Advanced Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Clinical Practitioner

About the Role

Due to retirement of our much loved ANP, we are looking to recruit an Experienced Salaried Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) or Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to deliver outstanding patient care. This is a full time role, hours and days negotiable for a suitable candidate. We may consider two part time applicants to share the role.

The main responsibilities of the role include:

• Delivering a high standard of patient care, using advanced autonomous clinical skills, and a broad and in-depth theoretical knowledge base
• Assessing, diagnosing and treating patients’ conditions, initiating direct referrals as appropriate
• As an independent prescriber: to prescribe safe, effective and appropriate medication as defined by current legislative frame work
• As a vital part of our multidisciplinary team, you will have the opportunity to support and care for a diverse patient group

About the Candidate

To be considered for this position you will have the following:

• You will be a Registered General Practice Nurse (currently registered with the NMC)
• You will hold a recognised ANP or ACP qualification at Masters level and work as an Independent Nurse Prescriber. You will be able to work with a high degree of autonomy and be confident in leading in a variety of settings
• You will be forward thinking and strive to develop innovative ideas and new ways of working, that address the health needs of the practice, whilst motivating and encouraging others to do the same
• As an excellent communicator and collaborator, you will embrace opportunities to work and liaise across multi-professional and agency boundaries in the interests of improving patient outcomes
• In addition to your highly developed clinical skills, your approach in the role will be consistently compassionate and respectful placing a high value on the dignity of patients, relatives, carers and colleagues
• It is desirable that you have experience in Primary Care and have worked in a GP Practice ideally in the Southend area.

About Us

Southend Medical Centre is a 7300 patient practice with a friendly and supportive team that strives to provide an outstanding service to its patients. We are proud to be a multi-cultural surgery, we have been accredited with several awards including our Pride in practice LGBTQIA+ Gold award, our Veterans Friendly Practice award, our Dementia Awareness Practice award, our Trauma Informed surgery accreditation and were finalist in the Impact Awards Practice of the Year.

We hold patient care at the forefront of our minds and we fly the flag for the future of healthcare by being a training and research studies practice.

• We can offer off street parking for the duration of your shifts
• We work closely with the Homeless Healthcare team, however patients are registered at all practices in Southend and Southend Medical centre is not exclusively responsible for this patient group
• Historically we are aware we had a reputation of dealing with challenging and complex needs patients, we would like to reassure applicants we have a zero-tolerance policy to unacceptable behaviour. Patients will be deducted and registered with special allocation services (SAS) if necessary.
• We pride ourselves on being an ‘inclusive’ practice. This means our staff are open minded and non-judgemental when offering a service to vulnerable patients often with a multicultural background, experiencing deprivation, health inequalities and personal characteristics. We pride ourselves on adapting our approach to break down any barrier’s patients may have and believe everyone should have access to healthcare. We strive to create a welcoming environment where patients feel listened to, respected and supported to achieve the best possible health outcomes.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.