ACP - Central Lakes Medical Group, Coniston

Are you an enthusiastic and adaptable Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) with experience working in a busy General Practice environment? We are looking for a motivated clinician to join our expanding and well-established ACP team, where collaboration, professional support, and ongoing development are at the heart of what we do.

This is a permanent position with opportunities to also work at the other Central Lakes Medical Group Practices.

Closing Date: 21/10/2026

Interviews will take place on: TBC

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Main duties of the job

The post holder

will work as a member of the Practice Team. The post holder will be responsible

for recognising, negotiating and implementing processes to enhance the delivery

of care.

Patient centred

care will be delivered by assessing patients with undifferentiated and

undiagnosed problems; initiating treatment, investigations, advice and

management of problems using professional autonomous decision making processes,

liaising when appropriate with other healthcare professionals and service

providers to ensure safe and effective patient care.

The post holder

will contribute to development and delivery of a high quality innovative

service to the community through the implementation of evidence based clinical

practice, supported by continual professional development and

mentorship/supervision.

At all times Cumbria Health will deliver a service that is in line with

our values:

• Clinically Focussed: Everything

every one of us does is for the patient

• Responsive: We listen, and we respond quickly in a patient

focussed way

• One Team: We work together to provide a high-quality

service which is organised and consistent, and in partnership with both the

local Acute and Community Trusts

• High Standards: We provide skilled

professionals working to the highest standards who are passionate about

improving patient care

• Growth & Sustainability: With our

strong roots we will continue to thrive and grow

• Communities: Connecting and engaging to meet

local needs

About us

Cumbria Health places the patient, their family and their community at the heart of everything we do. We are an award-winning organisation, the first out-of-hours organisation in the country to be rated as outstanding by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

We provide primary health care services, both in and out of hours, across Cumbria. We are values-driven and place great emphasis on inclusivity and the wellbeing and development of our staff, while striving to provide a consistently high-quality service. Our service is designed to improve health and wellbeing.

Working for Cumbria Health can offer flexible opportunities in terms of location, hours and working patterns so you can enjoy a great work life balance. In order to provide the best patient care we understand the importance of ensuring staff satisfaction and are consistently trying to ensure we offer our staff a positive working environment whether that be though training or social events.

Listen to your heart. Have the work life balance you'd love.

Details

Date posted

06 October 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£34.23 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

B0554-26-0099

Job locations

Coniston Surgery

Wraydale House

Coniston

Cumbria

LA21 8ER

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

This

list of duties and responsibilities, which follows, represents the broad

range of tasks which may be required to be undertaken either routinely or

periodically. This list is not

exhaustive and the role may include additional duties which are not listed

here.

Communication

Communicates

effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.

a)

Refers

when necessary to general practitioners, Paramedics, Accident and Emergency,

Secondary Care, District nurses, Community MTD, social workers, mental health

team, and Social Care Teams including third sector organisations

With

Primary care nurses giving support, advice and leadership.

With

reception staff regarding patient information.

Communicates

effectively and respectfully with

patients and their family and carers assisting them to navigate the care pathway

Recognises

and effectively manages situations where there are barriers to effective

communication.

Clinical Skills

Works

independently as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner within the scope of professional practice

assessing both adults and children :-.

a)

Functions

at a high level to a carry out clinical decision making initiating

investigation, treatment, advice and management of undetected and undiagnosed

problems.

b)

Practices

as a non-medical prescriber.

Functions

at a high level in relation to communication skills through patient consultation

and nursing assessment of physical, psychological and social needs.

a)

Takes

an accurate history, building rapport towards a therapeutic relationship.

b)

Assess,

plan and implements patient centred plan of care for patients, independently

discharge patients from your care and refer when necessary to other

healthcare professionals for further specialised care.

Demonstrates

clinical competence in the assessment and management of patients of all ages

from infants to the elderly and management of lifelong illness such as

diabetes, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease during the time of

acute illness and managing minor illness.

Adapts

to change within working situation managing unscheduled emergency situations

including Basic life

support, severe breathing problems, serious cardiovascular problems,

collapsed patients and seriously ill patients.

Performs

investigations to reach a differential diagnosis using core clinical skill

and competence. Initiate treatment including diagnostic investigations.

a)

Recognition

of abnormal vital signs observing paediatric and adult respiratory rate and

effort, heart rate rhythm and volume, temperature and blood pressures as

appropriate.

b)

Performs

investigatory procedures including; Performing ECGs, Urinalysis, Blood

Glucose monitoring, Venepuncture, measuring and interpreting Peak Flow.

