Urgent Care Practitioner

Job overview

Working with a supportive urgent care team, you’ll assess, treat and manage patients with a wide range of undiagnosed and urgent health needs, helping ensure they receive safe and timely care. You’ll play an important role in delivering high-quality services across CHCP’s Urgent Treatment Centres, working closely with colleagues across healthcare settings to provide the right care at the right time.

As an autonomous practitioner, you’ll use your clinical knowledge and decision-making skills to assess patients, provide treatment, offer advice and arrange referrals when needed. You’ll also contribute to service improvement, maintain high standards of patient safety and support excellent patient experiences.

Main duties of the job

• Assess, examine and manage patients presenting with urgent illnesses and injuries
• Deliver telephone triage, clinical advice and face-to-face consultations
• Develop treatment plans, provide health education and make appropriate referrals
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to support seamless patient care
• Maintain accurate patient records and contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives
• Registered Nurse or Paramedic with current NMC or HCPC registration
• Degree-level qualification or significant relevant clinical experience
• Experience working in urgent, acute or primary care settings
• Strong assessment, communication and decision-making skills
• Ability to work independently while contributing positively to a multidisciplinary team
• Commitment to evidence-based practice, continuous learning and patient-centred care

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone is treated fairly, respected and encouraged to contribute their ideas and talents.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification attached to this job advert for full details on the role.

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.