Supports patients managing long term conditions and leads on screening and immunisation programmes.

Provides overarching responsibility for patient care and handles most serious, acute, and complex issues direct.

Works within the nursing team, providing hands-on care eg. dressings, blood pressures. ECGs and many more diagnostic processes.

Not a clinician, but can advise on service availability, signposting patients to the appropriate clinician, supporting patients in access to social services.

Brings a specialist approach to prescribing protocols and undertakes medication reviews.

Relatively new role in the NHS. Initially will involve providing physiotherapy advice/remedies, but will eventually expand to psychology and paramedic task providers.