Job Description

About the Role

Highlands Surgery in Leigh on Sea, has a fantastic opportunity for an experienced nurse practitioner to join our team to help us continue to drive our service further forward. This position is offered on a part-time basis, for 2 days per week.


The successful candidate will;


Be responsible for attending to patients who wish to be seen by a health care professional Diagnose and treat patients presenting with minor illness Consult and advise patients of their continuing medical and nursing needs Providing assessment, screening treatment services and health education advice

We are seeking a committed and enthusiastic nurse practitioner to join the team who will support us in continuing to drive innovation and quality care.

About the Candidate

We value teamwork, mutual support and a friendly working environment.


We are looking for the following;


NMC registered professionals with a nursing degree Independent prescribing qualification Advanced nurse practitioner experience in general practice

About Us

We have been a successful forward-thinking GP practice in Leigh-On-Sea, Essex for decades. Our team has a wide skill mix and we are always looking to build our expertise and introduce innovations into the practice that will enhance the service we offer. We are a training practice with all Partners being approved trainers.

We are a forward thinking, innovative practice with an ethos that supports development of the whole team with the objective of developing a quality service for our patients that is sustainable for the future.



We have a patient list size of 14700 and with a main and branch site that enables us to look at different models of care for our patients.



Currently we have three GP partners who are supported by 3 salaried GP's, 1 long term locums, 4 nurses, 1 nurse practitioner and 2 HCA's. Moreover, a medicines management team supported by our pharmacist and large non-clinical team all with a desire to provide the best service we can.



We are part of SS9 South Primary Care Network with one of the clinical directors working for our Surgery. As part of the PCN we have an ECP service for our housebound patients. We also have social prescribers, Pharmacist team, health trainers and our own PACT service.



We are active in supporting doctors' professional development and personal interests. We have excellent ties with our PPG, local town council, local businesses and schools.



Our CQC rating is good and we are consistently high QOF achievers.

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.