Overview
Taurus Healthcare are advertising this position on behalf of Belmont Medical Centre. Are you an enthusiastic and experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) looking for your next role in a supportive, forward-thinking team? We are excited to welcome a new ANP to join our friendly GP practice at Belmont Medical Centre in Hereford. If you're passionate about patient care, enjoy working collaboratively, and want a role that balances clinical challenge with strong team culture, where your clinical expertise will be celebrated and empowered, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
We are seeking a qualified ANP with experience in general practice or urgent care settings, confident in managing a broad range of clinical presentations independently. You should work well as part of a team, contribute to shared goals, and be eager to grow professionally within a progressive, patient-focused setting.
This role is for between 30 and 37.5 hours per week
Closing Date for this vacancy is 2 October 2025
Interviews are expected to take place week commencing 6 October and 13 October.
Main duties of the job
You'll play a vital role in offering expert clinical care, managing both acute and chronic conditions. This is an ideal opportunity for someone passionate about leadership in primary care and keen to make a real difference in community health.
Hours of work: Monday to Friday including triaging and seeing patients, reviewing and actioning laboratory results, signing prescriptions (if you are an independent prescriber), and supporting urgent clinical queries.
You'll have a mix of face-to-face and telephone consultations, and autonomy to manage minor illnesses, acute presentations, and long-term conditions within your scope of practice. The role will be supported by our clinical team, with regular team meetings, CPD opportunities and access to further training to help you develop your career and skills.
About us
Belmont Medical Centre is a friendly, inclusive and patient-focused GP surgery in South Hereford with a patient population of around 10,400. We are part of WBC Primary Care Network Services Ltd, aiming to provide population-based, high-quality care through effective teamwork. You will be working alongside a dedicated team of GPs, nurses, HCAs, clinical pharmacists and a strong administrative team.
What We Offer
* A dynamic and welcoming team environment
* Modern, accessible premises
* Excellent location
* Regular breaks, clinical catch-ups, coffee chats and lunchtime walks/exercise
* Involvement in PCN-wide initiatives and quality improvement projects
* Opportunities to develop specialist interests and leadership skills
Please contact Sue Matthews/Laura Witherall to arrange informal chat/visit. Phone: 01432 363822.
Details
Date posted: 11 September 2025
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: £46,000 to £55,000 a year pro rata, dependent on experience
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: S0001-25-0067
Job location: Belmont Medical Centre, Eastholme Avenue, Belmont, Hereford, HR2 7XT
Job responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY
* To deliver a high standard of patient care as Nurse Practitioner (NP) in general practice, using advanced autonomous clinical skills and a broad and in-depth theoretical knowledge base.
* To manage a clinical caseload, dealing with presenting patients’ needs in a primary care setting.
* Telephone triage and seeing patients.
* Review and action laboratory results.
* Signing prescriptions (if you are an independent prescriber).
* Supporting urgent clinical queries.
You'll have a mix of face-to-face and telephone consultations, and autonomy to manage minor illnesses, acute presentations, and long-term conditions within your scope of practice. The role will be supported by our clinical team, with regular team meetings, CPD opportunities and access to further training to help you develop your career and skills.
Primary Key Responsibilities
The following are core responsibilities of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner. There may be a requirement to carry out other tasks as needed depending on workload and staffing levels:
1. To manage patients presenting with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions, including undifferentiated undiagnosed conditions, providing subject matter expert advice; the majority of workload will be same-day urgent triage.
2. To identify red flags and underlying serious pathology and take appropriate action.
3. To use complex decision making to inform diagnosis, investigation, and complete management of episodes of care within a broad scope of practice.
4. To implement and evaluate individual specialised treatment plans for chronic disease patients.
5. To identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects to the patients’ health.
6. To provide advanced, specialist nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical-based evidence, NICE and the NSF.
7. To assess and triage patients, including same-day triage, and as appropriate provide definitive treatment (including prescribing medications following policy, patient group directives, NICE guidelines and local care pathways) or make necessary referrals to other members of the primary care team.
8. To process and interpret pathology and other test results as required in a timely and clinically appropriate manner.
9. To maintain accurate and up-to-date clinical records in line with practice and regulatory standards as well as extant legislation.
10. To ensure SNOMED CT codes are used effectively.
11. To maintain chronic disease registers.
12. To chaperone patients where necessary.
13. To support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice), reviewing annually as required.
14. To contribute to practice targets (QOF, etc.), PCN targets and service requirements (IIF, etc.) complying with local and regional guidance.
15. To complete all relevant training to provide multi-professional clinical practices and CPD supervision to other roles within primary care (e.g., first contact practitioners and personalised care roles).
16. To liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (e.g., vulnerable patients).
17. To delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately, ensuring safe practice within the scope of the individual.
18. To support the clinical team with safeguarding matters in accordance with local and national policies.
19. A full Job Description & Person Specification is attached to this advert
Qualifications and experience
Essential
* Registered General Nurse – currently registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC).
* Recognised NP qualification at minimum degree level or equivalent.
* Minimum of 5 years post-registration experience.
* Experience of prescribing safe, effective and appropriate medication as defined by current legislation.
* Experience in management of long-term conditions (e.g., COPD, asthma, diabetes, CHD, atrial fibrillation).
* Experience of working autonomously and as part of a team.
Desirable
* Independent Nurse Prescriber.
* Teaching/mentoring experience and/or qualification.
* Experience in womens health or willingness to learn.
Knowledge and Skills
* Understanding of policy developments related to primary care and GMS contract, clinical governance, and quality & outcomes framework.
* Knowledge of NICE guidelines and national standards informing practice.
* Good communication, risk assessment, and IT skills; ability to work within the local system and with external partners.
Other information
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a DBS disclosure will be required.
UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer details
Taurus Healthcare Limited
Belmont Medical Centre, Eastholme Avenue, Belmont, Hereford, HR2 7XT
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