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Are you an experienced Walk In Centre Practitioner / Minor Illness Practitioner looking to join a forward thinking and supportive GP Team?

We are recruiting another Clinician (Nurse, Paramedic or Pharmacist) to join our team on a Friday to work as part of our Duty Team, alongside a GP, Paramedic and other members of the team.

Hours/days: Friday

Salary: This post will be Band 6 / Band 7 (£19.78 - £24.65/hr), depending on experience.

Duties of the Minor Illness Clinician will include:

• Assessing and deciding the treatment plan for acute minor illness presentations such as
  • Urinary tract infections (UTIs)
  • Respiratory tract infections (URTI/LRTI)
  • Sore throats
  • Ear symptoms
• Develop, implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes
• Provide a triage service, actively managing or referring patients or treating patients within own scope of practice
• Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF
• Provide wound care (ulcer /Doppler etc.) to patients
• Request pathology services as necessary, processing and interpreting results as required
• Refer patients directly to other services as appropriate
• Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
• Ensure read codes are used effectively
• Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
• Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies

Topsham Surgery is a friendly and forward thinking practice.

We are made up of 2 sites, one in Topsham and a branch site at Countess Wear.

The 2 sites are spacious with a variety of consulting and administration rooms with a pharmacy based at the Glasshouse site.

We care for over 11,900 patients across a large practice boundary from Middlemoor and St Leonards to Lympstone in the South and Aylesbeare in the East.

• Registered Paramedic or Nurse or Pharmacist
• Minor illness / injury qualification or equivalent experience

• Experience of assessing and treating minor illness / injury
• Experience of working autonomously
• Experience of working in either a GP Practice, Walk In Centre or Minor Injury Unit setting

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.

Permanent

Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours