Advanced Nurse/Clinical Practitioner

Weare seeking an experienced ANP/ACP to join our team, which operates across 2 sites and provide primary care services to approximately 11,200patients.

Pay and hours are negotiable (looking for between 24 to 37.5 hrs per week)

Main duties of the job

We are seeking an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) / Advanced NursePractitioner (ANP) who provideshigh-quality, patient-centred care within the general practice setting. Workingautonomously within your professional boundaries, you will be responsible forthe assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of patients presentingwith undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions, as well as those with chronicillnesses.

You will undertake comprehensive clinicalassessments, take patient histories, and make safe, evidence-based decisionsregarding treatment and care plans. You will exercise advanced clinicalreasoning and professional judgement to deliver effective care, ensuring a highstandard of service that supports both the immediate and long-term needs of thepractice population.

This role requires working both independently andcollaboratively as part of the multidisciplinary team to ensure continuity,safety, and excellence in patient care within the primary care environment.

If you are applying as an ANP, you must have a digital badgefor advanced practice.

About us

Church Road Surgery - and our branch site Tile Cross Surgery - is based in east Birmingham and has a patient list of 11,200.

We are a friendly, supportive and innovative team led by 2 forward thinking GP Partners, and includes GPs, ACPs, ANP's, clinical pharmacists, FCPs, PAs, social prescribers, and a highly experienced nursing team.

As a practice, we work within the Federation of Our Health Partnership, and the Shard End & Kitts Green PCN. We are rated 'Good' by the CQC and are accredited as a Safe Surgery and Armed Forces Veteran Friendly practice.

We offer benefits such as salary sacrifice carscheme, pension scheme, free onsite parking, access to Health and Wellbeingprogramme.

Our aim is to embrace innovation in all areas of the Practice, always with the focus on providing the very best patient care, while supporting and developing the team and evolving the Practice.

Job responsibilities

Working across the 2 sites, you will;

• Undertake consultationswith patients taking a comprehensive patient history, carry out physicalexamination and use their expert knowledge and clinical judgement to identifythe potential diagnosis.
• Exercise a higher degree ofpersonal and professional autonomy using advanced clinical practice skills toinclude clinical interventions.
• Refer patients forinvestigations when necessary/appropriate.
• Make a final diagnosis,decide on and carry out treatment, including the prescribing of medicine orreferring to primary or secondary care specialist services within local agreedpathways and protocols as appropriate.
• Ensure that all treatmentsand care provided are based on best practice/evidence based care.
• Plan and provide skilledcompetent care to meet the patients health and social care needs, involvingother members of the healthcare team as appropriate.
• Work withmultidisciplinary and multiagency teams in order to ensure patient needs aremet
• Asses and evaluate, withthe patient, the effectiveness of the treatment and care provided and makechanges as needed
• Use independent/supplementaryprescribing skills for benefits of patient care
• Work independently and aspart of a team
• Take responsibility andbe accountable for managing own workload, risk assessment and management,acting within professional codes and appropriately
• Liaise with the clinical team leaderfor advice and support.
• Undertake other dutieswhen required, such as audits or administrative tasks.
• Maintain contemporaneousrecords of the consultation and action using the computer software and wherenecessary written records, in line with NMC guidance and local policies,guidelines and procedures.

Thisjob description is an outline only it is not definitive or restrictive in anyway. It will be regularly reviewed and may be amended in the light of changingcircumstances following consultation with the post holder.

Person Specification Experience

• Working within primary care

Qualifications

• Registration as a healthcare professional (e.g. nurse, paramedic, or allied health professional)
• Masters degree in Advanced Clinical Practice
• Digital Badge

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.