Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Prescribing

Bridgeside Surgery; Hailsham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare practice in Hailsham is looking for an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) with independent prescribing rights. This role involves performing clinical assessments, diagnosing, treating patients, and working with a multidisciplinary team. The ideal candidate should be a registered nurse with advanced practice qualifications and have experience in general practice or urgent care. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to improving patient access and quality of care.

Benefits

Supportive working environment

Multidisciplinary team collaboration

Focus on clinical governance

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse NMC with Advanced Practice qualification.
• Experience in general practice or urgent care required.
• Confidence using clinical systems, EMIS experience beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Undertake comprehensive clinical assessments.
• Diagnose, treat, prescribe, and advise patients.
• Deliver urgent, same-day, and routine appointments.
• Support chronic disease management and care plans.
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Diagnosis and treatment

Telephone triage

Collaborative work

Health education

Education

Registered Nurse NMC with Advanced Practice qualification

Tools

EMIS

Job description

Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Prescribing

Bridgeside Surgery is seeking an experienced, motivated Advanced Nurse Practitioner ANP with independent prescribing rights to join our expanding multidisciplinary team.

Working autonomously while fully supported by the GP team you will provide high-quality clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management for patients with acute and long-term conditions. The role includes telephone triage, face-to-face appointments, and occasional home visits.

This is a key post within a practice that is strengthening its clinical model and investing in advanced practice roles to improve access, quality, and continuity of care.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

Undertake comprehensive clinical assessments across a broad range of conditions.

Diagnose, treat, prescribe, refer, and advise within professional scope and competence.

Deliver urgent, same-day, and routine appointments for patients of all ages.

Provide safe and effective telephone triage and clinical decision-making.

Support chronic disease management and personalised care plans.

Work collaboratively with GPs, paramedics, nurses, pharmacists and the wider MDT.

Promote health education, disease prevention and self-management.

Maintain accurate, high-quality clinical documentation.

Contribute to clinical governance, audits, and quality-improvement activity.

Support shared learning, teaching, and team development across the practice.

About us

About us

Bridgeside Surgery is a supportive, forward-thinking GP practice with approximately 6,700 patients in Hailsham. We are developing our multidisciplinary team and clinical model, with a focus on:

Strong clinical governance

Efficient systems and improved access

A positive and supportive working environment

You will join a team of GPs, ANPs, paramedic practitioners, pharmacists and nursing staff dedicated to delivering excellent care.

Job responsibilities

Bridgeside Surgery is seeking an experienced, motivated Advanced Nurse Practitioner ANP with independent prescribing rights to join our expanding multidisciplinary team.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse NMC with Advanced Practice qualification
• Experience in general practice or urgent care
• Confidence using clinical systems EMIS experience beneficial
• Understanding of QOF, IIF, LCS frameworks and primary care pathways

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.