Band 7 Advanced/Extended Nurse Practitioner

Are you an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner or Nurse Practitioner with an independent prescribing qualification and a strong background in urgent or community care? If youre looking for a flexible part-time role where youll work autonomously but also be supported by a skilled and friendly MDT, then this could be the right fit for you. Youll play a vital role in our Urgent Care Response service, helping patients stay safe at home, avoid unnecessary hospital admissions, and access timely, person-centred care. You will carry out advanced assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for patients with undifferentiated conditions (including minor illness and injury). Use your prescribing qualification to deliver safe, timely, and effective care. Support the Urgent Care Navigation Hub by triaging referrals and directing patients into the right pathways. Provide visible leadership, clinical guidance and supervision to nursing colleagues. Contribute to service development, audits and governance work to continuously improve care.

HCRG Care Group is committed to changing lives through transforming health and care services. Our focus is on providing high-quality, patient-centered care in the community, helping individuals remain in their homes while receiving the necessary medical support. Our services are primarily based at Livingstone Community Hospital in Dartford with additional collaboration at the Urgent Care Navigation Hub in Strood. We value innovation and have set aside significant funding to encourage new ideas that further our mission. Our culture supports an open, just environment where everyone is encouraged to contribute towards improving the services we deliver. The Care Quality Commission has rated a majority of our services as "good" or "outstanding", a testament to our dedication to maintaining the highest clinical and quality standards. At HCRG Care Group, you will find numerous opportunities for professional growth along with exclusive employee rewards, fostering an environment where you can thrive both personally and professionally.

Package Description:

As a Band 7 Advanced/Extended Nurse Practitioner, youll be part of our team primarily based at Livingstone Community Hospital, Dartford, with some travel to the Urgent Care Navigation Hub, Strood.

You will feel valued as an ANP within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• Band 7 Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Plentiful on site-parking
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location
• An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

About the role

Are you an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner or Nurse Practitioner with an independent prescribing qualification and a strong background in urgent or community care?If youre looking for a flexible part-time role where youll work autonomously but also be supported by a skilled and friendly MDT, then this could be the right fit for you.

Youll play a vital role in our Urgent Care Response service, helping patients stay safe at home, avoid unnecessary hospital admissions, and access timely, person-centred care.

What youll do

• Carry out advanced assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for patients with undifferentiated conditions (including minor illness and injury)
• Use your prescribing qualification to deliver safe, timely, and effective care
• Support the Urgent Care Navigation Hub by triaging referrals and directing patients into the right pathways
• Provide visible leadership, clinical guidance and supervision to nursing colleagues
• Contribute to service development, audits and governance work to continuously improve care

What were looking for

• NMC registration with independent/extended prescribing qualification
• Accredited A&E or minor illness qualification
• Experience in community, urgent response, or intermediate care
• Confidence in autonomous practice and complex decision-making
• Strong communication, leadership and team-working skills
• Commitment to continuous professional development and evidence-based practice