Advanced Nurse Practitioner / Urgent Care Practitioner

Integrated Care System; Stockport; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Primary Care Network in Stockport seeks an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to provide comprehensive patient care across multiple practices. The role involves assessing and triaging patients, prescribing medications, and managing long-term conditions. Ideal candidates will demonstrate extensive experience in Primary Care and possess a relevant master's qualification.

Qualifications

• Masters qualification or working towards for Advanced Clinical Practice.
• NMC / professional registration required.
• Experience in Primary Care and evidence of CPD.

Responsibilities

• Assess and triage patients requiring same-day access.
• Provide clinical advice, treatment, and prescribe medication.
• Manage undifferentiated symptoms and make appropriate referrals.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Clinical Decision Making

Confidentiality

Education

Masters qualification for Advanced Clinical Practice

Tools

Patient Databases

EMIS

Docman

Job description

Go back Bramhall and Cheadle Hulme Primary Care Network

Advanced Nurse Practitioner / Urgent Care Practitioner

The closing date is 11 August 2025

The postholder will be an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) or Urgent Care Practitioner (UCP) who, acting within their professional boundaries, will provide care for the presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of care. You will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care for patients registered with the practice. You will be employed by the PCN to work across any of our five member practices, with your primary base at Bramhall Park and Shaw Heath Medical Practices.

Main duties of the job

• Assess and triage patients, including those needing same-day access and those with long-term conditions.
• Provide clinical advice, treatment, care planning, and review in line with individual health needs. This includes prescribing medication within your professional scope and under PGDs, PSDs, NICE guidance, and local clinical pathways.
• Refer patients to other primary or secondary care services as appropriate.
• Manage patients presenting with undifferentiated symptoms, identify red flags or serious underlying conditions, and act accordingly.
• Use advanced clinical reasoning and decision-making skills to assess, investigate, diagnose, treat, and manage care episodes within your professional boundaries.
• Adopt a personalised and population-focused approach, supporting shared decision-making and individualised care.
• Carry out assessments in the surgery, at home, in care settings, or via telephone/digital platforms.
• Support the care of patients in residential care homes in collaboration with the wider team.
• Provide supervision, training, and support to other clinical staff and contribute to service development.
• Prescribe safely and appropriately, avoiding grey-listed drugs, and promote prevention, self-care, and health education.
• Maintain safe, evidence-based, cost-effective care while contributing to quality improvement and integrated service delivery.

About us

Bramhall and Cheadle Hulme Primary Care Network (PCN) is a thriving network of GP practices in the Stockport area, committed to delivering high-quality, patient care. We aim to provide innovative and coordinated care, enhancing services for patients while promoting preventative healthcare and managing long-term conditions.

Our network is built on strong collaboration between member practices, local health services, and community partners. By working closely together, we aim to streamline patient care and improve access to essential services.

Job responsibilities

• Assess/triage patients, including same-day access and chronic patients.
• Provide advice, treatment, care planning, and review in line with patient health needs, including prescribing within your scope and policies.
• Make referrals to other members of the primary care team or secondary care services where appropriate.
• Manage patients with undifferentiated diagnosis, identifying red flags or serious pathology, and take appropriate action.
• Use complex decision-making skills to inform diagnosis, investigation, and management of care episodes.
• Adopt a personalised and population-centred care approach to enable shared decision-making.
• Complete all mandatory training in line with local and national policies.
• Undertake clinical/local training to provide multi-professional practice and CPD supervision to other roles within the primary care team.
• Perform assessments on-site, at patients' homes, or via digital platforms.
• Make home visits to patients who are too unwell to come into the clinic, including those in sheltered/supportive/residential accommodation.
• Support care homes in partnership with the wider practice team to ensure safe, effective care.
• Make autonomous decisions accountable within local/national policies.
• Assist GPs and other clinical staff when seeing and treating patients.
• Initiate diagnostic tests or investigations and interpret findings/reports.
• Prescribe safe, effective, and appropriate medication, avoiding grey drugs.
• Provide holistic, evidence-based, cost-effective, and individualised patient care.
• Offer a comprehensive service, developing ongoing care/support plans emphasizing prevention and self-care.
• Promote health and well-being through health promotion, education, screening, and communication skills.
• Refer patients to other services/agencies as appropriate.
• Work within the team and NHS to promote integrated pathways of care.
• Contribute to achieving practice quality and performance targets.
• Participate in assessing community health needs and developing patient/family-centred strategies.
• Help develop new patient services and improve existing ones.
• Support, supervise, and train junior team members.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Masters qualification (or working towards) for Advanced Clinical Practice or similar accreditation
• NMC / professional registration

Skills & Abilities

• Self-motivated, able to work to deadlines, maintain confidentiality
• Committed to confidentiality, equality, diversity, dignity, and respect
• Ability to work under pressure and flexibly across shift patterns and locations
• Effective communication with diverse groups and individuals
• Ability to build good relationships with people from various backgrounds
• Effective workload and time management skills
• Team contribution and sharing skills and ideas
• Act as a senior responsible colleague to the nursing team

Experience

• Evidence of CPD
• Experience in Primary Care
• Ability to prioritize and organize own caseload
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience with clinical service development
• Proficiency with in-house Patient Databases and digital tools like EMIS, Docman, etc.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a DBS check for any convictions.

Bramhall and Cheadle Hulme Primary Care Network

Depending on experience - equivalent to Band 7 / 8a