Nurse Practitioner/Paramedic Practitioner - Creech near Taunton

Integrated Care System; Taunton; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 62,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated Nurse Practitioner or Paramedic Practitioner to join their team at Creech Medical Centre near Taunton. This part-time position (9 hours/week) offers a competitive salary based on experience and a range of benefits, including flexible working options and NHS pension schemes.

Benefits

NHS or NEST Pension

Employee benefits and salary sacrifice schemes

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years post-registration experience.
• Minimum 2 years recent primary/community nursing experience.
• Clinical supervision training and experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical support to Primary Care at Creech Medical Centre.
• Work closely with the Multidisciplinary team.
• Refer cases to GPs and other healthcare professionals as necessary.

Skills

Management of patients with long term conditions

Communication skills

Negotiation and conflict management skills

Clinical examination skills

Advanced clinical practice skills

Education

Registered first level nurse

MSC or equivalent

Independent/supplementary nurse prescribing qualification

Community nursing specialist qualification

Job description

Nurse Practitioner/Paramedic Practitioner - Creech near Taunton

Symphony Healthcare Services is seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Paramedic Practitioner to join their dedicated multi-disciplinary team at Creech Medical Centre near Taunton in Somerset.

This is a part time post of 9 hours per week on a Permanent contract, working on a Friday.

The annual salary range for this post is £53,523.75 - £61,820.74 per annum, depending on experience (pro rata for part time hours).

Main duties of the job

You will provide clinical support to Primary Care based at Creech Medical Centre and will work closely with the Multidisciplinary team (MDT) and Clinicians to provide healthcare for our patients. The post holder will work within their professional boundary and capabilities at all times, referring cases to GPs and other healthcare professionals as necessary.

About us

Symphony Healthcare Services (SHS) was established in 2016 as part of the award-winning Symphony Programme Vanguard, developing new models of care. We now support 16 practices across Somerset providing care for over 100,000 patients.

Symphony has developed a model where each practice is encouraged to operate autonomously, but as a subsidiary of NHS Somerset Foundation Trust (SFT), and with the backing and economies of scale from a central support team (particularly for HR, finance, corporate and strategic management matters).

Providing NHS services is at the heart of what we do. Our vision is to ensure that primary care is sustainable for patients and practices in Somerset, and we aim to be a national exemplar for primary care provision.

We work closely with our practice teams to support, develop and transform patient care and working practices with innovation and technology at the heart of what we do.

Symphony welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and underrepresented groups. When undertaking recruitment and selection for our services, SHS we are committed to equality of opportunity for all.

Symphony offers a NHS or NEST Pension, a fantastic range of employee benefits and salary sacrifice schemes (see attached poster), along with flexible working from day of employment and an agile approach to home / office-based working where appropriate to the role.

We look forward to hearing from you and receiving your application.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification document (JD) for a full list of duties, tasks and expectations associated with this role.

Please read this carefully before applying.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

• Management of patients with long term conditions
• Management of patients with complex needs
• Accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse led service
• Local and national health policy
• Clinical governance issues in primary care
• Patient group directions and associated policy
• Communication skills, both written and verbal
• Communication of difficult messages to patients and families
• Negotiation and conflict management skills
• Change management
• Resource management
• Clinical examination skills
• Advanced clinical practice skills
• Knowledge of public health issues
• Able to identify determinants on health in the area
• Knowledge of public health issues in the area

Qualifications

• Registered first level nurse
• MSC or equivalent
• Clinical supervision training and experience
• Independent/supplementary nurse prescribing qualification
• Community nursing specialist qualification

Experience

• Minimum 5 years post-registration experience
• Minimum 2 years recent primary/community nursing experience
• Nurse led management of minor ailments and injuries
• Nurse led triage
• Compiling protocols and clinical guidelines
• Audit
• Research
• Health-needs assessment

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£53,523.75 to £61,820.74 a yearDepending on Experience