Urgent Care Practitioner
Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Urgent Care Service Fife. As an Urgent Care Practitioner you will be a first level Registered General Nurse with current NMC registration and substantial post registration experience, you will provide a high quality, safe patient centred and effective clinical nursing service in the out-of-hours period to the population of Fife and Kinross.
Ideally you will have experience of Primary Care, Accident & Emergency, telephone triage and/or nurse triage.
We have centres at Queen Margaret Hospital, Victoria Hospital and St Andrews Community Hospital.
We currently have vacancies for experienced, flexible nurses to join our existing nursing team.
You must be able to evidence excellent communication skills, clinical assessment and critical decision making skills, be able to work autonomously and as part of a team working within the NMC code at all times.
We will support you with access to personal development planning, reflective practice, training and mentorship.
Hours will be worked to meet the needs of the service which will include a range of shift patterns which include evenings, nights, weekends and public holidays
Informal Enquiries to Lynnette Marshall, Lead Nurse, UCSF. [email protected] or Fran Simpson, Team Leader UCSF [email protected]
A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.
NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
