Clinical Practitioner - Trafford

Mastercall Healthcare; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare company in Manchester is looking for Clinical Practitioners to join their face-to-face see-and-treat service. The ideal candidate will provide patient care, support, and advice across all age groups. Key qualifications include a Level 7 Minor Illness qualification and V300 NMP course. Rates of pay range from £22.27 to £30.58 per hour based on the shift timing. Flexible working options are available.

Benefits

Living wage employer

Flexible and homeworking options

Generous holiday entitlement

Qualifications

• Registered nurse, paramedic, physiotherapist, or pharmacist.
• Minimum 5 years post-registration experience.
• Knowledge and experience in triage or MTS.

Responsibilities

• Assess and treat patients within your scope of practice.
• Provide advice over the phone, via video consultation, or in-person.
• Triage cases to appropriate resources.

Skills

Triage skills

Excellent communication

Self-directed

Education

Independent Prescribing qualification (V300 or equivalent)

Recognised minor illness practitioner qualification (minimum 6-month course at level 6)

Job description

Overview

We have an exciting new opportunity for Clinical Practitioners to join our face-to-face see-and-treat service at Trafford UTC, based at Trafford General Hospital. You will be working alongside our experienced GPs and ACPs, assess and treat patients within your scope of practice.

Hours/Shifts

• 14 sessions per week (7.5 to 30 hours per week)
• Monday & Tuesday: 08:00 – 16:00
• Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 – 18:00

Rates of pay: £22.27 per hour to £30.58 per hour depending on day and times.

You must have the right to work in the UK. We are unable to offer graduate or visa sponsorship and no visa extensions can be offered for this role.

Main duties / Responsibilities

The opportunity is open to qualified Clinical Practitioners with Level 7 Minor Illness qualification and the V300 NMP course who would like to gain further face-to-face exposure and experience. The overall purpose of the role is to provide care, support, and advice to patients across all age groups who require immediate healthcare advice, assessment, and treatment. You will assess patients signs and symptoms based on their individual needs, to provide clinically effective patient care and promote best clinical practice.

The Clinical Practitioner role involves working in a clinical setting where you will provide advice over the phone, via video consultation, or by assessment in our treatment centre and any future services. It is expected that you appropriately conclude clinical cases at the first point of contact for minor illness or injury, including common health enquiries. This will involve signposting to evidence-based resources appropriate to the presenting complaint, suitable safety netting to their own GP for timely follow up, or a pharmacy for interim self-care and over-the-counter therapies.

As part of the role you will remain up to date with physical examination and clinical assessment skills, ensuring a minimum of 50% of your clinical hours are in face-to-face clinical sessions. With appropriate training, you will be able to administer over-label stock medication for specific conditions as part of the Mastercall patient group directives (PGDs) in the out-of-hours period when urgent need arises. Because you are qualified as a non-medical prescriber, your individual prescribing formulary will be agreed prior to commencement and reviewed annually to meet the scope of a clinical practitioner managing acute minor illness or injury. You will provide clear and concise safety netting advice and inform patients of red flags appropriate to the presenting complaint. You will give clear instructions in case of changes or worsening of condition, for example: attend A&E, 111, urgent treatment centres, or call 999 in emergencies.

For patients requiring additional support, senior clinical advice, or a face-to-face assessment with a GP or ACP, you will triage the case in a timely and efficient manner and forward to the most appropriate resource, ensuring priority of need aligns with the presenting complaint and service availability.

About us

Mastercall Healthcare has over 29 years of experience as an innovative, highly performing, award-winning social enterprise. We are committed to providing the very best patient care at the best place for the patient. Our social value ethos aims to maximise the use of public funds and support NHS delivery of affordable, effective, safe, patient-centred services. Our purpose is to deliver safe, high-quality services that help people live and age well. We provide a range of urgent primary care services to support hospital admission avoidance and early discharge when clinically safe and appropriate.

Employee benefits include:

• Living wage employer
• Flexible and homeworking
• Competitive rates of pay
• Generous holiday entitlement, long service enhancements, with option to purchase additional leave

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered nurse, paramedic, physiotherapist, or pharmacist
• Recognised minor illness practitioner qualification (minimum 6-month course at level 6)
• Independent Prescribing qualification (V300 or equivalent)
• Nurse, paramedic, physiotherapist, or pharmacist degree
• Clinical supervision training
• Level 7 recognised minor illness practitioner qualification

Experience

• Minimum 5 years post-registration experience
• Experience in working in a minor illness role
• Knowledge and experience in triage or MTS
• Knowledge of community/public health
• Conflict resolution training

General Qualities

• Self-directed, motivated, enthusiastic, supportive and approachable
• Excellent team player and positive role model
• Flexible and adaptable to service needs and patient requirements
• Dynamic problem solving
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Exemplary customer service approach to patient communication
• Confident, compassionate and caring professional

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and, as such, a Disclosure to the DBS will be required to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£22.27 to £30.58 per hour, depending on time of shifts