Depending on experience
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: A1829-26-0005
Job locations: The Old Cottage Hospital, Alexandra Road, Epsom, KT17 4BL, United Kingdom; Stoneleigh Medical Centre, 24 Stoneleigh Broadway, EPSOM, Surrey, KT17 2HU, United Kingdom; Integrated Care Partnership, Cox Lane, EPSOM, Surrey, KT19 9PS, United Kingdom; Fitznells Manor Surgery, 2 Chessington Road, Ewell, EPSOM, Surrey, KT17 1TF, United Kingdom
- Develop, implement and embed health promotion and wellbeing programme
- Manage patients presenting with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions, providing subject matter expert advice
- Implement and evaluate individual specialised treatment plans for chronic disease patients
- Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects to the patients health
- Provide advanced, specialist nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF
- Be aware of duties and responsibilities regarding current legislation and adhere to practice policies and procedures on Safeguarding Adults and Safeguarding Children
- Request and collect pathological specimens. Upon receipt, to process and interpret pathology and other test results as required
- Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required
- Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation ensuring that SNOMED CT codes are used effectively
- Maintain chronic disease registers and implement and embed an effective call/recall system
- Develop, implement and embed well woman and well man clinics
- Chaperone patients where necessary
- Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
- Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
- Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
- Support in the provision of vaccination programmes for both adults and children
- Be an extended and supplementary prescriber, adhering to extant guidance
- Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice), reviewing annually as required
- Contribute to practice targets (QOF, etc.), complying with local and regional guidance
- Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients, etc.)
- Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and that the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)
- Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately
- Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate
- Clinically lead, mentor and support all members of the nursing team (nurses, nurse associates & HCAs), providing guidance when necessary
- Undertake training needs analysis and implement training and development plans for the nursing team members
- Conduct appraisals, in collaboration with the Operations Manager, for the nursing team
- Drive the development of nursing services within the organisation, liaising with external agencies and professional organisations as required
- Support and participate in shared learning within the organisation
There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks, this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels
- Registered Nurse with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
- Masters degree required for qualification post December 2020 refer to RCN Credentialing for Advanced Level of Nursing Practice (ALNP) or, a degree for Advanced Practice Qualification up to December 2020
- Qualified Independent Nurse Prescriber on the NMC register
- Has evidence of working at an enhanced level, as described in the Primary Care and General Practice Nursing Career and Core Capabilities Framework
- Meets NMC revalidation requirements in accordance with the NMC Revalidation booklet
- Confirmation of registration with the NMC
- Minor illness qualification
- Qualified triage nurse
- Teaching qualification
- ALS and PALS
- Understanding of general practice and the wider NHS
- Experience of practice within the four pillars
- Experience of leading in chronic disease management
- Experience of prescribing and undertaking medication reviews
- Experience of infection prevention and control measures
- Experience of quality initiatives, i.e., benchmarking
- Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
- An appreciation of the new NHS landscape including the relationship between individual organisations, PCNs and the commissioners
- Understanding of the importance of evidence-based practice
- Ability to promote best practice regarding nursing matters
- Clinical knowledge and skills including:
- ECGs
- Venepuncture
- New patient medicals
- Chaperone procedure
- Requesting and processing pathology tests
- Advising patients accordingly
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Asthma
- Spirometry
- CHD
- Immunisations - routine and childhood
- Womens health - cervical cytology, contraception, etc.
- Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to GPs
- Good clinical system IT knowledge and the ability to record accurate clinical notes
- Broad knowledge of clinical governance
- Understanding of safeguarding adults and children
- Knowledge of public health issues in the local area and issues in the wider health arena
- Understanding of health promotion strategies
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing, negotiation and organisation skills with the ability to constructively challenge the view and practices of managers and clinicians
- Understanding and knowledge of healthcare provision in GP surgeries, QOF and enhanced service
- Detailed knowledge of national standards that inform general practice - NSF NICE guidelines
- Effective time management - planning and organising
- Demonstrate personal accountability, emotional resilience and work well under pressure
- Ability to follow legal, ethical and professional policies/ procedures and codes of conduct
- Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
- Good interpersonal and organisational skills
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
- Knowledge of and ability to work to key policies and procedures
- Knowledge of IT systems including the ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet
- Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk when working with individuals
- Disclosure Barring Service check
- Occupational Health clearance
- Meet the requirements and produce evidence for nurse revalidation
- Evidence of continuing professional development - CPD, commensurate with the role
- Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis
- Flexibility to work outside core office hours
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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer name: Integrated Care Partnership
Address: The Old Cottage Hospital, Alexandra Road, Epsom, KT17 4BL, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://integratedcarepartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
For questions about the job, contact: HR Administrator, Jenny Kavanagh, jenny.kavanagh@nhs.net
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