• Job Description

  Req#: A4961-25-0004?language=en&page=1204&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and enthusiastic Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join our friendly, dedicated and established team based in Chesham.

  As a member of our clinical team you will be working alongside our GPs and other allied healthcare professionals to provide the very best patient care.

  Main duties of the job

  The successful candidate will be required to work independently, within the scope of their professional boundaries, to assess and manage patients. You will be providing assessment, treatment, and diagnosis to patients via face-to-face consultations. Consultations will be held in surgery. You will be seeing patients with acute and emergency primary care clinical presentations.

  You will need to demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care including assessment and diagnostic skills. There will be a need to prioritise and triage the needs of patients making any necessary referrals for investigations as appropriate.

  You will need to be a qualified Advanced Nurse Practitioner, with an MSc or equivalent relevant nursing degree. An independent prescribing qualification is preferable, as well as prior experience of working in Primary Care.

  About us

  The New Surgery is a stable six-partner Practice supported by an excellent, dedicated team of nurses and admin /reception team.We also benefit from a wide multi-disciplinary team, including clinical support from a Pharmacist, Physiotherapist and Nursing Associate.

  We are a GMS practice, with a list size of 11,000, based in a purpose-built medical centre in Chesham with free parking available on site.We share the premises with another GP surgery and a dentist.There is also a pharmacy on the ground floor.

  We are an EMIS practice, rated GOOD by CQC and we consistently receive excellent results in the National Patient Survey.

  Our current ANP is leaving us to pursue a new opportunity abroad and we are keen to find a replacement who will fill this established and fully integrated role within our clinical team.

  Details

  Date posted

  13 June 2025

  Pay scheme

  Other

  Salary

  Depending on experience

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  12 months

  Working pattern

  Part-time

  Reference number

  A4961-25-0004

  Job locations

  Chess Medical Centre

  260-290 Berkhampstead Road

  Chesham

  Bucks

  HP5 3EZ

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  The following are the main responsibilities of this role. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

  • Manage patients presenting with a range of acute medical conditions
  • Provide advanced, specialist nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF
  • Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects to the patients health
  • Undertake the collection of pathological specimens
  • Request pathology services as necessary
  • Process and interpret pathology and other test results as required
  • Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
  • Chaperone patients where necessary
  • Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
  • Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
  • Be an extended and supplementary prescriber
  • Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice), reviewing annually as required
  • Contribute to practice targets (QOF, etc), complying with local and regional guidance
  • Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters in accordance with local and national policies
  • Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately
  • Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate
  • In addition, the Advanced Nurse Practitioner may be requested to:
  • Undertake audits as required
  • Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care
  • Support and participate in shared learning within the organisation
  • Continually review clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate
  • Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events
  • Drive the development of nursing services within the organisation, liaising with external agencies and professional organisations as required

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  The following are the main responsibilities of this role. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

  • Manage patients presenting with a range of acute medical conditions
  • Provide advanced, specialist nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF
  • Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects to the patients health
  • Undertake the collection of pathological specimens
  • Request pathology services as necessary
  • Process and interpret pathology and other test results as required
  • Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
  • Chaperone patients where necessary
  • Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
  • Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
  • Be an extended and supplementary prescriber
  • Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice), reviewing annually as required
  • Contribute to practice targets (QOF, etc), complying with local and regional guidance
  • Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters in accordance with local and national policies
  • Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately
  • Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate
  • In addition, the Advanced Nurse Practitioner may be requested to:
  • Undertake audits as required
  • Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care
  • Support and participate in shared learning within the organisation
  • Continually review clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate
  • Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events
  • Drive the development of nursing services within the organisation, liaising with external agencies and professional organisations as required

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Desirable

  • Experience of prescribing and undertaking medication reviews
  • Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
  • Experience of working in a primary care environment

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Registered Nurse with Nursing and Midwifery Council
  • Masters degree in Advanced Practice required for qualification post December 2020
  • Post graduate diploma or degree for Advanced Practice Qualification up to December 2020
  • Qualified Independent Nurse Prescriber
  • Minor illness qualification

  Desirable

  • Qualified triage nurse

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Desirable

  • Experience of prescribing and undertaking medication reviews
  • Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
  • Experience of working in a primary care environment

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Registered Nurse with Nursing and Midwifery Council
  • Masters degree in Advanced Practice required for qualification post December 2020
  • Post graduate diploma or degree for Advanced Practice Qualification up to December 2020
  • Qualified Independent Nurse Prescriber
  • Minor illness qualification

  Desirable

  • Qualified triage 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

  The New Surgery, Chesham

  Address

  Chess Medical Centre

  260-290 Berkhampstead Road

  Chesham

  Bucks

  HP5 3EZ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.newsurgerychesham.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  The New Surgery, Chesham

  Address

  Chess Medical Centre

  260-290 Berkhampstead Road

  Chesham

  Bucks

  HP5 3EZ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.newsurgerychesham.nhs.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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