Job summary

The Colte Partnership are currently recruiting for an exciting new position of Advanced Nurse Practitioner central telephony service. This is a great opportunity to take on a role helping to ensure that we progress our strategic delivery plan and for the success and future development of the partnership. We are looking for one or two (or even more) ANPs to work a total of 37 hours a week Monday to Friday during normal surgery hours. We are open to being flexible with actual hours and days. The role will be based in our Head Office in Feering and is a 12 month fixed term contract. This is a fantastic chance for an advanced nurse to use their existing skills to develop their career in a new direction and fulfil a pivotal role in our service.

You will be required to provide a high-quality clinical service to the patients across the partnership, diagnosing and prescribing treatments and drugs, working within defined procedures and protocols as set out by the partnership. The service will provide additional clinical resource across all of our 9 Branches. You will work from our head office in a purpose-built confidential area.

Clinically you will be responsible for receiving patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems and assess their healthcare needs. You will carry out assessment, diagnosis, treatment, prescribing, referral and discharge and deliver key elements of the NSFs, providing public health, health protection and promotion programmes.

Main duties of the job

• Ensure clinical practice is safe and effective and remains within boundaries of competence and to acknowledge limitations.
• Diagnosing and treating patients presenting with acute medical and minor illness.
• Advise patients on general health care and minor ailments with referral to other members of the primary and secondary health care team as necessary.
• Provide assessment, screening treatment services and health education advice.
• Provide general and specific health screenings to the partnership patients (within agreed protocols) with referral to other members of the primary and secondary health care team as necessary.
• Arrange for the collection of pathological specimens including intravenous blood samples, swabs, etc, as required.
• Ensure the clinical computer system is kept up to date with accurate details recorded and amended.
• Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration with the practice.
• Participate in the education and training of students of all disciplines and the induction of all members of the practice staff where appropriate.

About us

The Colte Partnership is very much At The Heart of Primary Care, being the largest GP Partnership in Essex; comprised of 9 local GP practices across Colchester and Tendring. We care for approx. 98,000 patients. Our Head Office is in Feering.

We pride ourselves on working to be at the forefront of primary care in our region and have many exciting ventures on the horizon.

Each of our branches has its own character, and family friendly ethos, which is why our patients love coming to us (and tell us so in our regular patient surveys). However, being a large partnership means we can offer so much more than a local branch can by itself with specialist clinics, social prescribing, and innovative support such as regular dementia cafes, armed forces support and even child first aid classes for parents.

We strive to look after our employees as well, with generous annual leave, flexible and family friendly working, and support during difficult times such as free counselling.

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

• ARA- Ambrose Avenue Group Practice, Riverside Medical Centre & Ardleigh Surgery
• RMT- Mersea Island Medical Practice, Tiptree Medical Centre & Rowhedge Medical Centre
• WCW- Walton Medical Centre, Colne Medical Centre & Wivenhoe Medical Centre