As an Advanced Nurse Practitioner, you will apply high levels of clinical decision-making to assess and treat both paediatric and adult patients presenting to Urgent Care Services Fife (UCSF) Out of Hours service and Minor Injuries St Andrews Community Hospital, managing a wide range of presentations including acute illness and injury. As part of the senior clinical team, you will ensure that patient health needs are met through autonomous diagnosis and management of conditions via assessment, treatment, and review planning. This will be delivered in partnership with patients, carers, and families.
This role includes providing specialist advice and education to healthcare professionals, other agencies, carers, clients, and relatives. You will also work collaboratively across healthcare boundaries to develop and enhance urgent care services by implementing and evaluating evidence-based standards, guidelines, and policy.
This is an exciting opportunity to advance nursing practice within community-based urgent care. As a Registered General Nurse with substantial post-registration experience, you will be educated to MSc level in an Advanced Nurse Practitioner qualification and have undertaken an accredited Minor Injuries module. You will also have experience supporting the professional development of others through teaching, clinical supervision, and the application of research and audit, underpinned by a strong understanding of current urgent care challenges.
Excellent professional leadership, team working, advanced clinical assessment, and decision-making skills are essential. You will be flexible to the needs of the role and service, supporting the Lead Nurse in developing safe, patient-centred, and effective care delivery, applying the four pillars of advanced practice.
To meet the needs of UCSF, hours will include a range of shift patterns including evenings, nights, weekends, daytime, and public holidays. Travel across Fife will be required, with UCSF centres located at QMH, VHK, and St Andrews.
In return, we are fully committed to supporting you with orientation, access to personal and professional development planning, clinical supervision, coaching, and mentorship.
For informal enquiries please contact Fran Simpson, Lead Nurse at fran.simpson@nhs.scot.
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