Emergency Care Practitioner - Nurse or Paramedic - Crewkerne

Symphony Healthcare Services are recruiting for an experienced and motivated Emergency Care Practitioner (Nurse or Paramedic) to join our friendly and forward-thinking Primary Care team at Crewkerne Health Centre in Crewkerne, Somerset.

Responsibilities

• Dedicated home visiting service (Mon-Fri): complete an average of 3-4 home visits per day for housebound patients and those unable to attend the practice, including assessment, management plans, safety-netting, documentation, and onward referral/escalation as needed.
• Urgent same-day face-to-face capacity (ad-hoc): run occasional on-the-day urgent appointments in practice (within agreed scope of practice/skill mix) to support GP capacity and patient access.
• Learning Disability (LD) reviews: undertake and/or support LD reviews in-practice across the year, helping to create protected capacity, improve completion, and provide consistent follow-up and care planning.
• Clinical coordination: triage and prioritise workload appropriately; liaise with GPs, nursing team, community services, and families/carers to ensure joined-up care.
• Safe prescribing and investigations (within competence): request/interpret relevant observations and investigations, contribute to treatment plans, and escalate clinical concerns appropriately.
• High-quality record keeping: ensure timely, accurate clinical documentation, coding, and communication of outcomes to the wider team.
• Support for vulnerable cohorts: provide proactive, patient-centred care for complex patients, including frailty, long-term conditions, and multi-morbidity, with clear escalation pathways.

About Symphony

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.

Equality, Diversity & Benefits

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, along with flexible working from day of employment and an agile approach to hybrid working (where applicable).

Opportunity Details

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly skilled clinician to work autonomously within a supportive multidisciplinary environment, delivering high-quality urgent and same-day care to patients within a busy medical centre. This is a permanent, part time opportunity of between 25 and 30 hours per week. Competitive salary plus the option to join the NHS or NEST pension scheme and other great benefits, £55,450 to £64,046 a year - starting salary will be offered based on previous experience.