Advanced Nurse Practitioner | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 25 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £50,952 - £57,349 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 25 May 2024 |
| Location: | Thatcham, RG18 3AS |
| Company: | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6262057/371-CHS480 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Advanced Nurse or Paramedic to join our CQC rated ‘Outstanding’ Trust, within our Urgent Care Service. The post is for 5.5 hours per week.
Our Primary Care Centre is open 7 days a week from 6.30pm until midnight and at weekends from 8am until midnight. Our current vacancy is for a Practitioner/s who is dual trained in Minor Injuries and Minor Illness and is a non-medical prescriber who can cover Sundays 18:30pm to Midnight. If you can not commit to every Sunday, please still apply.
Based at West Berkshire Community Hospital, you will be in a forward-thinking team of GPs, Practitioners, Nurses and Healthcare assistants, providing high quality out of hours care to the local population.
In addition to reviewing patients face to face, there will be telephone triage from the base.
1. Practice at an advanced level, working as an autonomous practitioner within the MDT to deliver high quality urgent care to patients.
2. Take responsibility and be accountable in assessing, diagnosing, treating or referring patients.
3. Review patients face to face within our unit.
4. Undertake telephone triage work and telephone advice calls
5. As an independent prescriber, prescribe medicines in accordance with NMC/HCPC guidance and national policy.
6. Request and interpret tests appropriate to patient’s needs.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
• Free parking across Trust sites
The 3/4 “must haves” for you to be considered for this role:
1. Registered Nurse/Paramedic
2. Post Registration Advanced Clinical Practice or have completed 2 or more clinical skills modules.
3. Non-Medical Prescribing (NMP)
4. Minor illness qualification and experience
5. Minor injuries qualification and experience
6. Proactive, flexible and enthusiastic approach
If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, join us and let’s be outstanding together.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Hayley Marlow on 07786524014 or email: hayley.marlow@berkshire.nhs.uk who’ll be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
This advert closes on Thursday 2 May 2024
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