Urgent Care Practitioner

Dorset HealthCare; England; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Dorset Integrated Urgent Care Services (IUCS) is seeking an Urgent Care Practitioner to support urgent healthcare needs through comprehensive assessments and short-term interventions. You’ll rotate across IUCS services, performing telephone assessments and later progressing to mobile home visits during out-of-hours.

This role requires enhanced clinical judgement and decision-making skills, with supervision and access to ongoing education.

Qualifications

• Enhanced DBS clearance is required.
• Right to work in the UK with no sponsorship required.
• Urgent care or primary care experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct independent telephone assessments during core and out-of-hours.
• Progress to face-to-face consultations via mobile home visits during out-of-hours.
• Provide enhanced clinical advice, leadership and support to meet service needs.
• Utilise supervision, evidence-based practice, clinical audit, research and education.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Telephone triage

Clinical decision making

Team collaboration

Job description

Please note visa sponsorship for this role is unfortunately not available. Ensure you hold valid right to work in the UK and will not require sponsorship if successful.

The Urgent Care Practitioner post is designed for a clinician with enhanced clinical skills to support individuals with urgent healthcare needs through comprehensive assessment and short-term interventions. There will be opportunities to rotate across Integrated Urgent Care services, providing a dynamic and varied working environment.

The role involves conducting independent telephone assessments during core and out-of-hours, ensuring timely and accessible care and making complex clinical decisions. The role will then progress into face-to-face consultations delivered through mobile home visiting services during out-of-hours periods, supporting patients who require urgent care at home. Care will be provided to patients across all demographics, addressing unscheduled urgent care conditions, as well as minor injuries and illnesses.

To provide enhanced clinical advice, leadership and support ensuring the needs of the service are met. You will exercise and demonstrate high levels of clinical judgement, critical analysis and enhanced decision-making skills through supervision, evidence-based practice, clinical audit, research and education.

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of.

As an Urgent Care Practitioner at Dorset Integrated Urgent Care Services (IUCS) you will benefit from the opportunity to rotate between IUCS services, utilising your telephone /video consultation assessment skills with progression into face to face mobile visits.

You will have a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference by working for an organisation dedicated to delivering safe, responsive and patient focused service to people requiring healthcare advice and assistance., At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.