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Location: North East Fife, St Andrews and Adamson Minor Injury Departments.
Hours: up to 35hrs
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Urgent Care Service Fife. As an Emergency Nurse 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 care of minor injuries to the population of Fife and Kinross.
You will have experience of Minor Injury, Emergency Department and Primary Care, with an accredited minor injury qualification. Telephone triage and/or nurse triage would be advantageous. 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.
This post requires flexibility in working between Adamson Hospital, Cupar and St Andrews Hospital. Minor Injury teams in North East Fife are part of the Urgent Care Services Fife team and we can offer access to personal development planning, reflective practice, training and mentorship.
Hours will be worked to meet the needs of the service which is currently operational Monday- Friday but as the service develops there may be opportunities to work in the out of hours period and over public holidays.
For informal enquiries please contact Jane McIntosh, Interim Team Leader, MIU jane.mcintosh2@nhs.scot, Or Lynnette Marshall, Lead Nurse, UCSF. Lynnette.Marshall2@nhs.scot
Please note the salary for this post is pro rata to part time hours.
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.