Alderwood Medical Practice
Nurse Prescriber

The closing date is 17 July 2026

Job summary
Alderwood Medical Practice is a friendly, forward thinking, supportive practice with a list size of around 6800 patients looking for an advanced nurse prescriber to join our friendly team and contribute to our practice development. We encourage openness amongst colleagues and pride ourselves on our excellent staff retention rates. The practice is situated in new purpose built premises with dedicated practice parking.

We are a member of ICB, PCN and GP Federation.

The ANP will be responsible for the delivery of evidence based nursing services, working as part of the practice multi-disciplinary team, delivering care within their scope of practice to our patient population.

We are looking for a Nurse Prescriber with experience of working in general practice. They will be responsible for supporting in a number of clinical areas such as health promotion, chronic disease management/QoF, health prevention, as well as supporting the management team in the reviewing of clinical policy and procedure.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver patient care via consultation either face to face or via telephone and referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required. This includes chronic condition reviews and safe effective prescribing of care plans and medications
• Develop, implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for acute and non-acute conditions
• Support the clinical team in the development of individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients
• Identify, manage and support patients as risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on the patients health
• Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF
• Prescribe medication in accordance with PGD and within own scope of practice
• Review medication for effectiveness, need and national guidance
• Request and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on side effects, common interactions and dosage
• Request pathology services as necessary, processing and interpreting results as required
• Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
• Ensure SNOMED codes are used effectively
• Maintain chronic disease registers
• Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
• Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
• Implement vaccination programmes for adults and children
• Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies.

About us
Alderwood Medical Practice opened its doors to patients for the first time on February 16th 2015.

We have two GP partners, two part-time salaried GPs, a long-term locum GP, full time ANP, PN, HCA and Clinical Pharmacists. Supported by valued staff including management team, secretary and admin staff trained in workflow optimisation and coding.

Both partners are trainers and the practice hosts both medical students from Keele University and GP Registrars.

Details
Date posted: 30 June 2026
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: Depending on experience
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: A4002-24-0000
Job locations: Longford Road, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 1QN, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
Our ANP would be responsible for assessing and examining patients, make a diagnosis and provide advice and treatment including a prescription if required. They can make referrals to hospital doctors or other health care professionals, and admit patients into hospital where necessary, as well as working within our practice guidelines.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Licence: NMC *
• Skill: Prescribing *
• Skill: Anatomy knowledge *
• Skill: Medication administration *
• Skill: Care plans *
• Over 1/2 years experience working in General Practice

Desirable

• Experienced in patients care.
• PG Certificate/ PG Diploma or full MSc qualification

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.

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).