Staff Nurse - MIU

Job summary

Are you a Band 5 Staff Nurse looking for a challenge in a new exciting role within our Minor Injuries Unit?

We are looking for a community urgent care Staff Nurse who will support our Emergency Nurse Practitioners in our busy MIUs.

We are a dynamic team with a broad scope of advanced practice including both injury and illness, we embrace variety and the challenge of learning something new every day.

If you would like to expand or learn new skills enjoy variety and caring for patients of all ages and acuity including trauma and illness this will be the post for you!

What are you waiting for?...

Main duties of the job

No two days are the same!

The role involves initial assessment , wound care, assessment, and closure , plastering, administrating medication under PGD, and assisting the Nurse Practitioners in their role.

As a dynamic team with a broad scope of advanced practice including both injury and illness, we embrace variety and the challenge of learning something new every day.

As part of your interview, you will be required to show the following: Proof of any essential qualifications stated on the Job Description, proof of NHS payslip if coming from another NHS Organization and all ID to prove your identity and Right to Work (More details will follow for successful applicants invited to interview)

About us

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.

The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.