# Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Rushden Medical Centre. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-nurse-practitioner-anp/88a01f8c-1c90-4648-97de-0414f3f88114 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-nurse-practitioner-anp/88a01f8c-1c90-4648-97de-0414f3f88114.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Rushden Medical Centre - **Location:** Adnitt Road, Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 9TR, United Kingdom; The Nene Valley Surgery - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Salary:** Negotiable - **Contract type:** Locum - **Employment type:** Full-time, Part-time - **Closing date:** 2026-10-30T23:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-23T15:40:58.047Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/A0420-26-0014 - **Application URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/application/A0420-26-0014/pre-application-questions-pause?referrer=jobadvert&ref=A0420-26-0014 - **Employer website:** https://www.rushdenmedicalcentre.com/ ## Job Content ### Job summary Due to rapid, continued growth, an exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, committed Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join our team. This Advanced Nurse Practitioner role will involve working alongside a multidisciplinary team, including GPs, Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Pharmacists and Nurses to provide care and treatment to patients with either long term conditions or undiagnosed undifferentiated diagnosis. ### Main duties of the job The successful Advanced Nurse Practitioner will work as an autonomous practitioner, diagnosing, managing, prescribing and discharging patients with illness or injury across all age groups including young children. This may be by face-to-face consultation, telephone or video consultation. What we are looking for in an Advanced Nurse Practitioner; - Registered Adult Nurse registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC), Paramedic registered with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) or Pharmacist registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) - Hold an Advanced Nurse Practitioner qualification - Can show evidence of using autonomous physical examination and assessment skills in practice - Can demonstrate a broad and sound knowledge of complex and common conditions in primary care in both adults and children ### About us The team you will be working with as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner; - A fully staffed multi-disciplinary team including a full complement of Administration Staff - The team are a progressive and collaborative group, ready to welcome on board any successful additions - Teamwork and mutual support are integral to our working practices and the successful Advanced Nurse Practitioner must share this vision. ### Details - Date posted: 23 September 2026 - Pay scheme: Other - Salary: Depending on experience - Contract: Locum - Duration: 1 years - Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time - Reference number: A0420-26-0014 - Job locations: Adnitt Road, Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 9TR, United Kingdom, The Nene Valley Surgery, Green Lane, Thrapston, KETTERING, Northamptonshire, NN14 4QL, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities The core responsibilities of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) are as follows. On occasion, there may be a requirement to carry out tasks not listed below, that are within the reasonable scope of the role. - 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 patients health - Provide advanced, specialist nursing care t patients are required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and NSF - Provide wound care (ulcer/doppler, etc) - Provide specialist clinics such as contraception etc - Undertake the collection of pathological specimens - Provide travel medicine services - 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 - Ensure SNOMED CT codes are used effectively - Maintain chronic disease registers - Develop, implement and maintain well woman, well man and travel clinics - Take part in implementation of an effective immunisation programme - Prioritise health issues and intervene where necessary - Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies - Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs - Implement vaccination programmes for adults and children - Be an extended and supplementary prescriber, adhering to extant guidance - Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice), reviewing annually as required - Contribute to practice targets (QOF etc), complying with both local and regional guidance - Liaise with the external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc) - Delegate clinical responsibilities where appropriate (ensuring safe practice and that the task is within the scope of practice of the individual) - Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters in accordance with local and national policies - Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately - Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate ### UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of prescribing and undertaking medication reviews - Experience of working in a primary care environment **Desirable** - Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse with Nursing and Midwifery Council - Masters degree OR Postgraduate diploma or degree for Advanced Practice Qualification - Qualified Independent Nurse Prescriber - Meets the standards for registered ANP working at advanced level - Minor illness qualification **Desirable** - Qualified triage nurse ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.