ARRS Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Primary Care

Job summary

Both Full Time and Part time considered (28-37.5hrs/week).

ARRS, the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme, is a UK NHS program funding Primary Care Networks (PCNs) to hire extra healthcare staff (like pharmacists, paramedics, therapists, social prescribers) to boost GP practice capacity, improve patient access, and offer more varied local services, significantly expanding the multidisciplinary team beyond traditional GPs and nurses.

You will play an integral role in our same-day team triage service, which is a central and essential part of our patient-access model. You will assess patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations, ensuring timely, safe, and effective decision-making and care allocation. Prescribing is not essential, and senior clinical support is always available.

You will join a well-coordinated team including four other UCPs (one dedicated to home visiting), Nurse Practitioners, Practice Nurses, HCAs, physiotherapists, clinical pharmacists, a Care Coordinator/Social Prescriber, Mental Health workers, GPs and administrative staff.

Main duties of the job

The Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) will work as part of a team to provide same-day triage, ensuring patients receive timely assessment, management, referral, or signposting. Working autonomously and accountably, the ANP delivers high-quality, evidence-based nursing care while managing clinical risk. They undertake comprehensive assessments, including history taking and physical examination, and assess, diagnose, treat, refer, or signpost patients with undifferentiated, acute, chronic, or complex conditions, including minor illness and injury. Using advanced clinical reasoning, the ANP formulates differential diagnoses and develops, implements, and evaluates effective management plans. They diagnose conditions, prescribe independently where qualified, and request, perform, and interpret investigations including bloods, swabs, ECGs, and imaging. The ANP supports prevention and long-term care, screening for disease risks, managing blood pressure, frailty, and diabetes risk, and promoting early intervention. They provide patient education, empower self-care, and refer to specialist services as required. Accurate, contemporaneous records are maintained in line with professional standards. The ANP works collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team, including GPs, pharmacists, physiotherapists, and social prescribers, to deliver integrated, patient-centred care.

About us

Both Full Time and Part time considered (28-37.5hrs/week).

Cutlers Hill Surgery is seeking a self-motivated, forward-thinking, and autonomous Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join our highly skilled and friendly clinical team. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within an established, progressive practice committed to innovation, collaborative working, and delivering excellent patient care.