Nurse Practitioner / ANP - GP Practice

Southall Medical Centre

The closing date is 21 March 2025

Job summary

Southall Medical Centre is looking to appoint an enthusiastic, highly motivated nurse practitioner / ANP to join our dynamic clinical team. The successful candidate will ideally have experience working as a nurse practitioner / ANP in Primary Care or Urgent Care Centres.

Main duties of the job

  • To assess and triage patients, including same day triage, and as appropriate provide definitive treatment (including prescribing medications following policy, patient group directives, NICE (national) and local clinical guidelines and local care pathways).
  • Manage undifferentiated undiagnosed condition and identify red flags and underlying serious pathology and take appropriate action.
  • Use complex decision making to inform the diagnosis, investigation, complete management of episodes of care within a broad scope of practice.
  • Actively take a personalised care approach and population centred care approach to enable shared decision making with the presenting person.
  • Provide expert professional advice to patients, carers and colleagues and ensure the maintenance of clinical excellence.
  • To develop new and innovative concepts, models, methods and practices to deliver new and improved primary care services to meet the needs of the practice and PCN population.
  • To provide education and training to other staff and students, play an active role in staff meetings, clinical audits and practice development.

About us

Southall Medical Centre is a friendly, welcoming GP practice with two surgeries in the heart of Southall caring for over 9,500 patients from the local area.

We always strive to provide our patients with excellent evidence-based care and all our staff share this vision.

You will be well-supported by our management and clinical team, however must be able to work independently and autonomously.

Date posted

17 February 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

A2742-25-0000

Job locations

223 Lady Margaret Road

Southall

Middlesex

UB1 2PT


Southall Medical Centre

70 Norwood Road

Southall

UB2 4EY


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Assess patients presenting with acute illness or for review of chronic disease conditions.
  • Diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients
  • Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective, and plan clinical care accordingly.
  • Proactively identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition (as appropriate).
  • Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug- and non-drug-based treatment methods into a management plan.
  • Fully participate in the clinical administration within the practice/PCN, signing prescriptions, reviewing medication, reviewing patient letters/discharges, respond to queries as required
  • Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and practice protocols and formularies.
  • Refers patients as appropriate to other members of the PCN multidisciplinary team, secondary care and to other statutory and voluntary organisations including referrals for procedures and x-rays etc.
  • Undertakes and interprets a range of diagnostic tests and routine clinical procedures e.g., cytology, venepuncture, blood pressure monitoring etc.

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Assess patients presenting with acute illness or for review of chronic disease conditions.
  • Diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients
  • Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective, and plan clinical care accordingly.
  • Proactively identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition (as appropriate).
  • Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug- and non-drug-based treatment methods into a management plan.
  • Fully participate in the clinical administration within the practice/PCN, signing prescriptions, reviewing medication, reviewing patient letters/discharges, respond to queries as required
  • Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and practice protocols and formularies.
  • Refers patients as appropriate to other members of the PCN multidisciplinary team, secondary care and to other statutory and voluntary organisations including referrals for procedures and x-rays etc.
  • Undertakes and interprets a range of diagnostic tests and routine clinical procedures e.g., cytology, venepuncture, blood pressure monitoring etc.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Experience of working in a primary care environment
  • Experience of working as a nurse practitioner
  • Experience in triage
  • Experience of dealing with a range of clinical conditions
  • Appropriate medical registration (e.g. with the NMC)

Desirable

  • Experience with SystmOne clinical system
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Experience of working in a primary care environment
  • Experience of working as a nurse practitioner
  • Experience in triage
  • Experience of dealing with a range of clinical conditions
  • Appropriate medical registration (e.g. with the NMC)

Desirable

  • Experience with SystmOne clinical system

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Southall Medical Centre

Address

223 Lady Margaret Road

Southall

Middlesex

UB1 2PT


Employer's website

https://www.southallmedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Southall Medical Centre

Address

223 Lady Margaret Road

Southall

Middlesex

UB1 2PT


Employer's website

https://www.southallmedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Dr V K Sanghera

i.sanghera@nhs.net

Date posted

17 February 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

A2742-25-0000

Job locations

223 Lady Margaret Road

Southall

Middlesex

UB1 2PT


Southall Medical Centre

70 Norwood Road

Southall

UB2 4EY


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