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Bank Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Gloucester OOH

Employer
Care UK
Location
Gloucester
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
24 Jun 2018

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Sector
Community Nursing
Contract Type
Contract
Hours
Part Time

Job Details

About the Job

Do you have the passion to make a difference to patients who have an urgent care need and are unable to attend their GP? Are you looking to add extra skills to your portfolio? If so, look no further, as we could have the job for you! An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) to join the Gloucestershire out of hours (OOH) service on a bank basis. The Gloucestershire OOH service provides advice, information and treatment for NHS patients who become unwell during the out-of-hours period when their own GP surgery is closed. The OOH’s operates out of 6 existing primary care centres throughout Gloucestershire, so you can choose to work at the service that is closest to you, however you may need to travel to other sites from time to time. • Gloucester • Cheltenham • Stroud • Moreton-on-Marsh • Cinderford • Cirencester The skill mix within these services is ECP, ANP and GP’s incorporating urgent care, telephone triage, face to face appointments and home visits. As part of this job, you'll see, treat and discharge patients of all ages that present minor illnesses or minor injuries, either over the phone or face-to-face in the base or when you're doing a home visit.

About Care UK

Care UK was founded in 1982. Today our healthcare services include treatment centres, GP practices, NHS walk-in centres, GP out-of-hours, prison health services and clinical assessment and diagnostics facilities. This means that we provide a greater range of specialist care services than any other organisation in the UK. Care UK is the largest independent provider of urgent care services in England incorporating out of hours, single point of access and referral management. We deliver excellent, high value patient care on behalf of the NHS for over eight million patients across England. We work with the NHS to deliver high quality healthcare services, reducing waiting times and giving the patient a greater level of choice. We also take healthcare services closer to where people live and work – increasing the efficiency and quality of the services we deliver and helping to reduce waiting times.

The Requirements

In order for you to be considered for the job, as a minimum we are looking for you to: • Be a qualified General Nurse with valid PIN Number. • Be an Independent Nurse Prescriber • Have evidence of continuous Professional Development • Have a postgraduate ANP qualification or equivalent • Have post registration experience of working in either; A&E, Primary Care or Minor Injuries/Illness Units It would be nice for you to have any one of the below, although these are not essential: • Have a knowledge of local primary care services • Have a full complete understanding of the medico-legal aspects of the role • Have basic IT skills

Application Process

Once you have pressed apply to this job, you will be contacted within 72 working hours by Ben or Lucy who sits within our recruitment team by phone or email. If you have been shortlisted, the recruiter will submit your CV to the hiring manager who will in turn arrange an interview with you if they feel that you are suitable for the job.

Additional Information

If you would like to talk to our friendly recruiters for further information or for a full, comprehensive job description please get in touch Please note that offers of employment are subject to receipt of satisfactory references and a DBS check. Care UK is committed to creating a diverse environment and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

We have bank jobs available meaning we can offer you ad-hoc work on a flexible basis to fit in around your lifestyle. We can offer you: •A salary between £32.15 - £37.51 per hour, dependent on shifts worked. •CPD (including free online and face-to-face training) •Revalidation •Regional/National opportunities •Online discounts

Company

At Care UK, we treat everyone as individuals so they can live fulfilling, rewarding and happy lives and we recognise that taking the first step on the journey into care can be daunting.

We are proud to be the most awarded care home provider for the last three years, and we have more outstanding rated homes than any other provider. Independence is not about where you live, but how you live, so if you’re considering care for yourself or a loved one,  discover why we’ve been trusted to care for over 40 years.

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