Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

An acute care Nurse Practitioner post within the team of Nurse Practitioners and Paramedics at Swan Medical Group, covering all five of its GP surgery sites. The work centres on face-to-face and telephone assessment, triage and treatment of minor illness, plus the Home Visiting Service, aiming to keep patients out of A&E and hospital. Practitioners work autonomously, and the group trains doctors. Applicants need NMC registration and A&E or urgent care experience.

What the job involves

• Face-to-face clinical assessment and treatment of patients with minor illness
• Telephone consultations and triage
• Run clinics efficiently, seeing patients in a timely way without compromising care or safety
• Work across all sites in the group
• Provide care within the acute minor illness service and Home Visiting Service, aiming to prevent A&E visits and hospital admissions

What’s required

Registration & licences

• NMC registration

Experience

• Experienced clinician
• A&E or urgent care experience

Skills & knowledge

• Organisational skills
• Strong time management skills

Nice to have

• Outstanding communication skills
• Good IT skills
• Team player with a forward-thinking, innovative approach
• Triage skills
• History taking and physical assessment degree module
• Decision making and diagnostic degree module
• Non-medical independent prescriber degree module

What’s offered

• Support for personal development and ongoing training

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