NHS

Advanced Nurse Practitioner


PayCompetitive
LocationSkelmersdale/England
Employment typePart-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: A3066-25-0000June2025?language=en&page=1032&sort=publicationDat

      Job summary

      We are looking for an experienced ANP to join our friendly and supportive team at Excel Primary Care. We seek an enthusiastic, well-motivated, flexible individual with excellent clinical and communication skills who will play an active role in the services offered to our patients.

      The advertised post is part time hours we are looking to offer between 4-8 sessions per week. As a practice we offer a late night clinic (6:30pm-8:30pm), flexibility on working hours would be desirable.

      Main duties of the job

      • 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
      • Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation

      • Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
      • Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols
      • Providing counselling and health education
      • Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
      • Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
      • Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
      • In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
      • Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety

      About us

      We are an NHS GP Practices that is responsible for the care of more than 18,000 patients, serving the community in Skelmersdale and Upholland. We have 3 sites, 2 based in Skelmersdale and 1 in Upholland.

      The doctors and staff at Excel Primary Care are proud to offer the highest standard of patient-centred healthcare.

      We run many clinics for the management of chronic diseases such as asthma and diabetes and offer a wide variety of other medical services including antenatal and postnatal care, minor surgery, childhood vaccinations and NHS Health checks.

      Our clinical team comprising of 4 GP Partners, locum GPs, 4 ANP's plus a highly experienced nursing and HCA team. A First Contact Physio, Clinical Pharmacists, Paramedics, Practice Manager, Assistant Practice Managers, and an experienced reception/administration staff which make up a great team.

      Details

      Date posted

      18 June 2025

      Pay scheme

      Other

      Salary

      Depending on experience

      Contract

      Permanent

      Working pattern

      Part-time

      Reference number

      A3066-25-0000June2025

      Job locations

      BIRLEYWOOD HEALTH CENTRE

      DIGMOOR

      SKELMERSDALE

      LANCASHIRE

      WN8 9BW


      Sandy Lane Health Centre

      Sandy Lane

      Skelmersdale

      Lancashire

      WN8 8LA


      Matthew Ryder Clinic

      20 Dingle Road

      Upholland

      Skelmersdale

      Lancashire

      WN8 0EN


      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      The post holder will be an experienced practitioner who works within their professional boundaries to provide care for patients through initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care. The role of the ANP will be to support the Partners and other clinicians and healthcare professionals within the practice to deliver a full range of primary care services to our patients.

      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      The post holder will be an experienced practitioner who works within their professional boundaries to provide care for patients through initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care. The role of the ANP will be to support the Partners and other clinicians and healthcare professionals within the practice to deliver a full range of primary care services to our patients.

      Person Specification

      Qualifications

      Essential

      • Registered with Professional body
      • Relevant Nursing/health degree
      • Experience working in General Practice/Primary Care setting

      Desirable

      • Mentor/Teaching qualification

      Experience

      Essential

      • Experience of working to achieve standards within the Quality and Outcome Framework (QoF)
      • Working autonomously in an Advanced Practitioner role

      Desirable

      • Experience with clinical IT systems eg EMIS and Docman
      • Experience of On-call
      Person Specification

      Qualifications

      Essential

      • Registered with Professional body
      • Relevant Nursing/health degree
      • Experience working in General Practice/Primary Care setting

      Desirable

      • Mentor/Teaching qualification

      Experience

      Essential

      • Experience of working to achieve standards within the Quality and Outcome Framework (QoF)
      • Working autonomously in an Advanced Practitioner role

      Desirable

      • Experience with clinical IT systems eg EMIS and Docman
      • Experience of On-call

      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

      Excel Primary Care

      Address

      BIRLEYWOOD HEALTH CENTRE

      DIGMOOR

      SKELMERSDALE

      LANCASHIRE

      WN8 9BW


      Employer's website

      https://www.excelprimarycare.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)

      Employer details

      Employer name

      Excel Primary Care

      Address

      BIRLEYWOOD HEALTH CENTRE

      DIGMOOR

      SKELMERSDALE

      LANCASHIRE

      WN8 9BW


      Employer's website

      https://www.excelprimarycare.co.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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