Advanced Practitioner (Heeley Plus Primary Care Network)
| Posting date: | 20 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £52,155.38 to £60,272.88 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £52155.38 - £60272.88 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 March 2026 |
| Location: | Sheffield, S2 3AJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A5167-26-0000 |
Summary
Key Responsibilities Work autonomously as an advanced practitioner within the specialty, managing a caseload of patients delivering individualised direct patient care. Direct responsibility for assessment, examination, investigation and diagnosis of patients within their area of work. Undertake consultations (face-to-face, telephone, or home visits) ensuring safe, evidence-based care Initiate, review, and adjust treatments and medications within your scope of practice. Work collaboratively with GPs, nurses, pharmacists, social prescribers, and other ARRS-funded roles. Contribute to quality improvement projects, clinical audits, and service development initiatives in practices. Maintain accurate, contemporaneous clinical documentation in accordance with GDPR and NHS standards. Manage own caseload and clinical priorities according to agreed protocols and working practices. Participate in multidisciplinary clinics, participate in patient reviews and multidisciplinary team meetings. Undertake a variety of clinical skills and provide treatment/advice as per speciality and scope of practice. Using agreed protocols of clinical practice and professional guidelines. Within scope of practice and clinical competence request and/or undertake diagnostic procedures and clinical investigations related to plans of care. Utilise scope of practice to undertake Non Medical Prescribing role and provide advice on medicine management issues associated with the patient specialty group. Work within Organisational policy for Medicines Management. Utilise advanced knowledge and skills relating to the speciality to provide specialist advice to other members of the multidisciplinary team on the basis of patient assessment. Provide a seamless, high quality service from assessment to diagnosis, treatment and review, referring to other specialists as required. Provide guidance to staff, patients and their families and carers on pathway navigation. Use professional judgement to act as an advocate for patients to ensure a patient focused approach to the delivery of care. Support and enable patients and carers to make informed decisions relating to their treatment and management. Escalate any concerns via clinical structures as required. Work towards safe and timely provision of care of patients between Primary and Secondary Care services/healthcare professionals, ensuring barriers to care provision are identified and acted upon appropriately. Report and raise concerns related to Safeguarding, accessing advice and support as required. Be conversant with Organisational policies for safeguarding including the assessment of mental Capacity. Ensure effective and accurate communication whether verbal or written between healthcare professionals as necessary. Ensure that high standards of all documentation are maintained, with accurate, complete and up-to-date information regarding patient care are kept in accordance with professional standards.