ARRS Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Primary Care

Cutlers Hill Surgery; Halesworth; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare practice in Halesworth is seeking an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join its dynamic team. This role involves providing same-day triage and high-quality patient care. Candidates should have an accredited MSc in Advanced Practice and experience in clinical assessment and diagnosis. Opportunity for both full-time and part-time schedules is available, making it ideal for forward-thinking professionals aiming to enhance primary care delivery within a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience of working within a nursing team, dealing with patients, and clinically assessing and diagnosing.
• Experience in working in primary care, especially GP Practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide same-day triage and high-quality nursing care.
• Perform comprehensive assessments including diagnosis, treatment, and referral.
• Maintain accurate records and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Diagnosis

Patient education

Collaborative working

Education

Accredited MSc in Advanced Practice

Completion of CfAP ePortfolio Route

Job description

ARRS Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Primary Care

Both Full Time and Part time considered (28-37.5hrs/week).

ARRS, the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme, is a UK NHS program funding Primary Care Networks (PCNs) to hire extra healthcare staff (like pharmacists, paramedics, therapists, social prescribers) to boost GP practice capacity, improve patient access, and offer more varied local services, significantly expanding the multidisciplinary team beyond traditional GPs and nurses.

You will play an integral rolein our same-day team triage service, which is a central and essential part ofour patient-access model. You will assess patients with undifferentiated andundiagnosed presentations, ensuring timely, safe, and effective decision-makingand care allocation. Prescribing is not essential, and senior clinical supportis always available.

You will join a well-coordinatedteam including four other UCPs (one dedicated to home visiting), NursePractitioners, Practice Nurses, HCAs, physiotherapists, clinical pharmacists, aCare Coordinator/Social Prescriber, Mental Health workers, GPs and administrative staff.

Main duties of the job

The Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) will work as part of a team to provide same-day triage, ensuring patients receive timely assessment, management, referral, or signposting. Working autonomously and accountably, the ANP delivers high-quality, evidence-based nursing care while managing clinical risk. They undertake comprehensive assessments, including history taking and physical examination, and assess, diagnose, treat, refer, or signpost patients with undifferentiated, acute, chronic, or complex conditions, including minor illness and injury. Using advanced clinical reasoning, the ANP formulates differential diagnoses and develops, implements, and evaluates effective management plans. They diagnose conditions, prescribe independently where qualified, and request, perform, and interpret investigations including bloods, swabs, ECGs, and imaging. The ANP supports prevention and long-term care, screening for disease risks, managing blood pressure, frailty, and diabetes risk, and promoting early intervention. They provide patient education, empower self-care, and refer to specialist services as required. Accurate, contemporaneous records are maintained in line with professional standards. The ANP works collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team, including GPs, pharmacists, physiotherapists, and social prescribers, to deliver integrated, patient-centred care.

About us

Both Full Time and Part time considered (28-37.5hrs/week).

Cutlers Hill Surgery is seekinga self-motivated, forward-thinking, and autonomous Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join our highly skilled and friendly clinical team. This is afantastic opportunity to work within an established, progressive practicecommitted to innovation, collaborative working, and delivering excellent patientcare.

Job responsibilities

Acting within your professional boundaries will provide care for presenting patients. From clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care ensuring critical thinking in the clinical decision-making process to ensure safe and expert care. Care includes assessment and diagnostic skills for patients within the general practice population.

The post holder must meet the NMC requirements for advanced practice.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of working within a nursing team desirable along with dealing with patients, clinically assessing and diagnosing, desirable
• Experience in working in primary care especially GP Practice is desirable

Qualifications

• Qualifications will be assessed via professional accreditations you hold and experience you may have in general practice and other past employment.
• Core Requirements for ARRS :
• Accredited MSc: Graduate from a Centre for Advancing Practice (CfAP) accredited Master's degree in Advanced Practice., or
• CfAP ePortfolio Route: Complete the CfAP's ePortfolio (Supported) Route for training recognition.
• Digital Badge: Both routes lead to the CfAP's "Advanced" digital badge, proving validated advanced practice education.

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.