Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Worcestershire OOH

Care UK ,
Worcester, Worcestershire

Overview

Job Description

Calling all ANP Care UK, along with other independent providers of healthcare services are working with the NHS in a collective effort to combat the crisis posed by COVID-19. In our collective response to COVID-19 Care UK, we are seeking applications from ANPs to respond to increased demand in calls to our Out-of-Hours services. In particular, we are recruiting for face-to-face clinicians who can work in our primary care bases as well as conducting home visits to patients. Care UK is the largest provider of unscheduled care services in the UK and we proudly continue to lead the way with innovation in line with the vision of the NHS. This means we have a constant need to add to our bright and dynamic medical team to ensure we continue to fulfill the lives of our patients. We have permanent or self-employed opportunities within our Worcester Out-of-Hours (OOH) service. If you are looking for flexible hours and want to help in this time of need, then we would be happy to discuss how working with us can fit around you and your other commitments. About the Job Care UK currently delivers an Out of Hours (OOH) Service across Worcestershire. The OOH service is an appointment based service that is accessed via the national NHS 111 service. Patients are assessed via the 111 team and if it's clinically appropriate, they will get referred on to our OOH service. This will lead to either a face-to-face appointment in one of our primary care centres, or a home visit by one of our clinicians. We have a job opening for an Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) to join our OOH team As this is an OOH job, we are looking for you to be flexible for evenings and weekends. We have five primary care centres based within the region for ease of access by patients and staff. These locations are: * Worcester PCC, Sorrell Suite, Worcester * Kidderminster PCC, Kidderminster General Hospital, Kidderminster * Redditch PCC, The Alexandra Hospital, Redditch * Evesham PCC, Evesham Community Hospital, Evesham * Malvern PCC, Malvern Community Hospital, Malvern Within this job, you will be responsible for providing health assessments and treatment of patients on a face-to-face or telephone basis. You may also be required to conduct home visits if and when necessary. This is an exciting opportunity to make a difference to patients that can't always access their GP in time, so if you are looking to add extra skills to your current portfolio or if you are just seeking additional hours this could be the job for you! 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. If you would like more information, please visit our website. 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 postgraduate ANP qualification or equivalent * Have proven 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 Salary & Benefits We have permanent full time or part time jobs available. Full time is 37.5 hours per week. Dependent on experience and shifts worked, the salary for this job is up to 33.11 to 47 per hour dependant on shifts worked and Salaried/Bank or Self-Employed. We also offer 25 days annual leave + 8 public holidays (pro rata if part-time), Contributory pension scheme 1-5%, as well as regional/national opportunities, cycle to work scheme and online discounts. In order to support you in this job, we can offer you CPD, Revalidation, free online and face to face training, and other regional/national opportunities Application Process Once you have pressed apply to this job, you will be contacted within 72 working hours by Karla who sits within our recruitment team by phone or email. If you have been shortlisted, the recruiter will su