Job summary
The post holder is an Advanced Clinical Practitioner, acting within their professional boundaries. They will provide care for the presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of their care. They will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care for patients within the general practice.
Main duties of the job
Health Education England describes advanced clinical practice as delivered by experienced, registered health and care practitioners. It is a level of practice characterised by a high degree of autonomy and complex decision making. This is underpinned by a masters level award 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 competence. Advanced clinical practice embodies the ability to manage clinical care in partnership with individuals, families and carers. It includes the analysis and synthesis of complex problems across a range of settings, enabling innovative solutions to enhance peoples experience and improve outcomes.
This job description covers many elements of the role but is not exhaustive. There is an opportunity in this role to develop skills and services within Beccles Medical Centre (BMC), including managing key clinical areas, training, and research.
About us
Beccles Medical Centre is an established GP surgery, in the Suffolk market-town of Beccles. The Practice has a list size of approximately 20,000 patients. We have 5 Partners, and just over 100 additional staff. We are a GP Training practice and also host other students studying at the nearby University of East Anglia. We work very closely with our PCN. Our mission is to provide high quality healthcare with respect and compassion, ensuring that the patients are at the heart of everything we do
Details
Date posted
11 December 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience BMC Band 7/8
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
Reference number
A0060-25-0008
Job locations
St. Marys Road
Beccles
Suffolk
NR34 9NX
Job description
Job responsibilities
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
The post holder is responsible for the following:
To deliver a high standard of patient care as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner in general practice, using advanced clinical skills, and a broad and in-depth theoretical knowledge base.
As a member of GP consultants Team (with various clinical skill mix) to either care for them or if this is not appropriate triage them to an appropriate appointment with another more appropriate clinician;
To appropriately assess, examine, investigate, diagnose and treat patients with acute or chronic presentations. Resulting in the safe management and/or appropriate referral, following practice guidelines and protocols
Order/ interpret investigations, laboratory tests, x-rays and act on results as appropriate
The practitioner will need to prioritise and triage the needs of patients accordingly making any necessary referrals for investigations in the appropriate manner. Patients with problems needing referral to secondary care could be discussed with the duty GP, where appropriate, who is supervising or if not available at an appropriate interval another regular GP in the practice before making such referral.
To manage known exacerbations of chronic illness ensuring appropriate assessments, treatment and where appropriate onward referral to appropriate specialities facilitating self-care and/or care within the community setting.
The post holder will work closely with the inter-professional team to support new ways of working that emphasises a more efficient and patient focused service acting as a professional clinical role model
To play an active role in the development/ improvement and audit of processes that facilitates and improves patient flow.
Practice with confidence and competence within appropriate nationally agreed professional guidelines such as NMC/ RCN / HEE Guidelines, the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the College of Paramedics (COP)
To ensure that accurate documentation and records of patient care are kept.
To provide specialist advice on patient care to the Practice team taking into account all aspects of clinical governance, and act as a specialist resource within the Practice
To enhance the clinical services offered by the practice
2. JOB DIMENSIONS
To manage own clinical workload in general practice responding effectively to patient need and ensuring patient choice and ease of access to services.
To work effectively and within the boundaries of professional practice as part of a clinical team delivering services to meet patients needs.
Each ACP at BMC will have a minimum of THREE areas of main clinical practice from the following options (but they may choose more than 3 to create a portfolio role):
o Acute Home Visits
o Urgent Care / Minor Ailments Clinics
o Routine Clinics
o Intermediate Care ward duties (Beccles War Memorial Hospital)
o Long Term Conditions Clinic / Visit
o Personal specialty (e.g. womens health, minor surgery etc.)
Each ACP at BMC will have an agreed area of leadership responsibility from the following options:
o A Clinical specialty aligned with QoF (e.g cardiovascular medicine)
o A Clinical specialty aligned with CQC (e.g. safeguarding)
o A Management area (e.g. nurse lead)
o A Quality Improvement support role (e.g. audit lead)
o A Service Development support role
Each ACP at BMC will have an agreed area of education and or research responsibility from the following options:
o Research
o Medical Student teaching
o GP Registrar supervision
o Independent Prescriber training supervision
o Care Navigator clinical upskilling
3. PRIMARY DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
A. CLINICAL PRACTICE:
The post-holder will :
Practise in compliance with their respective code of professional conduct and within their scope of practice, being responsible and accountable for their decisions, actions and omissions at this level of practice.
