Job Description

Advanced Nurse Practitioner / Nurse Manager

Rosemary Medical Centre

Parkstone , Poole, Dorset

Part-Time: 25-30 Hours Per Week (Ideally Monday-Thursday, 10:00-16:30 - but will offer flexibility for the right candidate)

We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly skilled Advanced Nurse Practitioner / NurseManager to join our friendly, forward-looking practice team. Our clinical team currently includes 5 GP Partners, 3 Salaried GPs, 2 Practice Nurses, 2 HCAs and 1Phlebotomist, all committed to delivering excellent patient-centred care.

About the Role

As an ANP/Nurse Manager, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality clinical care while also providing leadership and direction to our nursing team. The ideal candidate will have recent Primary Care experience, be highly adaptable, motivated, and ready to embrace new challenges within a supportive environment.

Essential Qualifications & Experience

Registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) Independent/Supplementary Nurse Prescriber MSc / Postgraduate Diploma (or equivalent qualification) Advanced clinical assessment skills, including: Comprehensive history taking Clinical examination Diagnosis and clinical decision-making Initiating and evaluating programmes of care

Leadership & Management Responsibilities

In addition to clinical duties, this role includes responsibility for leading and developing the nursing team. This will include:

Providing clinical leadership, mentoring and supporting nursing staff to ensure high standards of care Overseeing workload management, ensuring safe skill-mix and effective allocation of nursing resources Leading on clinical governance, including audits, quality improvement projects and development of evidence-based practice Supporting staff with professional development, appraisals and training plans Contributing to the development of practice protocols, pathways and service improvements Acting as a key point of contact for clinical queries, ensuring smooth day-to-day operation of nursing services Fostering a positive, collaborative and progressive team culture
This is an excellent opportunity for a committed ANP with leadership skills to influence service delivery and shape the ongoing development of our nursing team.

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: ADVANCED NURSE PRACTITIONER/NURSE MANAGER

REPORTS TO: THE PRACTICE MANAGER (Administratively)

PARTNERS (Clinically)

Job Summary:

The Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) will act autonomously within their professional scope of practice providing care for patients presenting with minor and acute illness and injury, working with the GPs to support same day demand and acute care needs of the patients. This will be via face to face, video, telephone and e-consultations.

The postholder will operate within their own sphere of competence and agreed acceptable limits of practice to provide expert professional clinical advice to patients, carers and colleagues, ensuring clinical safety and excellence.

The Advanced Nurse Practitioner will need to prioritise and triage the needs of patients accordingly, making any necessary referrals for investigations in the appropriate manner.

The postholder will use skills, knowledge and competencies as a qualified Advanced Nurse Practitioner in order to be responsible and accountable for managing patient caseloads for treatments, referral, admission and discharging patients as appropriate.

As the Nurse Manager, the post holder is accountable for nursing service delivery. They will lead and manage all the nursing resources, working closely with the practice manager and GPs to deliver the practice priorities. They will work within the team of nurses and health care assistants to deliver excellent primary health care services within the practice.

Job responsibilities:

Clinical Nursing Practice

Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver safe and high quality care. Carries out clinical nursing practice at an advanced level using expert clinical skills, critical judgements & knowledge to deliver appropriate and safe care.
Delivery of care in line with NSF, NICE guidelines and evidence-based care

Triage and treat patients, performing specialist assessment of their needs and make referrals as necessary to other members of the primary and secondary health care teams as appropriate.
Co-ordinate the planning and delivery of care ensuring patients and carers/relatives are involved.

Prescribing and reviewing medication that is appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with latest evidence-based practice, national and practice protocols and within the scope of qualified practice. Diagnose and manage acute and chronic conditions, including drug and non-drug based treatment methods into a management plan.
Request diagnostic investigations and interpret within agreed protocols e.g. x-ray, blood tests, scans, etc.

Assess, diagnose and treat patients in practice premises who require medical attention and/or refer to appropriate agency. Refers patients to other members of the multi-disciplinary practice teams, secondary care organisations and other organisations as necessary.

Care Management

Communicates confidential and sensitive information to patients, relatives and carers in relation to their condition.

Provide highly specialised care advice beyond the scope of normal Nursing practice e.g. care treatment plans, making referrals as appropriate (including fast track referrals).

Contribute to local and national practice targets clinical remit e.g. QOF, prescribing incentive scheme, National benchmarking.

To monitor and meet care outcomes against standards and recommend or initiate changes as necessary.

Health Improvement

Management of health screening programmes and ensures other team members are aware of health priorities and screening objectives and programmes.

Innovation in practice to meet ongoing demands on the practice's delivery of care.

Improve health outcomes for patients by introducing new developments, and can demonstrate them as reports and presentations where appropriate.

Supports practitioners in reporting the practice population to promote health improvement and disease prevention.

Makes referrals to appropriate agencies (statutory and voluntary) where necessary

Administration and professional responsibilities

Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures

Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the practice team Accurate and legible notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patient's notes Ensure clinical systems kept up to date, recording and/or amending accurate details Ensure appropriate items of service claims are made accurately, reporting any problems to the practice administrator Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration with the practice Attend and participate in practice meetings as required Restocking and maintenance of clinical areas and consulting rooms

Training and personal development

Maintain up to date skills and knowledge, maintaining awareness of professional issues at an advanced level. Training needs will be monitored by yearly appraisal and will be in accordance with practice requirements. Personal development will be encouraged and supported by the practice.
Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self-reflection and peer review, as well as benchmarking and formal evaluation.

Contribute to the identification and assessment of learning needs of staff and other professionals and assist in planning effective programmes of education.

Participate in the education and training of students of all disciplines and the introduction of all members of the practice staff where appropriate. Develop and maintain an in house nurse-training programme reporting to the nurse/practice manager. Act as a mentor for junior staff, assessing competence against set standards. Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work and ensure own educational commitment is at least sufficient to maintain revalidation requirements. Develop and maintain a Personal Learning Plan. Regularly participate in clinical supervision.

Leadership - personal and people development

Act as a clinical leader in the delivery of practice nursing services ensuring that the needs of the patient are a priority Provide line management support to the nursing team Support staff development in order to maximise potential Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external good practice Critically evaluate and review innovations and developments that are relevant to the area of work Work with practice management to ensure sufficient staffing to provide a safe service, and that staff have the appropriate ability, quality and skill-mix to meet current and future service delivery Take part in recruitment processes where appropriate. Maintain effective communication and active involvement in the planning and processes of providing enhanced services or similar initiatives Promote the role of the advanced nurse practitioner in general practice.

Team working

Understand own role and scope in the practice and identify how this may develop over time Work as an effective and responsible line manager, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working Delegate appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence of nurses Value all team members To delegate tasks appropriately to the HCA team, whilst maintaining responsibility for this area Ensure clear referral mechanisms are in place to meet patient need Prioritise own and other's workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embedded within the culture of the team Work effectively with others to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care delivery Lead nursing team activities that create opportunities to improve patient care Participate in and support local projects as agreed with the practice management team To support the writing of, maintenance and delivery of CQC guidance within the practice
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: 55,000.00-60,000.00 per year

Expected hours: No more than 30 per week

Benefits:

On-site parking
Education:

Diploma of Higher Education (preferred)
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 04/01/2026