Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for an advanced practitioner to join our friendly and supportive team in Wivenhoe. This is a full time post.

The job will include initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care. Contact with patients is by telephone or face to face appointments in the surgery.

The successful candidate will be working alongside a multi-disciplinary general practice team to meet the needs of the patient, supporting the delivery of policy procedures.

You will be required to provide a high-quality, cost effective service to the patients of the practice, diagnosing and prescribing treatments and drugs working within defined procedures and protocols as laid down by the GPs.

Clinically you will be responsible for receiving patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems and make an assessment of their healthcare needs. You will carry out assessment, diagnosis, treatment, prescribing, referral and discharge as appropriate and deliver key elements of the NSFs, providing public health, health protection and promotion programmes that improve health and reduce inequalities. You will work closely with a team of GPs and practice nurses.

Main duties of the job

The advanced practitioner should be able to manage clinical cases and to be able to deal with presenting patient needs within a primary care setting.

Registration with the HCPC/NMC is essential.

About us

The Colte Partnership is very much at the heart of primary care, being the largest GP partnership in North East Essex; comprised of 9 local GP practices across Colchester and Tendring. We care for approx. 98,000 patients.

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.

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