Locum Nurse Practitioner Primary Care

Locums First; Kelso; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible sessions

Ad-hoc and ongoing bookings

Job summary

Locums First is seeking Locum Nurse Practitioners for Inch Road, Scotland. flexible sessions across community healthcare and GP-based services, enabling autonomous clinics and day-to-day clinical activity.

You will run NP-led clinics, manage minor illnesses and triage, delivering routine nursing tasks with support from multidisciplinary teams. DBS enhanced and NMC registration required.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse Practitioner with clinical experience in primary/urgent/community care.
• Independent Prescribing qualification desirable.
• Background in primary/urgent care or community health is preferred.
• Strong clinical reasoning and communication skills required.
• Enhanced DBS is a must.

Responsibilities

• Run autonomous NP clinics across community and GP settings.
• Manage acute presentations and routine assessments.
• Support urgent care demand with telephone triage.
• Prescribe safely within scope (if qualified).
• Review investigations and arrange follow-up actions.
• Document clearly in clinical systems.
• Assist clinicians with general duties as required.

Skills

Nurse Practitioner

Independent Prescribing

Primary care experience

Clinical reasoning

Communication skills

DBS clearance

Education

NMC registration

Independent Prescribing qualification desirable

Job description

Locums First is looking for Locum Nurse Practitioners in Inch Road. This role offers flexible sessions across community healthcare settings and GP-based services, providing a varied working pattern for NPs confident in delivering autonomous clinics and supporting day-to-day clinical activity.

You will assist local providers by running NP-led clinics, managing minor illness presentations, supporting triage processes and delivering routine nursing tasks. Each service offers structured workflows and supportive clinical teams to ensure safe and efficient practice.

Key Responsibilities

• Running autonomous NP clinics across community and GP environments
• Managing acute presentations and routine assessments
• Supporting urgent care demand with telephone triage
• Prescribing safely within scope (if qualified)
• Reviewing investigations and completing follow-up actions
• Documenting clearly and accurately within service clinical systems
• Assisting clinicians with general clinical duties where required

Requirements

• Registered Nurse Practitioner with relevant clinical experience
• Independent Prescribing qualification desirable
• Background in primary care, urgent care or community health
• Strong clinical reasoning and communication skills
• Ability to work confidently in varied clinical settings
• Enhanced DBS

Working Pattern

• Fully flexible local sessions
• Options across weekdays, evenings or weekends
• Consistent opportunities for both ad-hoc and ongoing bookings

Locums First provides locum and permanent opportunities for the full primary care workforce, covering GPs, ANPs, ACPs, Practice Nurses, HCAs, Pharmacists and wider MDT roles.

We work closely with regional and rural practices to offer consistent, flexible sessions tailored to your location, experience and preferred working pattern.

Learn more at www.locumsfirst.co.uk.