Provide the choice of direct access to a prescribing Practitioner at home, in the Practice and remotely, for the general practice population
Provide a first point of contact within the Practice or in the Community for patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems, making use of skills in history taking, physical examination, problem-solving and clinical decision-making, to establish a diagnosis and management plan
Instigate necessary invasive and non-invasive diagnostic tests or investigations and interpret findings/reports
The post holder must be an independent prescriber: to prescribe safe, effective and appropriate medication as defined by current legislative framework
Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care
Offer a holistic service to patients and their families, supporting people in making decisions, planning care or seeking to make positive changes, with an emphasis on prevention and self-care
Promote health and well-being through the use of health promotion, health education, screening and therapeutic communication skills
Refer patients directly to other services/agencies as appropriate
Work with multi-disciplinary team within the Practice, and across the broader healthcare community, to promote integrated and seamless pathways of care
Contribute to the practice achieving its quality targets to sustain the high standards of patient care and service delivery
Participate in identification of community health needs and develop patient/family-centred strategies to address them
Help develop and set up new patient services and participate in initiatives to improve existing patient services.
B. EDUCATION, TEACHING AND MENTORING:
The post-holder will :
Maintain a clinical portfolio that evidences advanced health assessment skills and competencies. In conjunction with their clinical supervisor formulate a personal development plan to evidence a commitment to continual professional development. Using agreed competency framework appropriate to the individuals scope of practice.
Participate in regular performance review with the Clinical Supervisor
Demonstrate and meet competencies to deliver appropriate health care such as history taking and physical assessment.
Participate in continuing professional development opportunities to ensure that up-to-date evidence-based knowledge and competence in all aspects of the role is maintained
To undertake further specialist training as dictated by service needs and the changing requirements of service provision.
Promote a learning environment for patients, nurses and other health professionals.
Support the wider team to build capacity and capability through work-based and interprofessional learning, and the application of learning to practice.
Contribute to the planning and implementation of the teaching for existing staff, such as medical students, Nurse students, GP registrars, Health Care Practitioners, within the Practice.
Provide supervision and mentoring to students and other members of the team
C. PROFESSIONAL (incorporating Leadership and Management and Research)
The post-holder will :
Promote evidence-based practice through the use of the latest research-based guidelines and the development of practice-based research.
Monitor the effectiveness of their own clinical practice through the quality assurance strategies such as the use of audit and peer review
Maintain their professional registration
Record accurate consultation data in patients records in accordance with the latest NMC guidance and other pertinent standards
Keep up to date with pertinent health-related policy and research. Critically appraise and synthesise the work to underpin own practice and to inform others within the practice team to consider the impact and strategies for implementation
Work collaboratively with colleagues within and external to the practice.
Demonstrate team leadership, resilience and determination, managing situations that are unfamiliar, complex or unpredictable and seeking to build confidence in others.
Pro-actively promote the role of allied professionals within the Practice, and externally to key stakeholders and agencies
Act as an advisor to other members of the Primary Healthcare team.
Proactively initiate and develop effective relationships within the practice to encourage productive working.
Participate in multi-disciplinary protocol and Patient Group Directions development
Identify appropriate opportunities to delegate both clinical and administrative tasks to more junior staff.
Help the practice operate in a cost-effective manner.
Identify and manage care risks on a continuing basis.
Participate in practice meetings and practice management meetings, reporting progress as required.
Evaluate own practice and participate in multi-disciplinary service and team evaluation. Actively engage in peer review to inform own and others practice, formulating and implementing strategies to act on learning and make improvements.
Work closely with others in the setting up and/or improving of practice systems for monitoring/measuring performance against Clinical Governance and Quality Indicator targets.
Ensure that all Practice policies are fully implemented
Job description
Job responsibilities
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
The post holder is responsible for the following:
To deliver a high standard of patient care as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner in general practice, using advanced clinical skills, and a broad and in-depth theoretical knowledge base.
