Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Alma Medical Centre has a vacancy for an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join and enhance our friendly, hardworking patient focused practice in Stockton on Tees. This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our team at Alma Medical Centre in Stockton. We are a medium sized practice with approximately 11,000 patients, 4 GP partners and salaried GPs.

The successful candidate will work at Alma Medical Centre, Stockton as part of a dedicated and enthusiastic team, working alongside a multidisciplinary team of GP's, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Nursing Associate, Pharmacists, HCA's and Social Prescribers., Providing care and treatment to patients requiring same day appointments for minor illness.

Appointments will be provided through a mix of F2F and telephone appointments.

You will be involved in clinical meetings and be part of the process to improve care for patients.

Support the practice in achieving quality indicators and targets of the GMS contract and any relevant National Service Frameworks.

Assist GP's to help deliver effective implementation of management of patients with chronic diseases as detailed by the Quality and Outcomes framework.

Contribute to the maintenance of the practice diseases registers.

Offer guidance and support to practice nurse, nursing associate and health care assistants to improve standards of care if needed.

We are looking for a dynamic ANP with excellent communication skills to undertake a variety of duties including same day face to face consultations, telephone triage, path labs, and queries daily.

Knowledge of the GMS contract and The Quality and Outcomes Framework, is desirable. Additionally, the successful candidate will be encouraged and supported to undertake any further training required to ensure appropriate role development.

At Hartlepool and Stockton Health GP Federation our guiding aim is to improve the health and wellbeing of local people. Relationships are key to everything we do and by working with our practice members and their Primary Care Networks, as well as other local partners, we strive to provide excellent services that help people to live their best lives.

As part of this support, we are hosting this job advert on behalf one of our member practices, Alma Medical Centre