Want a new nurse? Have you thought about the GP Nurse Ready Scheme?

The GP Nurse Ready Scheme is a scheme to provide financial supporting and practical help to practices who recruit a new graduate nurse into their practice. The scheme provides a package of formal academic learning and experiential supervision through the first two years of their employment. The first year support is mainly about learning the practical things new nurses need to learn to get up and running as a GP Nurse. The second year is about developing mentorship training.

Health Education England Yorkshire and Humber has announced that funding for this years scheme will be similar to last years scheme. For details of last years scheme click here: https://hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/General%20Practice%20Nurse%20Ready%20Scheme%202016.pdf

In order to access funding and support you need to contact the Wakefield Advanced Training Practice hub and contact details for this are below:

Claire Broome, College Lane Practice Manager Claire.broome@wakefieldccg.nhs.uk 01977 611023 or Sara Thackray Education Administrator sara.thackray@wakefieldccg.nhs.uk 01977 614090

In 2016 the GP Nurse Ready Scheme supported 6 practices in employing their own nurse graduate - feedback from practices and nurses about the scheme was really positive, so if you are looking for a new nurse, this is the way to go!

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