UEC Clinician

Job overview

Urgency & Emergency Care Clinician (UECC) – Bolton, Carlisle and Liverpool

Permanent and 12-month secondments vacancies (with a view to becoming permanent)

The post holder will work within our Integrated Contact Centres (ICC) based across the North West. As a UECC you will be responsible for the remote assessment of patients whilst ensuring the delivery of excellent patient care through the continuous achievement of high clinical standards. Further development will be offered once you have completed your initial training followed by a period of skill consolidation.

Once this period of consolidation is complete, the post holder will be required to develop additional skills to meet the needs of the service. These additional skills will include providing clinical advice to both clinical and non-clinical colleagues, supporting staff who are returning to practice or are new and require mentorship. You will be trained in other specialist skills such as managing the clinical queue and referring calls onto partner organisations who provide Clinical Assessment Services on behalf of NWAS.

Main duties of the job

What we are looking for:

• Post registration clinical experience in a face to face, primary or acute care setting, emergency department or pre-hospital role.
• Triage experience
• Excellent leadership and mentoring skills to support staff.
• Resilient, highly motivated and passionate about delivering outstanding patient care.
• An ability to adapt to a new and challenging setting.
• Basic computer skills.

What we offer in return:

• Part time and full time opportunities are available.
• Basic salary of £38,682 - £46,580 (pro rata for part time staff) plus A4C shift enhancements.
• Access to paid CPD time
• Access to numerous staff benefits such as salary sacrifice schemes, physiotherapy and other welfare benefits.
• Opportunities to develop knowledge and skills to support career progression.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Training Information:

Training for this role is on a full-time basis and lasts between 6 and 8 weeks. The classroom element of the training is Monday to Friday 08:00 - 16:00 for 2 weeks, with mentorship taking place working shifts with experienced staff taking live calls. Candidates must ensure that they are able to commit to this training IN FULL, as no annual leave can be taken whilst in training.

Training courses are currently planned throughout 2026 at venues across the North West. Specific dates will be discussed with successful candidates once any offer of employment is made.

Remote triage within ICC’s is delivered on a 24/7 basis, with post holders being expected to work a variety of shifts which will include full night shifts, Bank Holidays, and other Public Holidays.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to complete a simulated telephone assessment which will take place over Teams the W/C 10 August 26

Successful candidates from the first stage will then be invited to a F2F interview during W/C 17 August 26.

Please note that if you are not available to attend any part of the process on the dates above, further dates will not be offered as part of this recruitment.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Please ensure you read the full Job Description and Person Specification and demonstrate how your knowledge and experience meets the criteria contained within those documents in your supporting statement.