Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Azile Medical recruiting for our client | Primary Care Network | Waltham Cross

Salary: £50,000–£60,000 per annum

Hours: 37.5 hours per week; job share available

Contract: Permanent

Location: Waltham Cross, across four GP practices within the PCN

Working pattern: One practice per day, rotating across the PCN

Benefits: Free car parking and annual leave

About the role

Azile Medical is recruiting on behalf of our client, a collaborative Primary Care Network supporting four GP practices in Waltham Cross. Our client is seeking an experienced, motivated Advanced Nurse Practitioner who enjoys autonomous practice, varied clinical work and making a tangible difference to patient outcomes.

The successful candidate will join our client’s supportive multidisciplinary team, combining the variety of working across several practice settings with the stability of a planned weekly rota.

Key responsibilities

• Proactive care and complex patients
• Undertake proactive care reviews and visits for patients identified as requiring additional support.
• Support the management of patients with complex and multiple long-term conditions.
• Carry out holistic assessments and develop appropriate care plans in partnership with patients, families and the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Identify deterioration and escalate appropriately to other members of the clinical team.
• Work proactively to reduce avoidable hospital admissions and improve patient outcomes.

Long-term conditions

• Assess, diagnose and manage patients with a range of long-term conditions (LTCs).
• Review medication and treatment plans and optimise management where appropriate.
• Provide patient education, self-management advice and appropriate onward referral.
• Work closely with GPs, practice nurses, pharmacists and other PCN professionals to provide coordinated care.

End-of-life and palliative care

• Provide high-quality end-of-life and palliative care in both practice and community settings.
• Undertake proactive reviews of patients approaching the end of life.
• Support patients and their families with sensitive and compassionate care planning.
• Complete and review Respect (Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment) forms where appropriate.
• Liaise with community services, palliative care teams, district nurses, hospices and other relevant professionals.

Minor illness and same-day care

• Assess, diagnose and manage patients presenting with minor illness and acute presentations.
• Provide appropriate treatment, advice and safety-netting.
• Recognise patients requiring escalation and refer appropriately.
• Work within agreed PCN and practice clinical pathways.

Prescribing

• Work as an independent prescriber, undertaking safe and evidence-based prescribing within scope of practice.
• Review and optimise medicines where clinically appropriate.
• Consider polypharmacy, medication interactions and patient-specific risks.
• Work collaboratively with the PCN clinical pharmacy team and wider MDT.

Working across the PCN

• The successful candidate will work for our client across four GP practices within the PCN, generally spending one day at each practice as part of a planned weekly rota.
• You will be required to adapt to different practice environments, systems and teams while maintaining a consistent and high standard of clinical care.
• A full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle are essential, as the role will involve travelling between practices and may include proactive patient visits.

About you

• An experienced and confident Advanced Nurse Practitioner.
• A registered nurse with current NMC registration.
• Already an independent prescriber.
• Experienced in primary care and/or managing patients with complex health needs.
• Confident assessing, diagnosing and managing minor illness.
• Experienced in long-term condition management.
• Comfortable providing end-of-life and palliative care.
• Experienced or willing to undertake Respect form discussions and care planning.
• Able to work autonomously while recognising when escalation or MDT input is required.
• An excellent communicator who can build trusting relationships with patients, families and colleagues.
• Flexible and able to work effectively across different GP practices.
• Organised, proactive and able to manage a varied workload.
• Committed to delivering safe, compassionate and evidence-based care.

Essential requirements

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Advanced Nurse Practitioner qualification/appropriate advanced clinical practice training.
• Independent Prescriber qualification.
• Significant experience working within primary care or a comparable clinical environment.
• Experience managing long-term conditions and complex patients.
• Experience in assessing and managing minor illness.
• Experience or understanding of end-of-life and palliative care.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Access to a reliable vehicle for work-related travel.

What we offer

• Competitive salary of £50,000–£60,000 per annum.
• Permanent position with our client and a stable 37.5-hour working week.
• Job-share arrangements available for candidates seeking greater flexibility.
• Annual leave entitlement.
• Free car parking.

A varied role across our client’s four practices, supported by a collaborative PCN multidisciplinary team.

Interested?

If you are an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner looking for autonomy, professional variety and the opportunity to improve care across a local Primary Care Network, Azile Medical would welcome your application on behalf of our client.

Please apply through Azile Medical and include details of your current NMC registration, independent prescribing qualification and relevant primary care experience.