Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) - General Practice in Carnforth

We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and skilled Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join our welcoming and well-established general practice team. This role is ideal for an ACP who enjoys variety, autonomy, and collaborative working, and who is passionate about delivering high-quality, patient-centred care in primary care.

You will be a valued member of the clinical team, with a key focus on chronic disease management and urgent on-the-day triage, helping to shape responsive and effective services for our patient population.

As an ACP within the practice, you will:

• Provide independent assessment, diagnosis, and management of patients with long-term conditions
• Manage acute and urgent presentations, including same-day triage
• Prescribe and make clinical decisions within your scope of practice
• Work closely with GPs and the wider multidisciplinary team to deliver integrated care
• Undertake home visits where required (ability to undertake home visits is an advantage)
• Maintain high-quality clinical records and contribute to service development and quality improvement

You will be joining a friendly, experienced, and highly supportive multidisciplinary team, including:

• 7 GPs
• 1 Advanced Nurse Practitioner
• Nursing team
• Dispensary team
• Administrative and reception teams
• District nursing team (on site)

You will also benefit from close working with our Primary Care Network (PCN) colleagues, including:

• Social prescribers
• Health and wellbeing coach
• MSK physiotherapist

Clinical Practice

• Undertake comprehensive patient assessments, including history taking, physical examination, diagnosis, and management of acute, chronic, and complex conditions
• Independently manage own caseload, including same-day urgent appointments
• Prescribe medications independently (where qualified) in line with practice policy and national guidance
• Request, interpret, and act upon diagnostic investigations (e.g. blood tests, ECGs, imaging)
• Provide holistic care, considering physical, psychological, and social factors
• Make timely referrals to secondary care, community services, and multidisciplinary teams
• Manage long-term conditions (e.g. diabetes, asthma, COPD, hypertension)
• Provide health promotion, disease prevention, and patient education

Leadership & Team Working

• Work collaboratively with GPs, nurses, pharmacists, paramedics, and other allied health professionals
• Provide clinical advice and support to members of the practice team
• Act as a role model for advanced clinical practice
• Contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives

Education & Professional Development

• Maintain advanced clinical competence and professional registration
• Participate in clinical supervision, appraisal, and revalidation
• Support the learning and development of students and junior staff as appropriate
• Engage in continuing professional development (CPD) in line with NMC and practice requirements

Governance, Quality & Safety

• Work within NMC Code of Professional Conduct and scope of practice
• Ensure accurate, timely, and confidential clinical documentation using electronic patient records
• Participate in clinical audit, significant event analysis, and quality improvement activities
• Adhere to safeguarding policies and identify vulnerable patients
• Maintain awareness of current NHS, CQC, and local commissioning requirements

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with a recognised Advanced Nurse Practitioner qualification

Experience

• Registered Nurse with a recognised Advanced Nurse Practitioner qualification
• Experience working in general practice or primary care
• Independent prescriber (or working towards qualification)
• Excellent clinical, communication, and organisational skills
• Experience in chronic disease management
• Experience undertaking home visits

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.

Depending on experience Up to £38,000 per annum, based on experience (24 hours per week)