Advanced Practitioner, Urgent Care (Evenings/Weekends)

DHU Healthcare; Leicester Forest East; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

DHU Healthcare is seeking an Advanced Practitioner in the Clinical Assessment Service based at Anstey Frith House, Leicester. Join a not-for-profit team delivering urgent and emergency care decisions 24/7.

As a CAS Advanced Practitioner, you will assess, diagnose, advise, treat, prescribe and refer patients via telephone consultations, working autonomously within a multidisciplinary team, using advanced clinical reasoning to ensure safe, patient-centred care.

Qualifications

• Must be a Registered Nurse, Paramedic or Pharmacist with independent prescribing rights and Level 7 clinical assessment skills.
• Ability to assess, diagnose, advise, treat, prescribe for and refer patients with urgent conditions via telephone consultations.
• Work autonomously as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Use advanced clinical reasoning to deliver safe, patient-centred care.
• Contribute to ensuring patients receive right care, at the right time through clinical pathways.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose and diagnose via telephone to manage urgent conditions.
• Prescribe and refer where appropriate within a multidisciplinary team.
• Work autonomously while collaborating with other clinicians.

Skills

Independent prescribing

Clinical assessment level 7

Education

Registered Nurse (NMC)

Job description

DHU Healthcare is seeking an Advanced Practitioner in the Clinical Assessment Service based at Anstey Frith House, Leicester. Join a not-for-profit team delivering urgent and emergency care decisions 24/7.

As a CAS Advanced Practitioner, you will assess, diagnose, advise, treat, prescribe and refer patients via telephone consultations, working autonomously within a multidisciplinary team, using advanced clinical reasoning to ensure safe, patient-centred care.