Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Job summary

Walton Medical Centre has an exciting opportunity for an advanced nurse practitioner to join our practice. This role can be offered on a full or part-time basis, with flexibility on days and hours.

Main duties of the job

• Conduct comprehensive assessments, formulate differential diagnoses, and implement evidence-based treatment plans.
• Manage patients presenting with undifferentiated and complex health needs, both acute and chronic.
• Provide expert clinical leadership and subject matter guidance in the management of long-term conditions.
• Triage and prioritise clinical needs, including urgent or emergency situations, and initiate appropriate emergency care when required.
• Request, interpret, and act upon diagnostic investigations (e.g., pathology, imaging).
• Independently prescribe and review medications in line with national guidelines and clinical protocols.
• Promote medication adherence, providing education on pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment options.
• Perform minor procedures and wound care within the scope of competence.
• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous clinical records in accordance with legal and organisational requirements.
• Adapt communication styles to meet the needs of patients and carers, including delivering complex or sensitive information.

Please note we have right to retract the advert if the position has been filled before the closing date.

About us

As well as general practice, we offer Extended Access appointments to enableall ofour patients to access medical care at evening and weekends; we work collaboratively with external agencies to provide in home services and social prescribing; we are working to be at the forefront of clinical research; and have many more exciting ventures on the horizon.

We also work as three collaborative Primary Care Networks (PCNs) which span across Colchester and Tendring:

• Riverside Medical Centre and Ardleigh Surgery
• MerseaIsland Medical Practice, Tiptree Medical Centre andRowhedgeMedical Centre
• Walton Medical Centre, Colne Medical Centre and Wivenhoe Medical Centre