Advanced Practitioner

NHS Ayrshire & Arran; West Linton; On-site; CLP 63,568,000 - 88,995,000; Full time

Job summary

Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership seeks an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join the Primary Care Walk In Service on a 12-month fixed-term basis. The role focuses on rapid primary care support within Cowal Community Hospital, working in a multidisciplinary team to improve access and patient outcomes.

You will lead and deliver high-quality, person-centred care, with autonomous decision-making and opportunities to influence service design and delivery.

Qualifications

• Applicants should be registered NMAHP professionals with advanced practice experience and a strong track record of delivering safe, effective and person-centred care.
• A prescribing qualification would be highly desirable.
• You should be comfortable working autonomously, managing clinical risk appropriately and contributing positively to multidisciplinary team working and service improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality, person-centred assessment, treatment and care for people accessing rapid primary care support.
• Utilise advanced clinical skills, autonomous decision-making and professional leadership to help design, deliver and evaluate a service that responds to local needs.
• Be part of a supportive multidisciplinary team and contribute to practical service redesign.
• Work flexibly across 1.56 WTE with full-time, part-time or job-share arrangements as required.

Job description

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

Fixed Term - 12 Months

Are you an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner or Advanced Practitioner looking for an opportunity to help shape an innovative new model of primary care in one of Scotland’s most beautiful localities?

Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership is recruiting Advanced Practitioners to join the Primary Care Walk In Service, a 12-month fixed-term pilot based at Cowal Community Hospital.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a new, responsive service designed to improve access to care, support sustainable primary care provision and make a real difference for patients and communities in Cowal.

Working as part of a supportive and developing multidisciplinary team, you will provide high-quality, person-centred assessment, treatment and care for people accessing rapid primary care support.

You will have the chance to use your advanced clinical skills, autonomous decision-making and professional leadership to help design, deliver and evaluate a service that responds directly to local need.

This role will suit a confident, compassionate and motivated practitioner who enjoys working at pace, building relationships across services and contributing to practical service redesign.

You will be supported to bring your expertise, ideas and professional judgement to a pilot that has the potential to inform future models of primary care across Argyll and Bute.

Applicants should be registered NMAHP professionals with advanced practice experience and a strong track record of delivering safe, effective and person-centred care.

A prescribing qualification would be highly desirable.

You should be comfortable working autonomously, managing clinical risk appropriately and contributing positively to multidisciplinary team working and service improvement.

We can offer flexibility, with full-time, part-time and job-share arrangements considered across 1.56 WTE.

If you are looking for a role where your clinical expertise can have visible impact, where you can help build something new, and where your work will directly benefit a rural community, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Ayesha Robertson, Lead Nurse or,
Eilidh Gallagher, Head Of Primary Care
Via email: [e-mail] - Personal Assistant