Full job description

Advanced Clinical Practitioner Vacancy

The Wooda Surgery

We are looking for a Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our busy clinical team of GP’s, Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Prescribers, Practice Nurses and Health Care Assistants!

We are also a training practice for medical students.

Along with five other practices, we are part of the Torridge Primary Care Network. Being part of the Primary Care Network enables us to share experience, skills and access additional roles within the Network.

Experience as a Advanced Clinical Practitioner is preferable, but we would be willing to invest in

developing the right candidate.

Hours: 30+ per week

Salary range: £50,000 to £56,700 FTE dependant on experience and qualifications

For more information or application pack, please email kmorrish@nhs.net

Closing date for applications: Friday 9th October 2026

Interviews to be held on: Monday 19th October 2026

The Wooda Surgery, Clarence Wharf, Barnstaple Street, Bideford, EX39 4AU

Job Title: Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Responsible to: Practice Manager

Professionally responsible to: Partners. Maintain registration with professional body working within the Code of Professional Conduct.

Location: Wooda Surgery

Training

· To participate in all training and supervision requirements outlined by the practice.

· Work within relevant prescribing frameworks and demonstrate practice across the four pillars of Advanced Clinical Practice

· Demonstrates a commitment to lifelong learning and is accountable for managing own CPD, maintaining professional registration requirements, and ensuring ongoing clinical competence.

Job Purpose

To provide safe, effective, and patient-centred clinical care within a Primary Care setting. The post holder will assess, diagnose, treat, prescribe and appropriately refer patients presenting with a wide range of acute and chronic health conditions.

The role includes wound care management, diagnostic assessment and interpretation, infection prevention and control adherence, and independent clinical practice working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to improve patient outcome

Diabetes and Respiratory disease management with opportunities for further development in these areas supported by the practice.

Dimensions

Responsible to Treatment Room manager, Practice Manager and GP Partners.

Main Tasks/Duties and Areas of Responsibility

Clinical Responsibilities:

· Undertake comprehensive clinical assessments of patients presenting with acute and undifferentiated conditions.

· Diagnose, treat and manage patients within own scope of professional practice.

· Independently prescribe medications in accordance with national and local prescribing guidelines.

· Order and interpret diagnostic tests and investigations.

· Develop management plans and provide health education and self-management support.

· Identify when referral to another healthcare professional or service is appropriate.

· Assess, diagnose, treat and manage patients presenting with minor injuries and acute wound care needs within own scope of practice and clinical competence.

· Undertake wound assessment, dressing selection, wound management planning and ongoing review in line with local and national clinical guidance.

· Support the nursing team in the delivery of childhood immunisation programmes, including undertaking immunisations where appropriately trained and competent to do so

· Support the provision of cervical screening services and undertake cervical cytology sampling where appropriately trained, competent and compliant with national cervical screening programme requirements where appropriate.

· Provide face-to-face, telephone and remote consultations as required.

· Undertake home visits where clinically appropriate.

· Maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical records using the practice clinical system.

· Work with other health care professionals to diagnose, monitor, manage and treat long-term conditions, including non-drug-based treatment methods using a management plan, in line with national and local policies and practice needs.

· Support medicines optimisation initiatives.

· Support development of programmes to improve health and well-being and meet the specific needs of communities, groups, and individuals.

· Produce accurate, contemporaneous, and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures

· Understand and apply legal policy that supports the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, being aware of statutory child/vulnerable adult health procedure and local guidance

Supervision

Support the team (Practice Nurses and HCAs) with the day-to-day delivery of treatment room services, including wound care management, infection prevention activities, chronic disease monitoring and health promotion initiatives

Confidentiality:

· In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carer’s, Practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential in adherence to practice policies.

Health & Safety:

The post-holder will manage their own health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice Health & Safety Policy, and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures.

Equality and Diversity:

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

· Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of people’s rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Practice procedures and policies, and current legislation.

· Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.

· Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Quality:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice, and will:

· Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk.

· Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision.

· Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance performance.

· Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients’ needs.

· Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.

· Participate in clinical audit, quality improvement and service development activities.

· Maintain professional registration and fulfil continuing professional development requirements.

· Contribute to safeguarding processes and multidisciplinary team discussions as required.

· Work in accordance with practice policies, clinical governance requirements and professional standards.