Sutton Coldfield Group Practice

Advanced Nurse/Clinical Practitioner for Care Homes and Frailty

The closing date is 02 September 2025

Job summary

"Care that counts join our Frailty Team and help patients live well, every day."

We are seeking an enthusiastic, caring and highly motivated ANPto join our friendly Frailty Team, supporting frail, housebound, and care home patients.

You'll work both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team(ACPs, RGN, admin support, and 4 GPs) to deliver high-quality patient care through telephone triage, face-to-face consultations, care home visits, and home visits.

The post holders main responsibility will be to work within the clinical team to provide high quality patient care to our Frail housebound and Care Home patients.

The ANP will use specialist knowledge and skills to provide healthcare independently to patients.

To apply for this role, you must be a qualified clinical nurse with at least two years of experience as a prescriber and advanced health assessor, and possess excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills.

If you are passionate about improving care for frail patients and want to work in a supportive, forward thinking team, we'd love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Whilst working within the Frailty Team, the ANP will also be required to work autonomously in delivering independent assessment, clinical examination, diagnosis, clinical decision making, planning of care and treatment/prescribing and collaborating with the wider team to ensure excellent patient care.

About us

Sutton Coldfield Group Practice consists of 6 sites which form a single Primary Care Network. The practice sites are: Ley Hill Surgery, Tudor Practice, Four Oaks Medical Practice, Sutton Park Surgery, Falcon Medical Centre and Vesey Practice.

Date posted

19 August 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

A3813-25-0001

Job locations

228 Lichfield Road

Sutton Coldfield

B74 2UE

Job description

Job responsibilities

To deliver a high standard of patient care as an ANP/ACP) in any care facility Nursing/Residential homes, their own homes and for patients within SCGP with Frailty.

To manage a clinical caseload, dealing with patients needs in a Nursing/Residential homes and frail/vulnerable patients within SCGP.

To deliver a high standard of care using autonomous clinical skills and a broad in-depth knowledge base and experience.

To work efficiently, pro-actively and autonomously to provide consistent and appropriate care to Frail patients often with complex needs. This could be looking after their long term care needs or where they have an acute concern.

Instigate and be involved in pro-active and appropriate advanced care planning discussions with all patients and their families and develop personalised care plans according to the patients needs.

Prescribing for end-of-life care, completing/ amending Respect forms, Respect discussions with patients, families and care home staff and providing excellent end of life care to patients as appropriate.

To have an awareness of all services and support available for frail and vulnerable patient and knowing when to refer on to other services as appropriate.

The development and use of referral pathways for ANPs to the local acute NHS Trust services and to Diagnostic and Treatment Centres (where appropriate).

To support the SCGP leadership team to develop our services for Frail patients (planned and unplanned care) as a key member of our Frailty and Care homes MDT.

To mentor and support other Health Care Professionals within the Practice and members of the Care Homes MDT in developing and maintaining clinical skills and knowledge.

To build strong connections with the Urgent Community Response (UCR) team, Care home staff, Palliative care nursing staff and Community nursing and therapies

To actively contribute to achieving our contractual requirements

Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis

Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate interventions/treatments for patients with complex needs. Proactively identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition (as appropriate)

Assess, treat and educate patients as required, making use of prescribing experience to prescribe safe, effective and appropriate medication as defined by current legislative framework.

Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.

Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles, and apply principles of self-care

Make professionally autonomous decisions for which you are accountable Book diagnostic investigations as indicated.

Refer patients directly to other services/agencies as appropriate

Follow up patients as required by clinical need and guidelines within scope of practice

Undertake the assessment of pathology reports and direct for further action as warranted.

Complete medical reports for various agencies, including DWP and insurance companies (where it does not specifically require completion by a GP).

Provide Holistic Care as part of an MDT.