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BAND 7 £46,244 - £53789 OR Partially qualified Advanced Practitioner Annex 21
Are you looking for a change, a challenge, and a breath of fresh air? NHS Highland is recruiting, and this is your chance to become part of something, exciting, and completely different.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS ROLE IS PRIMARILY BASED IN PORTREE URGENT CARE CENTRE AND BROADFORD HOSPITAL ISLE OF SKYE, AND MAY ALSO INCLUDE COVER IN SOME OF THE MORE REMOTE AREAS OF THE HIGHLANDS.
We are looking for a Qualified or partially qualified Advanced Nurse or Paramedic Practitioner to be part of our team which offers you the exciting opportunity to work in a stunning location and embrace the unique challenges and opportunities presented by rural practice.
As an Advanced Practitioner (Rural Support Team) you will work autonomously as the first contact clinician to patients requiring home visits and attendees to the Urgent Care Centre in Portree. The role also includes supporting the ED in Broadford Hospital where you will work alongside the Rural Emergency Physicians and nurses who man the department. The Advanced Practitioner will have the flexibility to work autonomously within an Urgent Care/pre hospital setting, within their scope of competency. In remote and rural locations, the healthcare professional is a key part of the community, which brings specific challenges but can also offer fantastic levels of personal and professional satisfaction.
You will ideally be experienced in pre hospital care, community hospital and transfer environments, which require extended skills such as Non Medical Prescribing, BASICs, ALS, PLS, intermediate and palliative care. Opportunities to acquire additional skills would be made available to the right candidates who are as excited about this as we are.
We would be pleased to review applications from candidates who have already completed some of the advanced modules, all trainee posts come under Annex 21 for salary purposes.
This post covers both the in and out of hours periods, there may be an on call expectation depending on location that is integral to ensuring that safe, effective, high quality care is delivered as close to home as possible, by a sustainable and appropriately skilled workforce with a reduction in dependency on medical models of care provision. The role of the Advanced Practitioner is dynamic and it is essential that skills are maintained in order to offer a safe and sustainable service to the community, as a consequence there may be opportunities to work in other locations and learn new skills.
ALL CANDIDATES MUST BE REGISTERED WITH EITHER THE NMC OR HCPC, MUST BE EDUCATED TO Msc LEVEL AND HOLD A CURRENT DRIVING LICENCE.
Informal Enquiries or expressions of interest to: Catherine Shaw, Rural Support Team Lead Tel: 07773 229337 or email: catherine.shaw2@nhs.scot alternatively contact Janice Stephenson or Lynne MacDonald, Deputy Leads for the Rural Support Team on nhsh.rstleadswest@nhs.scot
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.
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NHS Highland is geographically the largest of the 14 regional boards of NHS Scotland, covering an area of 12,500 square miles, across Highland and Argyll & Bute.
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