• Job Description

  Req#: A1141-25-0001?language=en&page=1314&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Are you a tenacious, organised and skilled Advanced Nurse Practitioner? Are you committed to delivering high-quality healthcare to patients? Do you want to make a real difference in peoples lives?

  Due to rapid, continued growth, an exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, committed Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join our group of GP practices in Huddersfield.

  This Advanced Nurse Practitioner role will involve working alongside a multidisciplinary team, including GPs, Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Pharmacists and Nurses to provide care and treatment to patients with either long term conditions or undiagnosed undifferentiated diagnoses.

  The successful Advanced Nurse Practitioner will work as an autonomous practitioner, diagnosing, managing, prescribing and discharging patients with illness or injury across all age groups including young children. This may be by face-to-face consultation, telephone or video consultation.

  Main duties of the job

  What you will get as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner;

  • Salary; Depending on experience
  • Contract; Salaried, permanant
  • Hours; Across the week

  Location; Across 4 surgeries

  • Fieldhead - HD7 4QQ
  • Lockwood- HD1 3XH
  • Nook - HD3 3XA
  • Thornton Lodge - HD1 3SB
  • Benefits; 6 weeks annual leave (plus bank holidays), paid protected study time, opportunity to join the NHS Pensions Scheme

  • Registered Adult Nurse registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC), Paramedic registered with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) or Pharmacist registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
  • Hold an Advanced Practitioner qualification
  • Can show evidence of using autonomous physical examination and assessment skills in practice
  • Can demonstrate a broad and sound knowledge of complex and common conditions in primary care in both adults and children
  • Knowledge and experience of QOF desirable

  About us

  The team you will be working with as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner;

  • A fully staffed multi-disciplinary team including a full complement of Administration Staff
  • Across the 4 practices in the vicinity, you will be supported by over 10 GPs & ANPs, 3 Practice Nurses & 3 HCAs
  • The team are a progressive and collaborative group, ready to welcome on board any successful additions
  • Teamwork and mutual support are integral to our working practices and the successful Advanced Nurse Practitioner must share this vision.

  If this sounds like the role for you, click apply and submit a copy of your most recent CV.

  Details

  Date posted

  28 March 2025

  Pay scheme

  Other

  Salary

  Depending on experience

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  A1141-25-0001

  Job locations

  Leymoor Road

  Golcar

  Huddersfield

  HD7 4QQ

  
  

  Lockwood Surgery

  3 Meltham Road

  Lockwood

  Huddersfield

  HD1 3XH

  
  

  Salendine Nook Surgery

  144 Moor Hill Road

  Huddersfield

  HD3 3XA

  
  

  Doctors Surgery

  60 Thornton Lodge Road

  Huddersfield

  HD1 3SB

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  The successful post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.

  In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties, including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.

  Key Responsibilities:

  • An autonomous consultor
  • 10-minute consultations x 15 slots morning and 15 slots afternoon
  • Share of home visits.
  • Able to manage acute presentations
  • Able to manage chronic conditions
  • Able to order appropriate investigations (bloods/radiology).
  • Able to refer appropriately to secondary care or organise emergency admissions.
  • Share of admin: clinical letters which require actioning/filing.
  • Able to file pathology results
  • Able to see all age groups
  • No restrictions on prescribing.
  • Able to see pregnant women in regards non pregnancy related issues.
  • Able to deal with mental health presentations

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  The successful post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.

  In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties, including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.

  Key Responsibilities:

  • An autonomous consultor
  • 10-minute consultations x 15 slots morning and 15 slots afternoon
  • Share of home visits.
  • Able to manage acute presentations
  • Able to manage chronic conditions
  • Able to order appropriate investigations (bloods/radiology).
  • Able to refer appropriately to secondary care or organise emergency admissions.
  • Share of admin: clinical letters which require actioning/filing.
  • Able to file pathology results
  • Able to see all age groups
  • No restrictions on prescribing.
  • Able to see pregnant women in regards non pregnancy related issues.
  • Able to deal with mental health presentations

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Registered Nurse with Nursing and Midwifery Council
  • Masters degree OR Post graduate diploma or degree for Advanced Practice Qualification OR RCN accreditation
  • Qualified Independent Nurse Prescriber
  • Meets the standards for registered ANP working at advanced level
  • Minor illness qualification

  Desirable

  • Qualified triage nurse
  • Teaching qualification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of practice within the four pillars
  • Experience of prescribing and undertaking medication reviews
  • Experience of working in a primary care environment

  Desirable

  • Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Registered Nurse with Nursing and Midwifery Council
  • Masters degree OR Post graduate diploma or degree for Advanced Practice Qualification OR RCN accreditation
  • Qualified Independent Nurse Prescriber
  • Meets the standards for registered ANP working at advanced level
  • Minor illness qualification

  Desirable

  • Qualified triage nurse
  • Teaching qualification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of practice within the four pillars
  • Experience of prescribing and undertaking medication reviews
  • Experience of working in a primary care environment

  Desirable

  • Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse

  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).

  Additional information

  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

  Fieldhead Surgery

  Address

  Leymoor Road

  Golcar

  Huddersfield

  HD7 4QQ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.fieldheadsurgery.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Fieldhead Surgery

  Address

  Leymoor Road

  Golcar

  Huddersfield

  HD7 4QQ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.fieldheadsurgery.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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