Demonstrates

competence in examination techniques including but not limited to

a)

Examination

of the Ear Nose and Throat system

b)

Basic

Neurological examination of Headaches and Head injury

c)

Basic

Muscular-skeletal examination in the assessment of injury

d)

Basic

eye examination in the assessment of injury, foreign body and infection.

e)

Respiratory

Examination

f)

Abdominal

Examination

g)

Cardiovascular

Examination

h)

Vaginal

Examination and sexual health screening

Performs

safe manual handling techniques.

Recognises

own limitations, seek assistance and refer appropriately.

Delivers

a high standard of care without discrimination to all ages, sexes and ethnic

origins of the population through continuum of life.

Deliver

safe, effective evidence based care and advice to ease patient problems.

Promotes improving the health of the

individual through health promotion, health education, screening and

therapeutic communication.

Provides Contraceptive advice as required

Organisational Skills

Aware

of and complies with CH policies and procedures.

Able

to adapt to change in the workplace being involved in new developments in the

delivery of care.

Ensures

faulty clinical equipment is reported and repaired and adequate for use.

Ensures

store supplies are adequately ordered and maintained.

Ensures

infection control regulations are complied with assisting the infection

control lead where necessary

Participates

and supports the implementation of clinical governance, clinical audit and

clinical risk assessment, setting and monitoring standards of care.

Supports

the management team to ensure QUOF/PIP etc targets are met.

Promotes

improving the health of the community through reporting and preventing

occurrences of infectious disease, proving advice and education and promoting

vaccination.

Has

a flexible approach to geographical locations across county sites.

Professional

Ensures

practice and implementation of care is evidence based by adhering to local

and national guidance.

Complies

with Nursing and Midwifery council code of conduct and works within scope of

professional practice

Maintains

confidentiality of information regarding patients.

Ensures

accurate, concise documentation.

Reports

any adverse incidents or near miss events through agreed CH system.

Maintains

professional development in risk awareness, health and safety, fire safety at

work, Child and Adult safeguarding, conflict resolution, information

governance and basic life support by attending annual mandatory training.

Identifies

and/ or participates in strategies of risk assessment to avoid or prevent

clinical incidents and near misses incorporated in the clinical governance

framework including:

Risk management, Child and Adult

safeguarding policies, Drug policies and Infection prevention policies.

Leadership

Is

a support network for other colleagues.

Act

as role model to inspire and motivate others maintaining

good relationships across the staff team.

Actively

encourages reflective practice and new ways of working for effective and

efficient general practice

Supports

practice development; Act as mentor, support and induct new staff.

Provides

local point of reference to the practice nursing workforce..

Training and Educational

Actively

seeks to enhance own professional development and promotes and facilitates

this for nursing/ ANP workforce.

Continually

keeps up to date with current evidence based practice.

Is

involved in lifelong learning.

Ensures

mandatory training has been completed.

Participates

in in-house training provided / clinical meetings / supervision

Job responsibilities

This

list of duties and responsibilities, which follows, represents the broad

range of tasks which may be required to be undertaken either routinely or

periodically. This list is not

exhaustive and the role may include additional duties which are not listed

here.

Communication

Communicates

effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.

a)

Refers

when necessary to general practitioners, Paramedics, Accident and Emergency,

Secondary Care, District nurses, Community MTD, social workers, mental health

team, and Social Care Teams including third sector organisations

With

Primary care nurses giving support, advice and leadership.

With

reception staff regarding patient information.

Communicates

effectively and respectfully with

patients and their family and carers assisting them to navigate the care pathway

Recognises

and effectively manages situations where there are barriers to effective

communication.

Clinical Skills

Works

independently as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner within the scope of professional practice

assessing both adults and children :-.

a)

Functions

at a high level to a carry out clinical decision making initiating

investigation, treatment, advice and management of undetected and undiagnosed

problems.

b)

Practices

as a non-medical prescriber.

Functions

at a high level in relation to communication skills through patient consultation

and nursing assessment of physical, psychological and social needs.

a)

Takes

an accurate history, building rapport towards a therapeutic relationship.

b)

Assess,

plan and implements patient centred plan of care for patients, independently

discharge patients from your care and refer when necessary to other

healthcare professionals for further specialised care.

