Advanced Clinical Practitioner

An exciting time to join the PHL Group team. Our teams are ambitious and committed to delivering excellent services to those within our care. We are recruiting Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP) and Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANP) from a variety of professional backgrounds including nurses, pharmacists and paramedics. If you are experienced, with a Masters level award or equivalent and keen to take on an expanded role within Primary Care, we would welcome your application.

Main duties of the job:

• The Advanced Nurse Practitioner will be responsible for the assessment of health and clinical needs of the patient.
• To undertake consultations with patients as an autonomous practitioner using advanced clinical practice skills, own clinical judgement to diagnose, treat, refer or discharge patients.

Key Responsibilities:

• Undertake consultations with patients taking a comprehensive patient history, carry out physical examination and use expert knowledge and clinical judgement to identify the potential diagnosis.
• Exercise a higher degree of personal and professional autonomy using advanced clinical practice skills to include clinical interventions.
• Refer patients for investigations when necessary/appropriate.
• Make a final diagnosis, decide on and carry out treatment, including the prescribing of medicine or referring to primary or secondary care specialist services within local agreed pathways and protocols as appropriate.
• Ensure that all treatments and care provided are based on best practice/evidence based care.
• Use extensive knowledge to plan and provide skilled competent care to meet the patient's health and social care needs, involving other members of the healthcare team as appropriate.
• Work with multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams in order to ensure patient needs are met.
• Assess and evaluate, with the patient, the effectiveness of the treatment and care provided and make changes as needed.
• Use independent/supplementary prescribing skills for benefit.

About us:

PHL Group was founded in 2009 by a team of commercial partners and experienced General Practitioners with a clear vision of providing services that would contribute to and benefit the local healthcare economy. PHL (formerly known as Hampshire Doctors on Call) runs Integrated Urgent Care, which evolved from the former Out of Hours model, for localities in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. All of the core services which look after patients with an urgent healthcare need are joined up together, and PHL work closely with system partners such as South Central Ambulance Service. The services we operate include call handling, telephone clinical assessment, out of hours home visiting services and some face-to-face Primary Care appointments services in Hampshire. In 2021 a newly formed Healthcare Division was created and incorporates PHL's Urgent Care, Primary Care and Youla Care Concierge Services. The new division combines PHL's healthcare operations into one team and utilises internal and external resources efficiently to achieve our organisation's vision: to be an innovative healthcare enabler, known for providing a range of high-quality care. PHL Group aims to assist candidates with their transition into a career in the thriving and fast-paced private healthcare industry. We are looking for talented individuals that want to join us on our journey to becoming the fastest growing, most trusted healthcare organisation.

Details:

• Date posted: 28 October 2026
• Pay scheme: Other
• Salary: £34 to £54 an hour
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: JOB1693
• Job locations: Warren Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 1QD, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities:

As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner, within our Urgent Treatment Centres, you will support existing clinical care to enhance the capacity and capability within our multi‑professional teams. You will be responsible for the assessment of health and clinical needs of our patients, undertaking consultations as an autonomous practitioner, using your advanced clinical practice skills, and own clinical judgement to diagnose, treat, refer or discharge patients. This role will be face to face supported by a variable rota covering weekdays, evenings, weekends and bank holidays. We are committed to investing and developing our teams to create a diverse and contemporary workforce and support the four pillars of advanced practice (Leadership & Management; Education, Research and Clinical Practice).

Your day to day:

• Carry out consultations with patients - taking a comprehensive patient history; physical examinations and use of your expert knowledge and clinical judgement to identify potential diagnosis.
• Decide on and carry out treatment, including the prescribing of medicine or referring to primary or secondary care specialist services within local agreed pathways and protocols as appropriate.
• Provide clinical advice and mentorship to junior clinical staff.

Qualifications, Experience & Training:

• Registered Nurse, Paramedic, Pharmacist.
• Master's Degree in Advanced Clinical Practice (equivalent or higher).
• Clinical skills qualification at degree level.
• Evidence of completion of study in minor illness.
• Independent prescriber.
• Evidence of study in minor injury or willingness to develop these skills.
• Evidence of completion of study in paediatric minor illness or willingness to develop these skills.
• Evidence of study in paediatric minor injury or willingness to develop these skills.

Person Specification:

Essential qualifications and experience:

• Minimum 5 year post registration experience.
• 2 years experience of working as a practitioner in a primary care environment, Emergency Department, Urgent Care Centre, MAU/EAU or other first contact setting.
• Evidence of excellent assessment skills.
• Experience of having provided mentorship and/or coaching to other staff.
• Experience of having participated in service improvement activities including audit and research.
• Registered Nurse First Level Nurse or other healthcare professional qualification leading to registration.
• Evidence of degree level study or equivalent.
• Degree in advanced practice or equivalent (to include research and evidence to inform practice, clinical leadership, work-based learning, clinical history taking and examination skills, pathophysiology, investigations and immediate management, non-medical prescribing).
• Evidence of completion of study in minor illness.
• Evidence of study in minor injury.
• Evidence of completion of study in paediatric minor illness.
• Evidence of study in paediatric minor injury.
• Masters level study in advanced practice.
• Independent/supplementary prescriber.

Desirable:

• Evidence of study to conduct paediatric clinical examination.
• Teaching/training qualifications such as ENB998 or equivalent.

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.

Employer name: Partnering Health Ltd

Address: Warren Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 1QD, United Kingdom

For questions about the job, contact: Group Recruitment Manager, Debbie Oates.

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