Locum Nurse Practitioner Primary Care

Locums First; Lichfield; On-site; GBP 62,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Locums First is seeking Locum Nurse Practitioners for flexible sessions in Lichfield, delivering autonomous NP clinics across community and GP settings. You will manage minor illnesses, triage, and routine nursing tasks while supporting day-to-day clinical activity in varied environments.

This role emphasizes independence with structured workflows and supportive teams, offering ad-hoc and ongoing bookings to suit your location and availability.

Qualifications

• 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.

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.

Skills

Nurse Practitioner

Clinical reasoning

Communication skills

Independent Prescribing (desirable)

Education

Primary care background

Job description

Locums First is looking for Locum Nurse Practitioners in Lichfield. 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.