Demonstrates

clinical competence in the assessment and management of patients of all ages

from infants to the elderly and management of lifelong illness such as

diabetes, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease during the time of

acute illness and managing minor illness.

Adapts

to change within working situation managing unscheduled emergency situations

including Basic life

support, severe breathing problems, serious cardiovascular problems,

collapsed patients and seriously ill patients.

Performs

investigations to reach a differential diagnosis using core clinical skill

and competence. Initiate treatment including diagnostic investigations.

a)

Recognition

of abnormal vital signs observing paediatric and adult respiratory rate and

effort, heart rate rhythm and volume, temperature and blood pressures as

appropriate.

b)

Performs

investigatory procedures including; Performing ECGs, Urinalysis, Blood

Glucose monitoring, Venepuncture, measuring and interpreting Peak Flow.

Demonstrates

competence in examination techniques including but not limited to

a)

Examination

of the Ear Nose and Throat system

b)

Basic

Neurological examination of Headaches and Head injury

c)

Basic

Muscular-skeletal examination in the assessment of injury

d)

Basic

eye examination in the assessment of injury, foreign body and infection.

e)

Respiratory

Examination

f)

Abdominal

Examination

g)

Cardiovascular

Examination

h)

Vaginal

Examination and sexual health screening

Performs

safe manual handling techniques.

Recognises

own limitations, seek assistance and refer appropriately.

Delivers

a high standard of care without discrimination to all ages, sexes and ethnic

origins of the population through continuum of life.

Deliver

safe, effective evidence based care and advice to ease patient problems.

Promotes improving the health of the

individual through health promotion, health education, screening and

therapeutic communication.

Provides Contraceptive advice as required

Organisational Skills

Aware

of and complies with CH policies and procedures.

Able

to adapt to change in the workplace being involved in new developments in the

delivery of care.

Ensures

faulty clinical equipment is reported and repaired and adequate for use.

Ensures

store supplies are adequately ordered and maintained.

Ensures

infection control regulations are complied with assisting the infection

control lead where necessary

Participates

and supports the implementation of clinical governance, clinical audit and

clinical risk assessment, setting and monitoring standards of care.

Supports

the management team to ensure QUOF/PIP etc targets are met.

Promotes

improving the health of the community through reporting and preventing

occurrences of infectious disease, proving advice and education and promoting

vaccination.

Has

a flexible approach to geographical locations across county sites.

Professional

Ensures

practice and implementation of care is evidence based by adhering to local

and national guidance.

Complies

with Nursing and Midwifery council code of conduct and works within scope of

professional practice

Maintains

confidentiality of information regarding patients.

Ensures

accurate, concise documentation.

Reports

any adverse incidents or near miss events through agreed CH system.

Maintains

professional development in risk awareness, health and safety, fire safety at

work, Child and Adult safeguarding, conflict resolution, information

governance and basic life support by attending annual mandatory training.

Identifies

and/ or participates in strategies of risk assessment to avoid or prevent

clinical incidents and near misses incorporated in the clinical governance

framework including:

Risk management, Child and Adult

safeguarding policies, Drug policies and Infection prevention policies.

Leadership

Is

a support network for other colleagues.

Act

as role model to inspire and motivate others maintaining

good relationships across the staff team.

Actively

encourages reflective practice and new ways of working for effective and

efficient general practice

Supports

practice development; Act as mentor, support and induct new staff.

Provides

local point of reference to the practice nursing workforce..

Training and Educational

Actively

seeks to enhance own professional development and promotes and facilitates

this for nursing/ ANP workforce.

Continually

keeps up to date with current evidence based practice.

Is

involved in lifelong learning.

Ensures

mandatory training has been completed.

