Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Birmingham

We are a small 3,750 list size GP surgery. Due to a change in the clinical team, we are looking for an Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) to join our forward-thinking practice for 1 day or 2 sessions a week. This is a key clinical role, supporting same-day patient access and delivering high-quality care through advanced assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. You’ll work both independently and collaboratively within a supportive multi-disciplinary team, helping to shape and improve primary care services for our local community.

Main duties of the job

• Provide high-quality, patient-centred care within a busy GP practice setting.
• Manage patients presenting with a range of acute and chronic conditions from initial consultation through diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up.
• Deliver timely same-day access, including clinical assessment and triage of patients with urgent needs.
• Combine autonomous clinical practice with collaborative team-working to ensure effective decision-making and continuity of care.
• Prescribe and manage medications, support health promotion, and contribute to the development of practice protocols and patient pathways.

This is a varied and rewarding role for a motivated and experienced nurse with advanced clinical skills.

About us

Hawthorns Medical Centre is a small 2-partner GP surgery with a multi-disciplinary working team. Due to a change in staff roles, we are looking for an enthusiastic ANP to join our forward-thinking team.

Job responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose, plan and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis.
• Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective, and plan clinical care accordingly.
• Assess, diagnose and evaluate interventions/treatments for patients with complex needs.
• Proactively identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition (as appropriate).
• Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug- and non-drug-based treatment methods into a management plan.
• Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and practice protocols, and within scope of practice.
• Work with patients to support compliance with and adherence to prescribed treatments.
• Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication, side-effects and interactions.
• Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
• Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles and apply principles of self-care.
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating.
• Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC.
• Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
• Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.
• Deliver care according to NICE guidelines and evidence-based care.

Person Specification

Skills

• Advanced clinical practice skills.
• Management of patients with complex needs.
• Clinical examination skills.
• Accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse-led service.
• Clinical governance issues in primary care.
• Clinical leadership skills.
• Communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Communication of difficult messages to patients and families.
• Negotiation and conflict management skills.
• Resource management.

Qualifications

• Independent prescribing.
• Relevant nursing and ANP degree.
• Long term conditions qualifications.

Experience

• Working as an ANP independently.
• Nurse prescribing.
• Experience in General Practice.

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.