As a member of GP consultants Team (with various clinical skill mix) to either care for them or if this is not appropriate triage them to an appropriate appointment with another more appropriate clinician;
To appropriately assess, examine, investigate, diagnose and treat patients with acute or chronic presentations. Resulting in the safe management and/or appropriate referral, following practice guidelines and protocols
Order/ interpret investigations, laboratory tests, x-rays and act on results as appropriate
The practitioner will need to prioritise and triage the needs of patients accordingly making any necessary referrals for investigations in the appropriate manner. Patients with problems needing referral to secondary care could be discussed with the duty GP, where appropriate, who is supervising or if not available at an appropriate interval another regular GP in the practice before making such referral.
To manage known exacerbations of chronic illness ensuring appropriate assessments, treatment and where appropriate onward referral to appropriate specialities facilitating self-care and/or care within the community setting.
The post holder will work closely with the inter-professional team to support new ways of working that emphasises a more efficient and patient focused service acting as a professional clinical role model
To play an active role in the development/ improvement and audit of processes that facilitates and improves patient flow.
Practice with confidence and competence within appropriate nationally agreed professional guidelines such as NMC/ RCN / HEE Guidelines, the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the College of Paramedics (COP)
To ensure that accurate documentation and records of patient care are kept.
To provide specialist advice on patient care to the Practice team taking into account all aspects of clinical governance, and act as a specialist resource within the Practice
To enhance the clinical services offered by the practice
2. JOB DIMENSIONS
To manage own clinical workload in general practice responding effectively to patient need and ensuring patient choice and ease of access to services.
To work effectively and within the boundaries of professional practice as part of a clinical team delivering services to meet patients needs.
Each ACP at BMC will have a minimum of THREE areas of main clinical practice from the following options (but they may choose more than 3 to create a portfolio role):
o Acute Home Visits
o Urgent Care / Minor Ailments Clinics
o Routine Clinics
o Intermediate Care ward duties (Beccles War Memorial Hospital)
o Long Term Conditions Clinic / Visit
o Personal specialty (e.g. womens health, minor surgery etc.)
Each ACP at BMC will have an agreed area of leadership responsibility from the following options:
o A Clinical specialty aligned with QoF (e.g cardiovascular medicine)
o A Clinical specialty aligned with CQC (e.g. safeguarding)
o A Management area (e.g. nurse lead)
o A Quality Improvement support role (e.g. audit lead)
o A Service Development support role
Each ACP at BMC will have an agreed area of education and or research responsibility from the following options:
o Research
o Medical Student teaching
o GP Registrar supervision
o Independent Prescriber training supervision
o Care Navigator clinical upskilling
3. PRIMARY DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
A. CLINICAL PRACTICE:
The post-holder will :
Practise in compliance with their respective code of professional conduct and within their scope of practice, being responsible and accountable for their decisions, actions and omissions at this level of practice.
Provide the choice of direct access to a prescribing Practitioner at home, in the Practice and remotely, for the general practice population
Provide a first point of contact within the Practice or in the Community for patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems, making use of skills in history taking, physical examination, problem-solving and clinical decision-making, to establish a diagnosis and management plan
Instigate necessary invasive and non-invasive diagnostic tests or investigations and interpret findings/reports
The post holder must be an independent prescriber: to prescribe safe, effective and appropriate medication as defined by current legislative framework
Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care
Offer a holistic service to patients and their families, supporting people in making decisions, planning care or seeking to make positive changes, with an emphasis on prevention and self-care
Promote health and well-being through the use of health promotion, health education, screening and therapeutic communication skills
Refer patients directly to other services/agencies as appropriate
Work with multi-disciplinary team within the Practice, and across the broader healthcare community, to promote integrated and seamless pathways of care
Contribute to the practice achieving its quality targets to sustain the high standards of patient care and service delivery
Participate in identification of community health needs and develop patient/family-centred strategies to address them
Help develop and set up new patient services and participate in initiatives to improve existing patient services.
B. EDUCATION, TEACHING AND MENTORING:
The post-holder will :
Maintain a clinical portfolio that evidences advanced health assessment skills and competencies. In conjunction with their clinical supervisor formulate a personal development plan to evidence a commitment to continual professional development. Using agreed competency framework appropriate to the individuals scope of practice.
Participate in regular performance review with the Clinical Supervisor
Demonstrate and meet competencies to deliver appropriate health care such as history taking and physical assessment.
Participate in continuing professional development opportunities to ensure that up-to-date evidence-based knowledge and competence in all aspects of the role is maintained
To undertake further specialist training as dictated by service needs and the changing requirements of service provision.
