Advanced Nurse / Paramedic Practitioner

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Advanced Nurse or Paramedic to join our CQC rated 'Outstanding' Trust, within our Urgent Care Service. The post is for 25.5 hours per week. Our Primary Care Centre is open 7 days a week from 6.30pm until midnight and at weekends from 8am until midnight .Our Minor Injuries Unit is open7 days a week from 8am until 10pm.Our current vacancy is for a Practitioner/s who is dual trained in Minor Injuries and Minor Illness and is a non-medical prescriber who can coverall shift patterns including weekends and Bank Holidays. Based at West Berkshire Community Hospital, you will be in a forward-thinking team of GPs, Practitioners, Nurses and Healthcare assistants, providing high quality out of hours care to the local population. In addition to reviewing patients face to face, there will be telephone triage from the baseMain duties of the job

• Practice at an advanced level,working as an autonomous practitioner within the MDT to deliver high quality urgent care topatients.
• Take responsibility and be accountable in assessing, diagnosing,treatingor referringpatients.
• Review patients face to face within our unit.
• Undertake telephone triage work and telephone advice calls
• As an independent prescriber, prescribe medicinesin accordance withNMC/HCPC guidance and national policy.
  
  Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
  
  Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites