The North Liverpool Primary Care Network would like to recruit an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to complement our current Care Home Team.
Main duties of the job
We are now seeking a dynamic and experienced Frailty Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) to join our growing network team to lead on the delivery of advanced frailty care within our care home population.
About us
North Liverpool Primary Care Network brings together a group of forward-thinking GP practices and multidisciplinary professionals committed to delivering high-quality, integrated care to our local community.
We are proud to support approximately 650 residents living across 22 Care Homes in North Liverpool. Our aim is to deliver proactive, person-centred, and coordinated care that enhances wellbeing, prevents unnecessary hospital admissions, and improves quality of life.
Job responsibilities
The postholder will:
* Provide clinical assessment, diagnosis, and management of residents living with frailty within care homes across the network.
* Work alongside the patients registered GP to support the delivery of anticipatory care planning, including advance care and end-of-life discussions.
* Manage acute presentations and long-term conditions, ensuring timely, evidence-based interventions.
* Work closely with GPs, pharmacists, therapists, and community teams to deliver holistic, coordinated care.
* Participate in and contribute to multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings and care reviews.
* Support structured medication reviews and contribute to deprescribing initiatives.
* Provide clinical leadership and education to care home staff to enhance clinical confidence and competence.
* Contribute to implementation of the Enhanced Health in Care Homes (EHCH) framework and the PCN frailty strategy.
* Participate in audit, quality improvement, and service development projects.
See Job description for further details
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
* MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice (or equivalent)
* Fulfil the Advanced nurse practitioner specifications as per PCN DES
* Independent Non-Medical Prescriber (V300)
* Vaccination awareness within primary care
* Knowledge of frailty assessment tools
* Experience in service development, leadership, or teaching
* Ability to develop and implement policy and procedure to sustain a quality service
Experience
* Experience working in Primary Care, Community Nursing, or Care Home Liaison roles.
* Experience of working within a nursing teams
* Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients
* Proven ability to work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
* Excellent communication, clinical reasoning, and decision-making skills.
* Full UK Drivers Licence and transport
* Understanding of DNAR-ACP
* Understanding of comprehensive geriatric assessment toolkit
* Understanding of structured medication reviews
* Understanding of QOF
* Understanding of MDT roles within primary care
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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