Promote a learning environment for patients, nurses and other health professionals.
Support the wider team to build capacity and capability through work-based and interprofessional learning, and the application of learning to practice.
Contribute to the planning and implementation of the teaching for existing staff, such as medical students, Nurse students, GP registrars, Health Care Practitioners, within the Practice.
Provide supervision and mentoring to students and other members of the team
C. PROFESSIONAL (incorporating Leadership and Management and Research)
The post-holder will :
Promote evidence-based practice through the use of the latest research-based guidelines and the development of practice-based research.
Monitor the effectiveness of their own clinical practice through the quality assurance strategies such as the use of audit and peer review
Maintain their professional registration
Record accurate consultation data in patients records in accordance with the latest NMC guidance and other pertinent standards
Keep up to date with pertinent health-related policy and research. Critically appraise and synthesise the work to underpin own practice and to inform others within the practice team to consider the impact and strategies for implementation
Work collaboratively with colleagues within and external to the practice.
Demonstrate team leadership, resilience and determination, managing situations that are unfamiliar, complex or unpredictable and seeking to build confidence in others.
Pro-actively promote the role of allied professionals within the Practice, and externally to key stakeholders and agencies
Act as an advisor to other members of the Primary Healthcare team.
Proactively initiate and develop effective relationships within the practice to encourage productive working.
Participate in multi-disciplinary protocol and Patient Group Directions development
Identify appropriate opportunities to delegate both clinical and administrative tasks to more junior staff.
Help the practice operate in a cost-effective manner.
Identify and manage care risks on a continuing basis.
Participate in practice meetings and practice management meetings, reporting progress as required.
Evaluate own practice and participate in multi-disciplinary service and team evaluation. Actively engage in peer review to inform own and others practice, formulating and implementing strategies to act on learning and make improvements.
Work closely with others in the setting up and/or improving of practice systems for monitoring/measuring performance against Clinical Governance and Quality Indicator targets.
Ensure that all Practice policies are fully implemented
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience to evidence autonomous clinical practice relevant to Urgent Care or General Practice
- Highly developed specialist knowledge underpinned by theory and experience
- Experience of working under pressure and managing varying workloads and changing demands
- Administration of medications within Patient Group Directions (PGDs)
- Sound knowledge of local primary care services including key players
- Demonstrable experience of CPD and desire to actively engage in ongoing learning of self and others.
- Demonstrable experience of advanced clinical knowledge in all age groups, without limitation in scope
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team in an acute or Primary Care setting
- Able to evidence safe prescribing practice and is an Independent Prescriber
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General Nurse / Registered Paramedic
- Post registration qualification to evidence
- autonomous clinical practice relevant to Urgent Care
- Further professional qualification e.g. ECP/ENP/nursing degree
Desirable
- Masters Level Award covering and assessing all 4 pillars of advanced clinical practice (clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research)
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience to evidence autonomous clinical practice relevant to Urgent Care or General Practice
- Highly developed specialist knowledge underpinned by theory and experience
- Experience of working under pressure and managing varying workloads and changing demands
- Administration of medications within Patient Group Directions (PGDs)
- Sound knowledge of local primary care services including key players
- Demonstrable experience of CPD and desire to actively engage in ongoing learning of self and others.
- Demonstrable experience of advanced clinical knowledge in all age groups, without limitation in scope
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team in an acute or Primary Care setting
- Able to evidence safe prescribing practice and is an Independent Prescriber
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General Nurse / Registered Paramedic
- Post registration qualification to evidence
- autonomous clinical practice relevant to Urgent Care
- Further professional qualification e.g. ECP/ENP/nursing degree
Desirable
- Masters Level Award covering and assessing all 4 pillars of advanced clinical practice (clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research)
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Beccles Medical Centre
Address
St. Marys Road
Beccles
Suffolk
NR34 9NX
Employer's website
https://www.becclesmedical.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Beccles Medical Centre
Address
St. Marys Road
Beccles
Suffolk
NR34 9NX
Employer's website
https://www.becclesmedical.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
BECCLES MANAGERS
Details
Date posted
11 December 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience BMC Band 7/8
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
Reference number
A0060-25-0008
Job locations
St. Marys Road
Beccles
Suffolk
NR34 9NX
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