Unscheduled Care Practitioner

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Scunthorpe seeks a qualified nurse/paramedic practitioner to join their urgent care team. The successful candidate will provide critical clinical care in community settings, aiming to reduce waiting times and unnecessary hospital admissions. Applicants must demonstrate advanced clinical skills and the ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Qualified nurse or paramedic practitioner required.
• Autonomous practitioner with advanced skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver urgent care services in North Lincolnshire.
• Provide clinical care including telephone triage and treatment.
• Reduce unnecessary A&E attendance and hospital admissions.

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity for qualified nurse/paramedic practitioner to join a team of urgent care practitioners in North Lincolnshire. The successful candidate will be responsible for the delivery of urgent care services in North Lincolnshire community to provide an integrated service model intended to reduce waiting times for patients accessing unscheduled care if medically housebound, at their usual place of residence to reduce or avoid unnecessary A&E attendance, hospital admission and ambulance conveyances by accessing the right care at the point of need. This gives the patients a No wrong door approach at the time of crisis. The team forms part of the delivery of 2 UCR services in North Lincolnshire. The post holder will have access to opportunities to further develop their skills in other areas such as Virtual ward., To work as an autonomous practitioner, providing clinical care ( including telephone triage, diagnosis, treatment, referral, review or discharge) as appropriate, utilising a range of advanced skills and expert knowledge for patients presenting with undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.