Advanced Clinical Practitioner - OOH / Triage - Hertfordshire & Essex

Job overview

HUC is seeking experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioners (Nurses and Paramedics with V300 Non-medical Prescribing) to join our urgent and unscheduled care services, delivering high-quality clinical care across both Out of Hours and Clinical Assessment Service pathways. This is an excellent opportunity for a highly skilled clinician to work autonomously within a dynamic and supportive multidisciplinary team, providing timely assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management for patients with urgent and unscheduled healthcare needs.

The role offers a varied clinical caseload across telephone, remote, and face-to-face consultations, requiring advanced assessment, clinical reasoning, and decision-making skills. You will play a key role in ensuring patients are directed to the most appropriate service and receive safe, effective, and person-centred care. This position is well suited to an adaptable practitioner who is committed to clinical excellence, professional development, and contributing to the delivery of responsive urgent care services.

Main duties of the job

• Undertake autonomous clinical assessments, diagnosis, treatment, and discharge of patients across both OOH and CAS services.
• Manage a wide range of minor illnesses and injuries, including ENT and ophthalmic presentations, in line with evidence-based practice.
• Provide telephone, remote, and face-to-face consultations, including effective triage, streaming, and prioritisation according to clinical need.
• Recognise and escalate acutely unwell patients, safeguarding concerns, or patients requiring urgent or emergency intervention.
• Prescribe, review, and recommend treatment options in accordance with professional competence and local governance arrangements.
• Offer clear, compassionate advice and health education to support self-care and patient understanding.
• Work collaboratively with the wider multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, efficient, and coordinated care, while maintaining accurate clinical records and contributing to audit, quality improvement, and service development.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please read full Job Description and Person Specification attached to this vacancy. There are two documents attached - one for OOH Service and one for Clinical Assessment Service (CAS).

Services and operational hours in Hertfordshire and Essex are available as below:

Out of Hours (OOH) Service Stevenage, Welwyn Garden City, Hertford, St Albans, Borehamwood, Watford, Hemel Hempstead, Harlow and Great Dunmow Operational Hours: Monday to Friday: 19:00 – 08:00; Weekends and Bank Holidays: 24 hours a day. Urgent Treatment Centres (UTC) St Albans Integrated Urgent Care Hub (St Albans City Hospital) Operational Hours: 7 days a week, 09:00 – 18:00

Acute In Hours Visiting Service (AIHVS) Welwyn Garden City Operational Hours: 7 days a week, 09:00 – 17:00

Clinical Assessment Service (CAS) Various remote triage shifts available across 24/7/365 operation.

You must have full, unrestricted right to work in the UK. We are unable to offer visa sponsorships.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.