Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Church Street Surgery

Job summary

The Church Street Surgery is seeking to recruit an Advanced Nurse Practitioner for a full-time position, working 37 hours per week. Church Street Surgery is a friendly, established GP Surgery located in the centre of Kidderminster.

Part Time, Job Share or flexible working practices would be considered.

Church Street Surgery has an experienced team of five GP Partners and four Salaried GP's along with a dedicated visiting ANP and a team of other healthcare professionals.

The ideal candidate should be an experienced nurse capable of operating within their professional boundaries to deliver comprehensive care for patients attending the practice. This includes tasks such as initial history taking, clinical assessments, diagnosis, treatment, and care evaluation.

The role demands safe and informed clinical decision-making, along with expert care that encompasses both in-house consultations and home visits. The candidate should demonstrate advanced clinical decision-making and diagnostic skills suitable for general practice.

The candidate must be a registered independent prescriber with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

Applicants who are Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs) or Paramedics will also be considered, provided they have the First Contact Practitioner (FCP) qualification and are qualified prescribers.

This is an excellent opportunity for professionals who are looking to work in a supportive and dynamic practice environment.

Main duties of the job

They will work collaboratively with the general practice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures. As part of the Wyre Forest Health Partnership, the role will be based at Church Street Surgery, with the opportunity to work at other WFHP sites by agreement.

Benefits include:

• 6 weeks annual leave plus Bank Holidays on joining
• MDU Indemnity and Professional Membership fees reimbursed by Partnership
• Support from a multi-disciplinary team including Pharmacists, Physiotherapists and Care-coordinators.
• Experienced Triage GPs who book appointments, all booked patient contact is ANP appropriate.
• Innovative backroom function that reduces administrative workload
• Regular funded ANP away day teaching sessions, where you meet with other ANPs from across the Partnership
• Structured induction package tailored to meet candidate needs.
• Regular educational meetings and supervision (both on site and cross Partnership)
• Home visiting not required (There is a dedicated home visiting ANP based at the practice)
• Performance related reward and appraisal structure
• Free Tea and Coffee Provided

About us

Wyre Forest Health Partnership: One successful and ambitious health partnership working at scale together to provide high quality innovative patient care, delivered by a valued and respected team...

WFHP has been operating since December 2014 as a single Partnership, operating out of 5 surgeries, 3 are purpose built. We operate at scale and are at the forefront of primary care delivery in how we organise ourselves, having management and leverage for a large number of primary care employees (c250 people & c50 GPs). We also look after c 72 000 patients. We have a very strong quality improvement ethic, and are always looking to improve.

WFHP is working towards the NHS goals to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible. We actively encourage new staff to take an interest in this and build sustainable practice into their roles.