Nurse Practitioner - North Petherton, Bridgwater, Somerset

You will be an experienced, registered healthcare professional who, whilst acting within their professional boundaries, will provide care for the presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of patient care.

You will be able to demonstrate the ability to make differential diagnosis using decision making and problem solving skills whilst making professional autonomous decisions for which they are accountable.

You will also possess the ability to work independently and collaboratively, as part of a multi-disciplinary team, with other health care professionals and disciplines, supporting the delivery of policies and procedures.

Symphony Healthcare Services (Symphony) was established in 2016 as part of the award-winning Symphony Programme Vanguard, developing new models of care. We now support 20 practices across Somerset providing care for 100,000 patients.

Symphony has developed a model where each practice is encouraged to operate autonomously, but as a subsidiary of NHS Somerset Foundation Trust (SFT), and with the backing and economies of scale from a central support team (particularly for HR, finance, corporate and strategic management matters).

Providing NHS services is at the heart of what we do. Our vision is to ensure that primary care is sustainable for patients and practices in Somerset, and we aim to be a national exemplar for primary care provision. We work closely with our practice teams to support, develop and transform patient care and working practices with innovation and technology at the core of hwat we do.

Symphony welcome applications from

people of all backgrounds and underrepresented groups. When undertaking

recruitment and selection for our services, Symphony are committed to

equality of opportunity for all.

Symphony offers a fantastic range of employee benefits (see

attached poster), along with flexible working from day of employment and an

agile approach to home / office-based working.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Experience

Desirable: - Health-needs assessment

Qualifications

Desirable: - Mentor/teaching qualification; - Community nursing specialist quualification

Knowledge and Skills