Location: Somerset
Shifts: Flexible, last-minute availability required
Salary: Competitive rates
Job Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Emergency Nurse Practitioner (ENP) – Band 7 to join our Urgent Treatment Centre / Minor Injuries team. The ideal candidate will be confident in assessing, diagnosing, treating, and discharging patients independently, while working alongside GPs to deliver exceptional patient care.
Key Responsibilities:
Autonomous Patient Care – Assess, diagnose, treat, and discharge or refer patients independently, without reference to a doctor.
Clinical Leadership – Manage a nursing team, including appraisals, training, rotas, recruitment, and student supervision. Independent Prescribing – Essential for experienced EPs.
Quality & Compliance – Support audits, ensure infection prevention control, and uphold high standards of care.
Teaching & Training – Participate in the departmental teaching programme and mentor junior staff in key clinical skills such as plastering, suturing, and patient streaming.
Service Development – Work with the Nurse Consultant and Lead Practitioner to respond to complaints and enhance patient pathways.
Professional Growth – Engage in ongoing professional development to enhance service delivery.
Ideal Candidate:
* Experienced ENP (Band 7) with independent prescribing
* Skilled in suturing, plastering, streaming, and minor injury treatments
* Strong leadersh...