Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Bridgwater

Employer: Redgate & Somerset Bridge Medical Centres

Salary: £49,380.00 - £56,500.00 per year

Job Type: Full Time, Part time

Work location: Bridgwater, England

Are you a passionate, experienced ANP looking for your next challenge? Do you want to make a real difference to patients, enjoy clinical variety and help shape the future of primary care? We’d love to hear from you!

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and experienced ANP to join our team and help us deliver high-quality, compassionate, patient-centred care to our local community.

What makes this role exciting?

• Use your advanced clinical skills to assess, diagnose and manage patients presenting with a wide range of acute, complex and long-term conditions.
• Work autonomously, making confident clinical decisions within your scope of practice.
• Help improve patient care through clinical audits, quality improvement and the development of protocols.
• Work collaboratively with GPs and the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Support and inspire colleagues through mentorship, shared learning and clinical leadership.

Main duties of the job

As an ANP at Redgate Medical Centre and Somerset Bridge Medical Centre, you will make a real difference to the health and wellbeing of our community, using your clinical expertise to deliver high-quality, personalised care. This varied and rewarding role offers the opportunity to work autonomously, make clinical decisions and manage patients presenting with a wide range of undifferentiated, acute and complex conditions. You will use your advanced assessment, diagnostic and treatment skills, manage long-term conditions, prescribe within your scope of practice and empower patients to make informed choices about their health.

You will be a valued member of our clinical team, working closely with GPs, nurses and the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure patients receive the right care at the right time. You will influence service development, drive improvements and help shape innovative approaches to patient care. Beyond your clinical work, you will provide leadership, share your expertise and support colleagues through mentorship and collaborative learning. You will champion evidence-based practice and identify opportunities to improve patient outcomes and experience.

A Practice That Puts People First

We are a friendly, forward-thinking, multidisciplinary GP practice in Somerset, serving our local community across two sites, conveniently located just off the M5 (Junction 24) and within easy reach of Taunton, Bristol and the beautiful Somerset coast. We are CQC rated Good, with high QOF achievement and an active role within our Primary Care Network (PCN). We genuinely enjoy our work and believe a happy, supported team delivers the best patient care. We prioritise staff wellbeing, teamwork and sustainable working practices, with regular morning huddles, monthly Lunch & Learn sessions and a strong culture of collaboration and shared learning.

We are a training practice, with an experienced nursing team independently managing diabetes, COPD and asthma. Our in-house expertise includes vasectomies, coils and implants, microsuction and joint injections, creating opportunities to develop skills and pursue special interests. Community is at the heart of what we do. Our Health & Wellbeing Coach, Village Agent, active Patient Participation Group, Walking Group and Gardening Group reflect our commitment to holistic care and supporting people beyond the consultation room. Using EMIS Web, Accurx and Ardens, we continually look for ways to improve services and patient outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Practice

• Provide advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of patients presenting with acute, chronic and undifferentiated conditions.
• Undertake comprehensive history taking, physical examination and clinical assessment using advanced clinical skills.
• Diagnose, manage and appropriately refer patients presenting with illness, injury or long-term conditions.
• Prescribe safely, effectively and cost-effectively within scope of practice and current prescribing legislation.
• Request, interpret and act upon diagnostic investigations including pathology and radiology results.
• Formulate differential diagnoses and evidence-based treatment plans.
• Manage patients independently, appropriately seeking clinical support where required.
• Undertake home visits for patients whose needs cannot be met within the practice setting.
• Recognise and respond appropriately to medical emergencies and safeguarding concerns.
• Provide holistic, patient-centred care that promotes shared decision-making and self-management.
• Deliver health promotion, disease prevention and lifestyle advice to improve patient outcomes.
• Support the management and review of patients with long-term conditions where appropriate.
• Refer patients efficiently to secondary care, community services and other agencies in accordance with local pathways.

Professional Responsibilities

• Maintain professional registration and practice in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code.
• Work within national and local clinical guidelines, policies and protocols.
• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous and legally compliant clinical records using the practice clinical system.
• Ensure patient confidentiality is maintained at all times in accordance with GDPR and NHS standards.
• Demonstrate professional accountability and responsibility for clinical decision-making.
• Participate in clinical supervision, appraisal, revalidation and continuing professional development.

Leadership and Service Development

• Contribute to the development and delivery of high-quality clinical services.
• Support quality improvement initiatives, clinical audit and service evaluation activities.
• Participate in significant event reviews, learning events and clinical governance activities.
• Assist in the development and implementation of clinical policies, protocols and pathways.
• Act as a role model and resource for colleagues, supporting education and clinical development within the practice.

Multidisciplinary Working

• Work collaboratively with GPs, Practice Nurses, Clinical Pharmacists, First Contact Practitioners, Mental Health Practitioners and the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Contribute to effective care planning and integrated care delivery.
• Liaise effectively with secondary care providers, social care teams and community services.
• Support the delivery of safe, responsive and sustainable primary care services.

Personal Attributes

• Professional, approachable and compassionate manner.
• Commitment to patient-centred care.
• Flexible and adaptable approach to service needs.
• Proactive and self-motivated.
• Demonstrates integrity, accountability and resilience.
• Commitment to continuous learning and professional development.

Knowledge

• Advanced clinical assessment and diagnostic reasoning skills.
• Understanding of evidence-based practice and clinical governance.
• Knowledge of safeguarding adults and children.
• Understanding of infection prevention and control principles.
• Knowledge of NHS primary care services and referral pathways.
• Aware of professional, legal and ethical responsibilities relating to advanced practice.
• Knowledge of quality improvement and audit processes.
• Excellent consultation and communication skills.
• Highly developed clinical examination skills.
• Strong diagnostic and decision-making abilities.
• Ability to manage undifferentiated and complex presentations.
• Ability to prioritise workload effectively in a demanding environment.
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills.
• Ability to work independently whilst recognising limitations and seeking advice when necessary.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Competent IT and clinical system skills.
• Commitment to delivering safe, high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice, Independent/Supplementary Prescribing Qualification (V300).
• Evidence of ongoing professional development and maintenance of advanced clinical competence.

Experience

• Significant post-registration clinical experience.
• Experience working autonomously within an advanced clinical practice role.
• Experience assessing, diagnosing and managing patients with acute presentations.
• Experience managing patients with chronic and complex health conditions.
• Experience prescribing independently within scope of practice.
• Experience requesting and interpreting diagnostic investigations.
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary healthcare team.
• Demonstrable experience using clinical judgement to manage risk and uncertainty.
• Experience maintaining accurate clinical records using electronic patient record systems.
• Experience working within General Practice.
• Experience undertaking home visits in a primary care or community setting.
• Experience managing long-term conditions such as diabetes, COPD, asthma and cardiovascular disease.
• Experience in urgent care, minor illness or same-day access services.
• Experience supervising, mentoring or supporting junior clinicians.
• Familiarity with EMIS Web.
• Non-Medical Prescribing updates and advanced clinical skills training.
• Qualification or experience in leadership, education or quality improvement.