Advanced Nurse Practitioner
| Posting date: | 30 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 October 2025 |
| Location: | Stafford, ST16 2AG |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A0727-25-0002 |
Summary
JOB SUMMARY To practice as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner undertaking the assessment, evaluation and planning of patient care, providing clinical treatments for patients in a primary care setting. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Clinical Providing assessment, diagnosis and treatment at first point of contact by attending to patients according to patients needs either in the Practice, Care Home setting or patients homes. Working in the Same Day Team diagnosing and treating patients with minor illness and other urgent presentations face-to-face or via telephone. Accurately triaging and prioritising patients, including in acute situations, demonstrating the use of a variety of techniques to elicit the history of an event/illness, including past medical and drug history. Evaluating clinical information from examination and history taking, initiating appropriate treatment and/or referral and requesting and interpreting tests eg., blood tests, imaging and ECGs to aid the diagnosis of complex conditions. Using broad clinical guidelines (NICE etc) relating them to individual cases, providing assistance and feedback to the organisation and others on how these should be interpreted. Signposting appropriately to other services in the identified healthcare pathway. Prescribing medications as an independent prescriber. Referring patients to appropriate care settings, within locally agreed healthcare pathways. Maintaining accurate and systematic documentation of patient interactions and clinical care provided, including adverse events. Advising and supporting members of the public on healthy lifestyles, health promotion and disease prevention. Providing clinical advice to other members of the team where appropriate. Communication Liaising and interacting with multi-professional teams across organisational boundaries, including primary care, social services and secondary care providers according to patient needs and appropriate care pathways. Maintaining communication with all healthcare professionals and outside agencies to ensure seamless, patient-centred service provision. Ensuring effective communication so that the patient receives the appropriate level of care and wherever possible avoiding unnecessary hospital admission. Taking an active role in maintaining expert communication with all patients, carers and relatives which meets their individual needs. Dealing with complaints in a calm and courteous manner, ensuring that, wherever possible, complaints are dealt with efficiently and satisfactorily at a local level. Communicating effectively in demanding and challenging situations, where there may also be hostility Maintaining accurate data collection. Professional Inputting and extracting information from the EMIS clinical IT system. Working collaboratively with other members of the health care team such as the District Nursing Team, Mental Health Services, staff in care homes, Ambulance Service, Secondary Care etc. Ensuring that the wellbeing of patients and staff is maintained in accordance with Practice policies. Undertaking clinical audits in line with the organisations clinical audit plan, and to participating as required in equipment testing and other research. Contributing to the analysis of information to inform future development of the service. Participating and contributing to clinical meetings Identifying risks to service provision, and highlighting them to the Practice Partners Working within the requirements of Data Protection legislation as it applies to patient records. Maintaining current professional registration. Undertaking CPD appropriate to the role Acting at all times in such a manner as to promote confidence and public trust and to uphold the reputation of Mill Bank Surgery. Organisational Operating as an effective member of the Practice team Maintaining accurate and systematic documentation of patient interactions and clinical care provided, including any adverse events, child protection issues or other notifiable matters. Providing information to inform the evaluation and efficiency of the role and for performance management purposes as requested. Utilising reflective practice to enhance and develop personal and organisational practice. Assisting in marketing and promoting the role and organisation within the health community both locally and nationally. Managerial To ensure effective time management and prioritisation of workload. To ensure the security, safe storage and maintenance of any allocated equipment and goods. To ensure practice is within good clinical governance and based on sound up-to- date clinical evidence. Where appropriate, to identify and assess any risks associated with patient care or to oneself and communicate these risks to the Practice Partners or the Practice Manager. This is not meant to be an exhaustive list of duties. The need for flexibility is required and the post holder is expected to carry out any other related duties that are within the employee's skills and abilities whenever reasonably instructed.