Practice Nurse Medical Centre

The post holder is an experienced nurse who, acting within their professional boundaries, will deliver high quality care for patients with a range of chronic diseases / Long Term Conditions in the community setting. The post holder will work with patients and their families to develop personalised goals, manage their condition themselves and lead as independent a life as possible.

The Nurse, in partnership with the patient and the family and carers, will develop a personalised plan of care and will be responsible for monitoring and amending plans to meet the changing needs of the patient including referral to partner organisations such as palliative care, social care and social prescribing teams.

The Nurse will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team but will be responsible for a designated caseload of patients registered to the practice. They will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care, and work collaboratively to meet the needs of patients and their family.

Established in 2016, Symphony Healthcare Services (Symphony) provides NHS primary care provision across 21 sites within Somerset, linked to 14 general practice contracts. The organisation cares for approximately 132,000 patients and employs around 600 staff.

Symphony is a subsidiary of Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and manages its services through the support of a central team (including HR, finance, corporate and operational governance).

Providing NHS services is at the heart of what we do. Specifically, our vision is to be at the forefront of sustainable, high quality general practice, collaborating with our communities to improve experiences and health outcomes. We work closely with our practice teams to grow, enhance, and transform our services for the benefit of patients and staff.

Symphony welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds and underrepresented groups. When undertaking recruitment and selection for our services, Symphony is committed to equality opportunity for all.

Symphony offers an NHS or NEST Pension, a fantastic range of employee benefits and salary sacrifice schemes (see attached poster), along with flexible working from day of employment and an agile approach to hybrid working (where applicable).

This vacancy is a permanent contract, consisting of 16 hours per week.

The pay rate for this role is £22.17 per hour.