Nurse Practitioner - Medical Emergency Care

Overview

A Vacancy at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking for an experienced nurse practitioner, enthusiastic about delivering outstanding care to patients referred to the Acute Medical Unit, a 58‑bed unit that caters for all referred medically unwell patients.

• Ensure the smooth running of the Ambulatory Assessment Area located within the Acute Medicine Unit.
• Provide expert nursing assessment, diagnosis and treatment or referral for patients presenting to the Ambulatory Assessment Area against protocols and in conjunction with the medical team.
• Independently exercise professional accountability and responsibility, using extended skills and working at an advanced level.
• Support the unit as part of a variable rota/shifts pattern (7:30‑20:00 / 8‑20:30 / 9‑21:30 subject to change) to ensure nursing cover on the unit 7 days a week.

This. If you have applied within the last 3 months and have been unsuccessful please do not reapply; your application form will not be considered.

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area;
St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary’s Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). After years of collaboration, the two Trusts became a hospital group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospital group will help us collaborate more closely on research and the development, education, and training of our 17,000‑strong workforce.