The Harbour Medical Practice

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

The closing date is 31 March 2026

Job summary

The ideal candidate has been assessed as competent in practice using their expert clinical knowledge and skills. They have the freedom and authority to act and make autonomous decisions in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients.

The ANP provides an opportunity for patients to receive timely care and negate unnecessarily delay in receiving treatment and without the need to refer to a GP.

ANPs in primary care are able to develop close, long-term relationships with their patients and work in partnership with them to achieve optimum health. They are autonomous in making decisions based on assessment, diagnosis and interpretation of test results.

They should be able to independently prescribe appropriate medication, evaluate or refer to other specialists if necessary.

Main duties of the job

The Advanced Nurse Practitioner post involves being part of a motivated and dedicated team of staff providing clinical care in a holistic and proactive manner.

Manage patients presenting with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions, providing subject matter expert advice
Provide advanced, specialist nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF
Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long- term conditions, preventing adverse effects to the patients health
Work as part of a multidisciplinary team (MDT), delivering a high standard of care

About us

Our Mission Statement: To provide a caring, high quality, medical service in a friendly, happy and healthy environment.

We are innovative and forward-looking, keen to practise good-quality medicine and make a difference in East Sussex Healthcare delivery.

We have a State of the Art purpose built Health Centre in Eastbournes Sovereign Harbour. A Skilled clinical team including Chronic Disease Nurses, Clinical Pharmacists, First Contact Practitioners, Health and Wellbeing Coach, Social Connectors, Care Coordinators, Emotional wellbeing service and skilled HCAs and a supportive Administration team who provide an excellent service to our patients and support the GPs

We are high QOF achievers, offering a wide range of Enhanced Services as well as offering an Ultrasound Service to local areas. Our list size is just over 7000 patients and we are CQC rated Good with solid evidence of good clinical performance as measured by local ICB standards.

Date posted

02 March 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Compressed hours

Reference number

A2722-26-0001

Job locations

1 Pacific Drive

Sovereign Harbour North

Eastbourne

East Sussex

BN23 6DW

Job description

Job responsibilities

The following are the core responsibilities of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

a. Develop, implement and embed health promotion and wellbeing programmes

b. Manage patients presenting with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions, providing subject matter expert advice

c. Weekly ward rounds at our aligned care home

d. Evaluate individual specialised treatment plans for chronic disease patients

e. Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects to the patients health

f. Provide advanced, specialist nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF

g. Provide wound care

h. Undertake the collection of pathological specimens

i. Request pathology services as necessary

j. Process and interpret pathology and other test results as required

k. Provide complex chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required

l. Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation

m. Ensure read codes are used effectively

n. Maintain chronic disease registers

o. Support an effective call/recall system

p. Chaperone patients where necessary

q. Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately

r. Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies

s. Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs

t. Be an extended and supplementary prescriber, adhering to extant guidance

u. Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice), reviewing annually as required

v. Contribute to practice targets (QOF etc.), complying with local and regional guidance

w. Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)

x. Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and the task is within the scope of practice of the individual

y. Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters in accordance with local and national policies

z. Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately

aa. Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate