• Working for a values-led organisation;
• Real living wage employer;
• Supporter of the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter;
• Access to Stream, which provides flexible, on-demand access to stream your pay during the month;
• Salary sacrifice car benefit scheme;
• 30 days annual leave, rising to 32 after five years of continuous service;
• Flexible pension benefits, including NHS pension scheme;
• Flexible working hours and policies;
• Family friendly and carer policies;
• Opportunities to apply for innovation and quality awards;
• Access to gtd healthcare wellbeing initiatives;
• Opportunity to become part of an employee owned organisation;
• Gtd healthcare social and fun activities;
• Cycle to work scheme;
• Eyesight vouchers;
• NHS staff discounts, a free Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts;
• Access to an employee assistance programme.

Details

• Date posted: 02 July 2026

• Pay scheme: Other

• Salary: £55,157 to £68,544 a year pro rata depending on experience

• Contract: Permanent

• Working pattern: Part-time

• Reference number: U0061-26-0077

• Job locations: Ashton Primary Care Centre

  193 Old Street

  Ashton-under-lyne

  Lancashire

  OL6 7SR

  United Kingdom

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Practice

• Assess and holistically clinically examine patients with both minor and complex needs through history taking, physical examination and appropriate use of investigations to confirm diagnosis.
• Plan, implement and evaluate an effective management plan for the patient, ensuring safe discharge/referral and/or transfer to an appropriate health care service.
• Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side-effects and interactions.
• Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
• Refer and discharge safely ensuring that safety-netting advice is offered.
• Triage telephone referrals, calls from external clinicians, patients and others into a range of services appropriately as required.

Communication

• Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating.
• Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication.
• Maintain effective communication within the organisation and with external stakeholders.
• Ensure awareness of sources of support and guidance and provide information in an acceptable format to all patients, recognising any difficulties and referring where appropriate.

Non-Medical Prescribing

• If you are employed in a prescribing capacity, you must only prescribe within your scope of practice and comply with the gtd healthcare NMP governance registration processes.
• You must maintain your knowledge and skills and prescribe within your clinical competencies.
• The non-medical prescriber is required to comply with organisational NMP governance processes and adhere to local and national prescribing guidance.

Delivering a Quality Service

• Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC/HPC etc. Understand own role and scope and identify how this may develop over time.
• Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
• Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.
• Ensure professional revalidation requirements are met.
• Deliver care according to NSF, NICE guidelines and evidence-based care.
• Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation.
• Initiate and participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the organisation and its activities.
• In partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health care responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate.
• Support and participate in shared learning across the organisation and wider organisation.
• Understand and apply guidance that supports the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, and be aware of statutory child/vulnerable patient health procedures and local guidance.

Leadership Personal and People Development

• Take responsibility for own learning and performance including participating in clinical supervision and acting as a positive role mode.
• Support staff development in order to maximise potential.
• Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external good practice.
• Encourage others to make realistic self-assessment of their application of knowledge and skills, challenging any complacency or actions that are not in the interest of the public and/or users of services.
• Critically evaluate and review innovations and developments that are relevant areas of work.
• Take a lead role in planning and implementing changes within the area of care and responsibility.
• Work with senior clinical and management teams to ensure sufficient staff of appropriate ability, quality and skill-mix is available to meet current and future service delivery, that selection and recruitment processes are effective and that equality of treatment of the team incorporates quality HR principles and processes.
• Contribute to the development of local guidelines, protocols and standards.
• Maintain effective communication with those responsible for the overall commissioning and procurement process.
• To attend and be proactively involved in professional meetings at base and corporately.
• Take the lead/ develop a special interest within certain areas to allow the sharing of clinical knowledge and expertise.

Person Specification

Skills and attributes

Essential

• Advanced clinical practice skills and competence.
• Management and treatment of patients with acute exacerbation of long-term conditions.
• Management of patients with complex needs.
• Clinical examination skills and competence.
• Clinical leadership skills and competence.
• Communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Negotiation and conflict management skills.
• Change management experience and evidence.
• Highly motivated.
• Flexibility.
• Enthusiasm.
• Team Player.

Desirable

• Teaching and mentorship in a clinical setting.
• Resource Management.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as senior clinician.
• Accountability of own role and other roles in a practitioner-led service.
• Experience of leading/managing quality improvement.

Desirable

• Experience in leading/managing a team of nurses.
• Experience of working in an unscheduled care service.
• Experience of having worked in Primary Care.