Nurse Practitioner - Urgent Care – Creech Medical Centre
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Expereinced Nurse Practitioner – Creech Medical Centre
Part of the Primary Care Directorate (Taunton NHS Foundation Trust & Somereset Partnership Foundation Trust Alliance)
Creech Medical Centre in Creech St Michael, Taunton, Somerset, is looking for an experienced Nurse Practitioner to support the surgery’s urgent care work.
The opportunity: We are seeking a Band 7 Nurse Practitioner for between 24 hours and 30 hours a week. You will manage the Practice’s day to day urgent care needs. You will need to have extensive Urgent Care experience in the Primary Care setting, be a confident, safe non-medical prescriber, and see people of all ages and all Urgent Care presentations with minimal supervision. EMIS experience is preferable but not essential.
You must possess excellent triage, assessment and diagnostic skills and have recent experience of working within a first contact setting. You will need to demonstrate excellent clinical management, co-ordination and organisational skills. A Non-Medical Independent prescribing qualification is essential, as is a clinical examination qualification at degree level or above. Please see the job description and specification for full details.
The Practice takes pride in nurturing a friendly, informal and supportive environment in which to work while ensuring we deliver high quality, person-centred care to our patients. Our practice team works well together and staff are encouraged to develop through regular appraisal and training. The practice achieves highly in relation to clinical and patient satisfaction targets.
Creech Medical Centre is one of four practices in the county to make the strategic decision to develop an alliance with the local acute Trust. These four practices form the Primary Care Directorate.
Staff now enjoy the benefits of AfC, enhanced opportunities for learning and development and easy access to support from medical and allied health care professionals.
For more information or an informal conversation, please contact: Dominique Pearson-Smith, Practice Manager by email on Dominique.pearson-smith@nhs.net or 01823 442357 or Mandy Stewart, Directorate Manager, by email on mandy.stewart@nhs.net ??????? or 01823 447373
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