Advanced Nurse Practitioner
- NHS
- Part Time
- Gillingham
- Negotiable
Job Description
Job summary
Are you an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner looking for a new role where you can truly make an impact?
An exciting opportunity for an ANP to become part of our highly respected practice team, who are committed to delivering outstanding, patient-centred care to our local community has become available.
You'll work alongside a supportive, multidisciplinary team that values collaboration, innovation, and professional development, giving you the opportunity to use your advanced clinical skills while helping to shape the future of primary care.
We are looking for an ANP who:
- Is an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner with a proven background in Primary Care.
- Holds an independent prescribing qualification (essential).
- Is confident in assessing, diagnosing, treating, and managing patients with a wide range of clinical presentations.
- Demonstrates excellent clinical judgement, communication, and decision-making skills.
- Enjoys working collaboratively within a supportive multidisciplinary team while also being able to work independently.
- Is committed to delivering safe, compassionate, and high-quality patient care.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so we encourage early applications as this vacancy may close once a suitable candidate has been appointed.
Main duties of the job
The Advanced Nurse Practitioner will be expected to undertake all duties and responsibilities associated with an Advanced Nurse Practitioner working within Primary Care, including (but not limited to):
Work autonomously as an advanced practitioner with an extended scope of practice, contributing to the delivery of comprehensive Primary Care services.
Conduct face-to-face consultations, telephone assessments, and occasional home visits, providing accessible and responsive care to our patients.
Perform clinical assessments, take patient histories, formulate diagnoses, and develop evidence-based treatment and management plans.
Prescribe independently within the scope of professional practice, ensuring safe and effective patient care.
Maintain accurate, detailed, and contemporaneous clinical records that clearly document assessment, decision-making, and interventions.
Collaborate closely with our multi-disciplinary team, sharing clinical expertise and contributing to a culture of continuous learning and excellence.
Ensure all clinical practice aligns with the latest evidence-based guidelines, supporting a modern, prudent, and patient-centred approach to Primary Care.
About us
We are a well-established two-site practice serving over 13,000 patients across a rural community, with a dedicated triage hub at the heart of our service. Our multidisciplinary team includes GPs, ANPs, nurses, pharmacy, wellbeing and mental health professionals, supported by an experienced admin team all working together to deliver high-quality patient care.
Collaboration is central to our approach. We work closely within the Practice and with external partners to ensure seamless, responsive healthcare. Our forward-thinking culture values innovation, teamwork and continuous improvement.
We offer a friendly, supportive environment where staff wellbeing matters and professional development is encouraged.
Staff Benefits:
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Birthday leave
- Paid sick/dependency leave (subject to probation)
- Regular 1:1 meetings/clinical supervision and annual appraisal
Please note: Successful applicants currently registered at Gillingham Medical Practice will need to register with a neighbouring practice.
If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to ANP - JD and Person Specification attached for full job description.
Clinical responsibilities
- Diagnosing and treating patients of all ages presenting with minor illness.
- Ensuring clinical practice is safe and effective and remains within boundaries of competence and to acknowledge limitations.
- Provide first point of contact within the practice for patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems, making use of advanced skills in history taking, physical examination, problem solving and clinical decision making to establish a diagnosis and management plan.
- Instigate necessary invasive and non-invasive diagnostic tests and investigations and interpret findings and action within own competence.
- Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, in a safe, effective and appropriate manner as defined by current legislative frameworks and local guidelines, and within scope of practice.
- Provide safe, evidence-based individualised care to the practice population.
- Refer patients directly to external services/agencies as appropriate.
- Work with the multi-disciplinary team within the practice and contribute to practice targets (local and national) with disease management agenda. E.g. QoF.
- Undertake scheduled home visits for patients unable to attend the surgery as agreed with the Duty GP and within scope of practice.
Administration and professional responsibilities
- Ensure accurate and legible notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patients records.
- Dealing appropriately with results and clinical letters for patients under your care.
- Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration.
- Attend and participate in practice meetings as required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Please refer to Person Specification attached for essential and desirable criteria.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Gillingham Medical Practice
Address
Barn Surgery
Newbury
Gillingham
Dorset
SP8 4XS
United Kingdom
