Job Description

LAKESIDE HEALTHCARE

is changing the face of primary care provision in England. We are bold, adventurous and ambitious and determined to thrive in uncertain times. We are the largest 'true' partnership in the NHS and operate from various sites across the East Midlands. We serve the healthcare needs of over 170,000 patients across Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire & Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Joining our team presents an opportunity to be part of a large organisation that is changing the way primary care is delivered today.

Living and breathing our values at Lakeside Healthcare

Caring & Respect

Simply put we genuinely care about people: working together for our patients and our teams, our patients come first in everything we do. We strive to ensure we connect and respond to all needs with compassion, care and respect to improve the lives and wellbeing of the communities we serve.

Teamwork & Quality

In all areas of our business we network, collaborate and learn from our Patients, Stakeholders and each another to ensure we are always striving to improve, making the right and best decisions to provide the best service.

About the Practice/Department/Team

PCNs (Primary Care Networks) were introduced in July 2020, as part of the NHS Long Term Plan, to encourage collaborative working across GP surgeries within local communities, providing additional services and programmes to support population health. Since inception, the scope and role of a Primary Care Network is ever evolving, with new initiatives and services being introduced frequently.

For more information on Primary Care Networks, please visit this link: https://www.england.nhs.uk/primary-care/primary-care-networks/

St Neots PCN is an average sized yet forward-thinking Primary Care Network (PCN) comprising of three practices within central St Neots and Great Staughton. We have built and developed a growing pharmacy team and recognise the value that these roles will bring to our practices and our patients, we now look forward to growing our PCN team. You will be joining an established, dynamic and varied team, whose aim is to provide exemplary patient care; finding innovative solutions in general practice to deliver the best care we can to our patients

Job Introduction

We have an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join our team within St Neots PCN, where you can make a positive contribution to patient care and peer support and supervision.

This role provides the opportunity to work across PCNs sites and to become involved in Population Health management across this PCN.

As an Advanced Nurse Practitioner you will be acting within your professional boundaries, providing care for patients from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of their care with the support of the PCN Clinical Lead as required. You will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care for patients within the Primary Care Network (PCN), whilst working autonomously and taking full accountability for patient encounters. You will work within your professional boundaries as part of the Multi-Disciplinary team (MDT) across the PCN, supporting the delivery of the Primary Care Directed Enhanced Service to meet the needs of patients.

The Advance Nurse Practitioner will undertake duties within the Practice itself thus ensuring contemporary clinical skills and credibility as well as ongoing integration with the wider team and services. This would include review and care of patients attending the Practice (for pre-planned services or same day urgent care) and include diagnosing and treating patients presenting with minor illness, seeing and advising people in respect of their continuing medical and nursing needs.

This exciting opportunity allows the Advanced Nurse Practitioner to retain their generalist knowledge and will keep their role fresh and invigorating, whilst supporting work in all four pillars of advanced practice.

What you will do

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) or make necessary referrals to other members of the primary care team. 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. Complete the relevant training in order to provide multi-professional clinical practice and CPD supervision to other roles within primary care, for example first contact practitioners and the personalised care roles.

Essential Criteria

RGN Qualification Either graduated from a Centre for Advancing Practice accredited MSc advanced practice programme or completed the Centre's ePortfolio (supported) Route; NMC 1st level Registration Educated to master's Level - Nurse Practitioner Pathway Is working at a master's level aware or equivalent that encompasses the four pillars of clinical practice, leadership and management, education, and research, with demonstration of core capabilities and area specific clinical competencies. Independent Prescribing Qualification Evidence of continued professional development.

What we offer you (Benefits)

Generous holidays (additional long service entitlements) NHS pension and long service recognition NHS Discounts (Blue Light Card) Career opportunities Role specific training and ongoing development Great team environment

Interview process - candidate information

Please apply with a CV and a cover letter - Please upload your CV as a pdf and include your personal email address in your cover letter.

Our interview process will aim to meet you in person however some interviews may be carried out virtually.

To help you shine and show your full potential, please make us aware of any changes you might need at any stage of your application. If you need an alternative way of applying for this role, support with understanding the role, any changes at interviews, or anything else, we encourage you to contact our central HR team. Details can be found on our website www.lakesidehealthcare.co.uk or you can message us through Indeed.

We encourage candidates to not delay their application as we retain the right to close the advert early should the volume of applications become very high.

Please ensure you have your Right to Work documentation available at interview

We will require you to produce the original documentation prior to your start date.

Shortlisting

We anticipate that shortlisting will commence one week after the advert has closed and will advise of interview arrangements if successful, however this timeline is dependent on the number of applications.

Website

https://www.lakesidestneots.co.uk/

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We value diversity and we're committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, and cultures and believe that a diverse workforce will help us to care for and support our patients and employees better. Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18 yrs. so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.

Equal Opportunities

Lakeside Healthcare is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to ensuring that all our staff and job applicants are protected from unlawful discrimination. All employees and job applicants will be treated equally, fairly and with respect. We will endeavour, through appropriate training, to ensure that our hiring teams making selection and recruitment decisions that do not discriminate, whether consciously or unconsciously and follow recognised industry best practice.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 43,545.92-50,819.87 per year

Application question(s):

Do you have the right to work in the UK? (Yes/No) - If you answered Yes you must be able to provide sufficient evidence upon interview. Have you worked for Lakeside Healthcare before? If Yes where did you work? Do you have a Master's degree level in the relevant area of expertise? Are you working at a master's level aware or equivalent that encompasses the four pillars of clinical practice, leadership and management, education, and research, with demonstration of core capabilities and area specific clinical competencies? Have you either graduated from a Centre for Advancing Practice accredited MSc advanced practice programme or completed the Centre's ePortfolio (supported) Route; both pathways enable eligibility for an 'Advanced' digital badge issued by the Centre, demonstrating recognised educational and experiential preparation in advanced practice?
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 14/09/2025