Urgent Care Practitioner/Paramedic /Nurse Practitioner

Job summary

Flitwick Surgery are looking for an experienced and dedicated urgent care practitioner to join us on a part-time basis for 3-4 days a week. Working alongside our GPs and multi-disciplinary team via telephone or face to face assessment to provide patient care for minor illness. There is scope to extend your interests with the management of chronic diseases and/or women's health to include sexual health and HRT.

The post holder will need to be an experienced clinician who has ideally had experience working in primary care, who acting within their professional boundaries; will provide care for the presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of their care.

We welcome applications from minor illness nurses, ANPs and paramedics.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will demonstrate flexibility in attitude and behaviour. They will be keen to undertake new ways of working and delivering healthcare, committing to under-taking the professional development required to adapt to changing circumstances.

About us

Flitwick is a busy surgery, run as a partnership and serving a practice population of 14,250 patients. The clinical team consists of GPs, minor illness nurses, pharmacists, a paramedic, practice nurses and HCAs. We are a training practice for GPs and also take part in medical research. We are part of Green Vale Health PCN.

Due to our location in Flitwick, a commuter town in rural Bedfordshire, the practice population is diverse, covering patients of all life stages. We have good links to the A6 and M1.

We offer our employees the following benefits:

• NHS pension scheme, a defined benefits scheme.
• Annual leave: minimum 210 hrs per annum, FTE, and bank holidays.
• Parking for staff.

If you would like to discuss the role, prior to making an application, please contact Hanna Osborne on 01525 715300.