Participates

in in-house training provided / clinical meetings / supervision

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Significant post registration experience (minimum 2 years in relevant field)
• Evidence of good practice
• Leadership Skills

Desirable

• Experience of working within primary or urgent care

Personal Circumstances

Essential

• Positive
• Confident
• Well organised
• Good team player
• Ability to build rapport and effective relationships at all levels
• Demonstrate initiative
• Ability to maintain workload in a sometimes busy and demanding environment

Qualifications

Essential

• Current NMC

• 1st Level registration

• Nurse Practitioner Degree

• Independent Non Medical Prescriber V300

• Evidence of recent Continual Professional Development

• ILS Intermediate Life support

Desirable

• MSc Advanced Practice
• 998 or equivalent teaching certificate.
• ILS Intermediate Life support

Other requirements

Essential

• Willingness to undertake further training and to teach others
• Current driving licence and access to own vehicle

Desirable

• Research interest
• Experience of innovative methods of delivering care

Skills and Aptitudes

Essential

• Demonstrate clinical knowledge in acute and chronic disease management
• Demonstrate clinical competence in minor illness management
• Able to demonstrate excellent communication and consultation skills
• Able to work independently and effectively within a team
• Flexible and motivated
• Basic computer skills.

Desirable

• Ability to adapt to change within working situation
• Innovative practice to deliver patient centred care

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Significant post registration experience (minimum 2 years in relevant field)
• Evidence of good practice
• Leadership Skills

Desirable

• Experience of working within primary or urgent care

Personal Circumstances

Essential

• Positive
• Confident
• Well organised
• Good team player
• Ability to build rapport and effective relationships at all levels
• Demonstrate initiative
• Ability to maintain workload in a sometimes busy and demanding environment

Qualifications

Essential

• Current NMC

• 1st Level registration

• Nurse Practitioner Degree

• Independent Non Medical Prescriber V300

• Evidence of recent Continual Professional Development

• ILS Intermediate Life support

Desirable

• MSc Advanced Practice
• 998 or equivalent teaching certificate.
• ILS Intermediate Life support

Other requirements

Essential

• Willingness to undertake further training and to teach others
• Current driving licence and access to own vehicle

Desirable

• Research interest
• Experience of innovative methods of delivering care

Skills and Aptitudes

Essential

• Demonstrate clinical knowledge in acute and chronic disease management
• Demonstrate clinical competence in minor illness management
• Able to demonstrate excellent communication and consultation skills
• Able to work independently and effectively within a team
• Flexible and motivated
• Basic computer skills.

Desirable

• Ability to adapt to change within working situation
• Innovative practice to deliver patient centred care

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 .

Additional information

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 .

Employer details

Employer name

Cumbria Health

Address

Coniston Surgery

Wraydale House

Coniston

Cumbria

LA21 8ER

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://cumbriahealth.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Cumbria Health

Address

Coniston Surgery

Wraydale House

Coniston

Cumbria

LA21 8ER

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://cumbriahealth.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

This

list of duties and responsibilities, which follows, represents the broad

range of tasks which may be required to be undertaken either routinely or

periodically. This list is not

exhaustive and the role may include additional duties which are not listed

here.

Communication

Communicates

effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.

a)

Refers

when necessary to general practitioners, Paramedics, Accident and Emergency,

Secondary Care, District nurses, Community MTD, social workers, mental health

team, and Social Care Teams including third sector organisations

With

Primary care nurses giving support, advice and leadership.

With

reception staff regarding patient information.

Communicates

effectively and respectfully with

patients and their family and carers assisting them to navigate the care pathway

Recognises

and effectively manages situations where there are barriers to effective

communication.

Clinical Skills

Works

independently as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner within the scope of professional practice

assessing both adults and children :-.

a)

Functions

at a high level to a carry out clinical decision making initiating

investigation, treatment, advice and management of undetected and undiagnosed

problems.

b)

Practices

as a non-medical prescriber.

Functions

at a high level in relation to communication skills through patient consultation

and nursing assessment of physical, psychological and social needs.

a)

Takes

an accurate history, building rapport towards a therapeutic relationship.

b)

Assess,

plan and implements patient centred plan of care for patients, independently

discharge patients from your care and refer when necessary to other

healthcare professionals for further specialised care.

Demonstrates

clinical competence in the assessment and management of patients of all ages

from infants to the elderly and management of lifelong illness such as

diabetes, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease during the time of

acute illness and managing minor illness.

Adapts

to change within working situation managing unscheduled emergency situations

including Basic life

support, severe breathing problems, serious cardiovascular problems,

collapsed patients and seriously ill patients.

Performs

investigations to reach a differential diagnosis using core clinical skill

and competence. Initiate treatment including diagnostic investigations.

a)

Recognition

of abnormal vital signs observing paediatric and adult respiratory rate and

effort, heart rate rhythm and volume, temperature and blood pressures as

appropriate.

b)

Performs

investigatory procedures including; Performing ECGs, Urinalysis, Blood

Glucose monitoring, Venepuncture, measuring and interpreting Peak Flow.

