Locum Nurse Practitioner Primary Care

Locums First; Minehead; On-site; GBP 77,000 - 129,000; Part time

Job summary

Locums First in Minehead is seeking Locum Nurse Practitioners to deliver autonomous NP services across community healthcare and GP-based settings. The role offers fully flexible sessions and varied bookings to suit local demand and clinician preferences.

You will run NP-led clinics, manage minor illnesses, support triage processes, and perform routine nursing tasks. This position emphasizes safe practice within supportive clinical teams and flexible working patterns.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse Practitioner with relevant clinical experience.
• Independent Prescribing qualification desirable.
• Background in primary care, urgent care or community health.

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

Education

Nurse Practitioner qualification

Tools

Clinical systems

Job description

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