Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP)NHS

Job summary

Are you an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner looking for your next opportunity in a supportive, forward-thinking primary care team?

At Minehead Medical Centre, we are looking for a dedicated Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our multidisciplinary team working 20 hours per week, delivering high-quality, patient-centred care to our local community.

Based in the coastal town of Minehead, Somerset, and on the doorstep of Exmoor National Park, this is an opportunity to combine a rewarding career in primary care with an exceptional place to live and work.

As part of OneMedical Group, you'll have the opportunity to work autonomously while being supported by an experienced multidisciplinary team and the wider resources of a growing healthcare organisation.

Main duties of the job

As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner at Minehead Medical Centre, you will provide expert, autonomous assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management for patients presenting with a range of undifferentiated and complex health conditions.

You will act as a first point of contact, managing acute presentations, routine appointments and telephone or remote consultations. You will undertake and interpret diagnostic investigations, initiate appropriate management plans and manage both acute and chronic conditions.

As an Independent Prescriber, you will prescribe and review medications safely and effectively in line with current legislation and clinical guidelines. You will also manage long-term conditions, support patients with self-management and lifestyle modification, and respond appropriately to urgent or emergency situations

Job description

As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner, you will work both independently and collaboratively within our multidisciplinary clinical team, using your advanced clinical and critical-thinking skills to assess, diagnose, treat and manage patients presenting with a wide range of conditions.

Your day-to-day will include:

• Autonomous Clinical Practice: Assessing, diagnosing, treating and managing patients presenting with undifferentiated and complex health conditions.
• First Contact Care: Managing acute presentations, routine appointments and telephone or remote consultations.
• Prescribing: Safely prescribing and reviewing medication as an Independent Prescriber, in line with current legislation and clinical guidelines.
• Long-Term Condition Management: Supporting patients with acute and chronic conditions, including self-management and lifestyle modification.
• Urgent Care: Recognising and managing urgent or emergency presentations and arranging appropriate referrals where required.
• Collaborative Working: Working closely with the wider multidisciplinary team to deliver coordinated, patient-centred care.
• Clinical Governance: Contributing to audit, clinical governance and quality improvement initiatives to support safe and effective service delivery.

What We're Looking For

• Registration: Current registration with a UK professional body such as the NMC, HCPC or GPhC.
• Advanced Practice Qualification: MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or an equivalent qualification meeting the national ACP framework.
• Independent Prescribing: Independent/Non-Medical Prescriber qualification.
• Clinical Experience: Significant post-registration clinical experience in primary care or a relevant setting.
• Advanced Clinical Skills: Strong assessment, diagnostic and clinical decision-making capabilities.
• Life Support: Current Life Support qualification(s).
• Teamwork: Ability to practise autonomously while working effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Clinical Governance: Good understanding of evidence-based practice, clinical governance and quality improvement.

What We Offer

• 20.6% employer pension contribution
• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (pro rata), plus an extra day of leave on your work anniversary
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay
• Eye Care and Cycle to Work schemes
• Paid professional indemnity cover
• 24/7 confidential mental health and wellbeing support through Health Assured EAP
• Fully integrated EMIS clinical system and GP Automate
• OneMedical Group's Refer a Friend cash bonus scheme

Through our developing Elevate Academy, we are creating clear and accessible pathways that support colleagues from induction and role-specific learning through to apprenticeships, specialist expertise, leadership and education.

OneMedical Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, inclusion and creating a supportive environment for all. If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process or simply want to learn more about joining our family, please reach out to us at [email protected]

About us

For over 20 years, OneMedical Group has been redefining how healthcare is delivered in the UK. As a leading independent, family-run healthcare organisation, we provide NHS services at scale and design, build and manage the spaces where care happens, bringing everything together under one roof.

We believe the best places to work are created by people who genuinely love what they do and celebrate each other's success. Our culture combines national ambition with genuine family heart and is rooted in trust, empowerment and open doors.

Above all, we are united by a shared purpose: creating spaces and delivering services that make a lasting, positive difference to the health and wellbeing of the communities we serve.