Urgent Care Practitioner

Wensum Valley Medical Practice; Norwich; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Norwich is looking for an Urgent Care Practitioner or Prescribing Nurse Practitioner to join their team. The role involves providing high-quality urgent care, ensuring safe clinical decision-making, and collaborating with a diverse multi-disciplinary team. Candidates must be registered nurses or paramedics with current UK certifications. This position offers an opportunity to work flexibly within core hours and contribute to the care of over 12,000 patients.

Qualifications

• Must have current UK professional registration.
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to work flexibly within core hours.

Responsibilities

• Provide on-the-day urgent care to patients.
• Conduct initial history taking and clinical assessment.
• Collaborate within a multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Clinical decision making

Ability to work collaboratively

Experience within a multidisciplinary team

Ability to work autonomously

Primary care experience

Education

Registered Nurse with the NMC

Registered Paramedic with the HCPC

Job description

Weare looking for an Urgent Care Practitioner or Prescribing Nurse Practitioner thatshares our passion for delivering high quality patient care to work throughoutthe week supporting our Urgent Care Team.

Main duties of the job

We use SystmOneclinical system and have a reasonable workload. With support from the GPs and existing NursePractitioners you will work as part of a team responsible for providing on theday urgent care to the patient through initial history taking, clinicalassessment, investigations leading to appropriate diagnosis and treatmentpathways.

You will demonstratesafe, clinical decision making and acting within professional boundaries andto work collaboratively as part of a wider multi-disciplinary team. You should be an independent prescriber.

About us

We have adiverse and skilled team that includes urgent care services. Our team comprises of 3 GP Partners, 6 SalariedGPs, 1 regular long-term locum, 2 Nurse Practitioners, a highly skilledPractice Nursing Team, Clinical Pharmacists, Care Coordinator, General PracticeAssistants, Mental Health Practitioners, Mental Health Recovery workers,Social Prescriber, First Contact Practitioner. The clinical team is supportedby the Patient Services Team led by two Practice Managers. We all work togetherto deliver high quality patient care with an emphasis on innovation andtechnology.

We are ateaching practice near the University of East Anglia, where we have beentraining medical students for the past 2-3 years. Our practice has three surgery sites WestEarlham Health Centre, Bates Green Health Centre, and Adelaide Street HealthCentre. We care for 12,780 patients, a number that is increasing.

We are alearning organisation and encourage and support our team to develop theirskills. We currently have one colleague training to become a registered Nurseand another colleague training to become a Nurse Associate.

We have a GPRegistrar as well as teaching Year 5, Year 2 and Year 1 UEA GP medical students.We also offer placement to Nursingstudents and non-clinical students.

Job responsibilities

You will workas part of a team responsible for providing on the day urgent care to thepatient through initial history taking, clinical assessment, investigationsleading to appropriate diagnosis and treatment pathways.

You will demonstratesafe, clinical decision making and acting within professional boundaries andto work collaboratively as part of a wider multi-disciplinary team.

Person Specification

Experience

• You must be a registered Paramedic with the HCPC
• Registered Nurse with the NMC
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to work flexibly within core hours
• Ability to work autonomously and collaborate confidently
• Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website
• 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.
• Primary care experience
• Ability to work flexibly within core hours
• Ability to work autonomously and collaborate confidently

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.