# Urgent Care Practitioner

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Harrogate District Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Practitioner
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 6 months (6 months end date from start date)
- **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-14T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-30T09:10:41.981Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/North_Yorkshire/Harrogate/Harrogate_District_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Urgent_care/Urgent_care-v8320158
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8320158?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.hdft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are seeking positive, proactive and enthusiastic staff to join our existing teams in the ongoing development and expansion of our urgent care services across Harrogate ED and Ripon UTC.

Working as a UCP you will be responsible for ensuring high standards of clinical care in the management of patients presenting with minor injuries and illness. Acting within your professional boundaries you be responsible for leading and supporting delivery of the minors stream services across both Harrogate and Ripon sites. You will will work collaboratively with the wider multidisciplinary team and partner organisations to ensure seamless and timely care and the best possible patient experience.

### Main duties of the job

- Responsibility for providing unscheduled care in the assessment, diagnosis, treatment of patients presenting with undifferentiated minor injury and illness
- Initial assessment and onward referral of acutely unwell patients
- Contribute to meeting the identified Key Performance Indicators within the time frames identified.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

- Provision and delivery of Minors stream service across Harrogate ED and Ripon UTC
- Previous experience in Urgent/Emergency or Primary Care setting in an autonomous practitioner role
- University accredited minor injuries and illness qualifications

For more information please see attached the job description and person specification

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Q&A

**Essential**

- Either Registered Nurse or HCPC Registered Practitioner
- Experience in a Primary Care, Urgent or Emergency Care setting working in an autonomous practitioner role seeing and treating minor illness and injury
- University accredited minor illness module
- University accredited minor injuries module
- Experience of supervision/mentorship of junior clinicians

**Desirable**

- Mentorship/equivalent teaching qualification
- Independent/supplementary prescribers (non-medical prescribing qualification)

## Documents

- [jd - 421-ltucc-4019c (pdf, 160.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10641673)
- [trust policies and procedures (pdf, 184.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10641674)

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