Demonstrates

competence in examination techniques including but not limited to

a)

Examination

of the Ear Nose and Throat system

b)

Basic

Neurological examination of Headaches and Head injury

c)

Basic

Muscular-skeletal examination in the assessment of injury

d)

Basic

eye examination in the assessment of injury, foreign body and infection.

e)

Respiratory

Examination

f)

Abdominal

Examination

g)

Cardiovascular

Examination

h)

Vaginal

Examination and sexual health screening

Performs

safe manual handling techniques.

Recognises

own limitations, seek assistance and refer appropriately.

Delivers

a high standard of care without discrimination to all ages, sexes and ethnic

origins of the population through continuum of life.

Deliver

safe, effective evidence based care and advice to ease patient problems.

Promotes improving the health of the

individual through health promotion, health education, screening and

therapeutic communication.

Provides Contraceptive advice as required

Organisational Skills

Aware

of and complies with CH policies and procedures.

Able

to adapt to change in the workplace being involved in new developments in the

delivery of care.

Ensures

faulty clinical equipment is reported and repaired and adequate for use.

Ensures

store supplies are adequately ordered and maintained.

Ensures

infection control regulations are complied with assisting the infection

control lead where necessary

Participates

and supports the implementation of clinical governance, clinical audit and

clinical risk assessment, setting and monitoring standards of care.

Supports

the management team to ensure QUOF/PIP etc targets are met.

Promotes

improving the health of the community through reporting and preventing

occurrences of infectious disease, proving advice and education and promoting

vaccination.

Has

a flexible approach to geographical locations across county sites.

Professional

Ensures

practice and implementation of care is evidence based by adhering to local

and national guidance.

Complies

with Nursing and Midwifery council code of conduct and works within scope of

professional practice

Maintains

confidentiality of information regarding patients.

Ensures

accurate, concise documentation.

Reports

any adverse incidents or near miss events through agreed CH system.

Maintains

professional development in risk awareness, health and safety, fire safety at

work, Child and Adult safeguarding, conflict resolution, information

governance and basic life support by attending annual mandatory training.

Identifies

and/ or participates in strategies of risk assessment to avoid or prevent

clinical incidents and near misses incorporated in the clinical governance

framework including:

Risk management, Child and Adult

safeguarding policies, Drug policies and Infection prevention policies.

Leadership

Is

a support network for other colleagues.

Act

as role model to inspire and motivate others maintaining

good relationships across the staff team.

Actively

encourages reflective practice and new ways of working for effective and

efficient general practice

Supports

practice development; Act as mentor, support and induct new staff.

Provides

local point of reference to the practice nursing workforce..

Training and Educational

Actively

seeks to enhance own professional development and promotes and facilitates

this for nursing/ ANP workforce.

Continually

keeps up to date with current evidence based practice.

Is

involved in lifelong learning.

Ensures

mandatory training has been completed.

Participates

in in-house training provided / clinical meetings / supervision

Experience

Essential

• Significant post registration experience (minimum 2 years in relevant field)
• Evidence of good practice
• Leadership Skills

Desirable

• Experience of working within primary or urgent care

Personal Circumstances

Essential

• Positive
• Confident
• Well organised
• Good team player
• Ability to build rapport and effective relationships at all levels
• Demonstrate initiative
• Ability to maintain workload in a sometimes busy and demanding environment

Qualifications

Essential

• Current NMC

• 1st Level registration

• Nurse Practitioner Degree

• Independent Non Medical Prescriber V300

• Evidence of recent Continual Professional Development

• ILS Intermediate Life support

Desirable

• MSc Advanced Practice
• 998 or equivalent teaching certificate.
• ILS Intermediate Life support

Other requirements

Essential

• Willingness to undertake further training and to teach others
• Current driving licence and access to own vehicle

Desirable

• Research interest
• Experience of innovative methods of delivering care

Skills and Aptitudes

Essential

• Demonstrate clinical knowledge in acute and chronic disease management
• Demonstrate clinical competence in minor illness management
• Able to demonstrate excellent communication and consultation skills
• Able to work independently and effectively within a team
• Flexible and motivated
• Basic computer skills.

Desirable

• Ability to adapt to change within working situation
• Innovative practice to deliver patient centred care