Advanced Nurse Practitioner

We are always looking to welcome new members to our practice and currently, Kingswood Medical Centre (KMC) in Basildon, have a fantastic opportunity for an ANP to join our well-established team on a part-time basis. Working 24/25 hours per week, Monday to Friday, the successful candidate will be able to work Monday-Thursday, 9am-1pm and Friday 9am-6pm. We welcome any discussion about the working pattern.

Main duties will include:

• Develop, implement and embed health promotion and wellbeing programmes.
• Manage patients presenting with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions, providing subject matter expert advice.
• Implement and evaluate individual specialised treatment plans for chronic disease patients.
• Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects to the patient’s health.
• Provide wound care. 
• Undertake the collection of pathological specimens.
• Request pathology services as necessary.
• Process and interpret pathology and other test results as required.
• Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required.
• Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation.

The successful candidate will demonstrate flexibility in attitude and behaviour. They will be keen to undertake new ways of working and delivering healthcare, committing to under-taking the professional development required to adapt to changing circumstances.

Qualifications, skills and experience required:

• Registered Nurse with Nursing and Midwifery Council.
• Either Master’s degree required for qualification post December 2020 or a post graduate diploma or degree for Advanced Practice.
• Qualified independent nurse prescriber on the NMC register.
• Meets the NMC revalidation requirements in accordance with the NMC revalidation booklet.
• Meets the standards for the registered ANP working at advanced level.
• Minor illness qualification.
• Qualified triage nurse. 

We are a GMS non-dispensing practice and look after approximately 10,500 patients with a growing list size and lucky to operate from modern purpose build premises. We are part of Mid and South Essex ICB, and West Basildon Primary Care Network (PCN). The practice is committed to delivering high quality patient care which requires us to have a supportive and cohesive team. We are incredibly proud of how we provide care for our patients. We are rated as CQC Good and are a high QOF achieving practice.

Our team consists of 2 GP Partners supported by 5 salaried GPs. In addition to our doctors, we have other clinicians working for the practice : ANPs, practice nurses, HCAs, and also a variety of support staff from our PCN consisting of Pharmacists, MH practitioners and home visiting service.

The clinical staff are supported by our admin team including receptionists, secretaries, workflow and prescriptions clerk. We are a SystemOne practice and hold regular clinical and practice staff meetings.

Our benefits include an NHS Pension and free parking. 

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.