ARRS Urgent Care Practitioner/ Primary Care Paramedic

NHS; Halesworth; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Halesworth is seeking an experienced Urgent Care Practitioner. The role involves leading same-day triage, assessing complex patient needs, and working within a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality clinical care. Candidates should be registered paramedics with experience in primary care and hold or pursue Advanced Clinical Practitioner status. This position is crucial in providing timely access and effective patient management within the healthcare system.

Qualifications

• Registered Paramedic with HCPC registration.
• Experience in primary care and willingness to enroll in ACP programme.
• Ability to perform ECGs and interpret results.

Responsibilities

• Lead same-day team triage ensuring rapid patient assessment.
• Assess and treat undifferentiated and complex symptoms.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and ensure integrated care.

Skills

Registered Paramedic

Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Patient assessment

Clinical decision-making

Education

BSc Paramedic Science

Advanced Clinical Practitioner status

Job description

ARRS Urgent Care Practitioner/ Primary Care Paramedic

ARRS, the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme, is a UK NHS program funding Primary Care Networks (PCNs) to hire extra healthcare staff (like pharmacists, paramedics, therapists, social prescribers) to boost GP practice capacity, improve patient access, and offer more varied local services, significantly expanding the multidisciplinary team beyond traditional GPs and nurses.

You will play an integral role in our same-day team triage service, which is a central and essential part of our patient-access model. You will assess patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations, ensuring timely, safe, and effective decision-making and care allocation. Prescribing is not essential, and senior clinical support is always available.

You will join a well-coordinated team including four other UCPs (one dedicated to home visiting), Nurse Practitioners, Practice Nurses, HCAs, physiotherapists, clinical pharmacists, a Care Coordinator/Social Prescriber, Mental Health workers, GPs and administrative staff.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will take a leading role in same-day team triage, ensuring patients receive rapid assessment and appropriate management, referral, or signposting. They will work autonomously and accountably as a Paramedic/UCP, delivering high-quality, evidence-based clinical care.

They will assess, diagnose, treat, refer, or signpost patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed, or complex symptoms, including minor illness and injury. Advanced clinical reasoning will be applied to make differential diagnoses and formulate effective care plans.

The role includes screening for disease risk factors and early signs of illness, supporting prevention and early intervention. The post holder will also support anticipatory and long-term condition care, including blood pressure monitoring, frailty assessment, and diabetes risk management.

The practitioner will provide patient education, promote self-care, and empower patients to actively manage their health. They will perform and interpret ECGs, take bloods, swabs, and carry out other investigations within their scope of practice.

Accurate and contemporaneous clinical records will be maintained in line with professional standards. The post holder will work collaboratively with the wider Primary Care Network team, including pharmacists, physiotherapists, social prescribers, and GPs, to ensure integrated, patient-centred care.

About us

Cutlers Hill Surgery is seeking a self-motivated, forward-thinking, and autonomous Urgent Care Practitioner to join our highly skilled and friendly clinical team. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within an established, progressive practice committed to innovation, collaborative working, and delivering excellent patient care.

Job responsibilities

The post holder is a registered Urgent Care Practitioner/Paramedic with relevant postgraduate qualifications, delivering high-quality, autonomous clinical care within a general practice setting. Working within professional boundaries, they manage patients from first contact through assessment, diagnosis, treatment, referral and ongoing evaluation, including face-to-face, telephone and community-based consultations. The role requires advanced clinical decision-making, management of undifferentiated conditions, prescribing and referral in line with agreed pathways, and active participation in triage services. The post holder works collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team, provides clinical leadership, contributes to clinical governance, quality improvement and service development, and maintains professional standards, ongoing education and regulatory compliance to ensure safe, effective and patient-centred care.

Person Specification

Experience

• You must be a registered Paramedic with the Health and Care Professions Council HCPC. This is the minimum legal requirement to practise as a Paramedic in the UK BSc Paramedic Science or equivalent route to HCPC registration Typically, one of the following: BSc Hons Paramedic Science Degree apprenticeship route IHCD Paramedic qualification legacy route with HCPC registration still current.
• To qualify for ARRS employment -You should hold an Advanced Clinical Practitioner ACP status, as should be willing to enrol into an ACP educational programme once employed.
• Primary care experience and Working towards Advanced Clinical Practitioner ACP status

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.