GP Out of Hours Nurse Clinician
Job summary
GP Out of Hours Nurse Clinicians are responsible for assessing, diagnosing and treating patients with minor illness/injury in the GP Out of Hours Service during evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays. The service is looking to recruit to the below shifts: Week 1 Tues + Wed 19:00-23:00 Week 2 Tues 19:00-23:00 Week 3 Tues + Wed 19:00-23:00 Week 4 Tues 19:00-23:00
Main duties of the job
Clinical responsibilities 1. Provide highly specialist advice for the GP OOHs Service to include making decisions regarding treatment, management of the patients in terms of their urgent needs without access to the fullprimary records. 2. Provide advanced and comprehensive clinical assessments based on highly developed nursing knowledge and skills. 3.
Assess, diagnose, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presentingwith an undifferentiated diagnosis. 4. Clinically examine and assess patient (adult and children) needs from a physiological andpsychological perspective, and plan clinical care accordingly. 5. As a key member of the clinical team the nurse clinician will make professional autonomous decisions within their scope of practice. 6.
Develop management plans to address urgent health care needs e.g. referring to secondary care or admission. 7. Administer medications with the ability to; for example, administer injections and cannulations in emergency situations. 8. Responsible for prescribing non-medical formulae (with the best use of financial resources) 9. Responsible for safe use of equipment within GP OOHs Service. Please see job description for full details.
About us
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire. We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.
Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.
As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.
All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role. Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you'll find something to suit you at CWP.
Job responsibilities
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