Advanced Nurse Practitioner (Frailty & Complex Care)

Tamar Valley Health; Gunnislake, Callington; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Gunnislake is seeking an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join its Frailty and Complex Care service. This role focuses on delivering proactive, person-centred care to patients with complex health needs, including those in care homes. The ANP will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, managing chronic diseases and providing urgent assessments. The salary ranges from £47,800 to £62,700 annually, reflecting experience and qualifications.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in primary care, community care, or urgent care.
• Proven experience working with frailty, chronic disease, care home, and housebound patient cohorts.
• Experience in dementia care, palliative care, or complex case management.

Responsibilities

• Undertake advanced clinical assessment of patients with frailty.
• Provide holistic, person-centred care including physical and social assessment.
• Manage chronic diseases within the frailty cohort.

Skills

Patient assessment

Chronic disease management

Effective communication

Education

Registered Nurse with NMC registration

Qualified Advanced Nurse Practitioner (Masters level or equivalent)

Job description

Advanced Nurse Practitioner (Frailty & Complex Care)

We are seeking an experienced and motivated AdvancedNurse Practitioner (ANP) to join our Frailty and Complex Care service,working across primary care and the Launceston & Tamar Valley IntegratedNeighbourhood Team (INT).

This is a senior clinical role focused on deliveringproactive, person-centred care to patients with frailty, multiple long-termconditions, and complex health and social care needs, including carehome residents and housebound patients.

Main duties of the job

Key areas of practice include:

• Frailty and complex care assessment and management
• Chronic disease management
• Care home and domiciliary visits
• Proactive care planning and MDT working
• Urgent same-day assessment within the frailty cohort

The Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) will provide autonomous,advanced clinical care to patients within the frailty and complex carecohort, registered with our primary care services and supported through theLaunceston & Tamar Valley INT.

The role combines clinical assessment, diagnosis,treatment, and care planning with proactive case management, MDTleadership, and close collaboration with health, social care, and voluntarysector partners. A significant proportion of work will involve care homeresidents and housebound patients, supporting admission avoidance, earlyintervention, and high-quality end-of-life care where appropriate.

The ANP will play a key role in delivering continuityofcare, reducing fragmentation, and supporting patients to remain well andindependent in their own homes wherever possible.

About us

You will work as part of a multidisciplinary teamincluding GPs, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, frailty practitioners,paramedics, therapists, care coordinators, community nursing, adult socialcare, and voluntary sector partners. The role offers extended appointmenttimes, continuity of care, and the opportunity to shape and develophigh-quality services for some of our most vulnerable patients.

Job responsibilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Clinical Practice

• Undertakeadvanced clinical assessment, diagnosis, and management of patients with frailty, multimorbidity, and complex needs.
• Provideholistic, person-centred careincluding physical, psychological, and social assessment.
• Managechronic diseasewithin the frailty cohort, including medication optimisation and monitoring.
• Conductcare home ward rounds, domiciliary visits, and reviews of housebound patients.
• Provideurgent and same-day assessmentfor acutely unwell frail patients, supporting admission avoidance where safe and appropriate.
• Prescribe independently (where qualified) and ensure safe, evidence-based prescribing practice.
• Supportpalliative and end-of-life care, including advance care planning and coordination with community services.

Continuity and Proactive Care

• Act as a consistent clinical contact for a defined cohort of complex patients, supportinglongitudinal continuity of care.
• Contribute toanticipatory care planning, personalised care and support plans, and escalation planning.
• Identify patients at risk of deterioration and intervene early to prevent crisis presentations.

Liaise with Out-of-hours services in morning hand-overs to support the vision of a cohesive 24/7 frailty service for Cornish residents.

Multidisciplinary Team Working

• Participate actively inMDTs, case discussions, and complex care reviews.
• Work collaboratively with pharmacists, paramedics, therapists, frailty practitioners, and care coordinators to deliver integrated care.
• Liaise closely with adult social care, voluntary sector partners, and community services to address wider determinants of health.

Leadership, Education and Service Development

• Provide clinical support within the frailty and complex care team.
• Contribute to service development, pathway design, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Maintain high standards of clinical governance, documentation, and safeguarding practice.

Professional Responsibilities

• Maintain NMC registration and advanced practice competencies.
• Work within scope of practice, local protocols, and national guidance.

Person Specification

Experience

• Significant experience in primary care, community care, or urgent care
• Proven experience working with frailty, chronic disease, care home, and housebound patient cohorts
• Experience working within primary care or within frailty cohorts
• Experience in dementia care, palliative care, or complex case management
• Non-medical prescribing experience within frailty pathways

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC registration
• Qualified Advanced Nurse Practitioner (Masters level or equivalent)
• We may consider applications from non-prescribers and those who have not yet completed Level 7 module learning or undertaken a full MSc. We can support new to general practice clinicians with training and learning support, however this will be reflected within the salary range.

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.

£47,800 to £62,700 a yearDepending on experience and qualifications