CDU Nurse Practitioner

This advert is only open to applicants who are currently employed by County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical Decisions Unit, UHND are looking to recruit two junior nurse practitioners for a fixed term contract of four months from December 2024 to March 2025 to support over the winter pressures season. This will be an excellent learning opportunity for someone who is keen to develop their surgical knowledge and experience the role of a surgical nurse practitioner. We are open 0730-2000 365 days per year and are a nurse led service comprising of advanced nurse practitoners, higher level HCAS and admin staff with the support of the on call surgical team. It is essential that you have your clinical skills ready to step in and sound knowledge of surgical pathologies and management.

You will be responsible for the assessment of patients within our unit, you will triage calls from ED, primary care and patients, offer advice and guidance and signpost the referer to the most appropriate service. You will take a history, examine, arrange investigations and liase with the senior surgical team to ensure timely and appropriate management of CDU patients. You must be skilled in venepuncture, cannulation and complex wound magament. The ability to complete discharge letters and being IRMER trained would be advantagous but is not essential as you will be working under the guidance of the advanced nurse practitioner in charge.