DIUCS Urgent Care Practitioner - Nurse / Paramedic

Job overview

Be part of something amazing!  Join us as a Clinical Assessment & Treatment Service Urgent Care Practitioner and use your enhanced clinical skills to help support people with urgent healthcare needs. The role benefits from the opportunity to rotate between some of the IUCS services, utilising your telephone /video consultation assessment skills and face to face assessment skills on mobile visits.

You will have a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference by working for an organisation dedicated to delivering safe, responsive and patient focused service to people requiring healthcare advice and assistance.

Delivered through an innovative and collaborative approach with primary care and Dorset’s NHS Foundation Trusts, the service brings together NHS 111, a new Clinical Assessment and Treatment Service, a single point of access for professionals, urgent care treatment centres and minor injuries units. We are leading the way and establishing new and joined up ways of working right across the Dorset System and we need more clinicians to help us achieve our vision.

This role is a permanent full-time position supporting a 24/7 service, which includes public holidays, night shifts and weekends at an enhanced pay! We would be flexible and welcome part-time applications. Being a non - medical prescriber or currently on non- medical prescriber pathway (due to complete course within 6 months of start date) is essential for this post.

Main duties of the job

Applications from candidates that require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position.

The Urgent Care Practitioner post is designed for a clinician with enhanced clinical skills to support individuals with urgent healthcare needs through comprehensive assessment and short-term interventions. There will be opportunities to rotate across Integrated Urgent Care services, providing a dynamic and varied working environment.

The role involves conducting independent telephone assessments during core and out-of-hours, ensuring timely and accessible care and making complex clinical decisions. In addition, face-to-face consultations will be delivered through mobile home visiting services during out-of-hours periods, supporting patients who require urgent care at home. Care will be provided to patients across all demographics, addressing unscheduled urgent care conditions, as well as minor injuries and illnesses.

To provide enhanced clinical advice, leadership and support ensuring the needs of the service are met. You will exercise and demonstrate high levels of clinical judgement, critical analysis and enhanced decision-making skills through supervision, evidence-based practice, clinical audit, research and education.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of.  Applicants who subscribe to the DBS update service can present a valid DBS certificate instead of requiring a new check.

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification.  When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

We understand that using AI can be a useful and supportive tool when completing your application.  However, we have also seen an increase in the over-reliance of AI tools which is negatively impacting applications as they remove candidate’s individuality, and it becomes much harder to get a sense of who you are and your authentic experience.  If you do use AI, it should be used to enhance your application and not to create your supporting statement in its entirety.  If we suspect you have used AI to create your supporting statement and this does not match your experience, we may withdraw your application.

As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare offers support for people getting into work. We offer an employability service to support individuals with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. If you would like or know of anyone who would value this support, please do contact [email protected]

Find out more about this role and other opportunities within Integrated Urgent Care at our recruitment event - further details can be found here! Dorset HealthCare :: Join our Integrated Urgent Care Service