Urgent Care Practitioner

Stirchley Medical Practice; Telford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A large healthcare provider in Telford is seeking an Urgent Care Practitioner to join their clinical team. The role involves assessing and triaging patients, providing definitive treatment, and managing both acute and chronic conditions. Candidates should have primary care experience and relevant nursing qualifications. This position offers the opportunity to work in a supportive environment with a large clinical team.

Qualifications

• Experience in assessing and triaging patients.
• Ability to undertake home visits for acute illness.
• Experience in diagnosing and managing treatment plans.

Responsibilities

• Assess and triage patients presenting with acute illness.
• Undertake home visits in care homes.
• Diagnose and manage acute and chronic conditions.

Skills

Primary Care experience

Communication skills

Team player

Highly motivated

Experience in care homes

Education

Relevant nursing or health degree

MSc or equivalent

Job description

Weare recruiting a Urgent Care Practitioner to support our experienced Clinical team.

PrimaryCare experience is essential.

Main duties of the job

Assess and triage patients, including same daytriage and as appropriate, provide definitive treatment (including prescribingmedications following policy, patient group directives, NICE or make necessary referralsto other members of the primary care team.

About us

We are a large supportive training practice based inTelford with 24,800 patients and based over two sites. We have a large clinicalteam consisting of 16 GPs and30 clinical staff, including nurses and alliedhealth professional all supported by the administrative team.

Job responsibilities

Assess patients presenting with acute illness or forreview of acute exacerbations of chronic disease conditions.

Undertake home visits with an elderly care homesetting for acute illness.

Diagnose, plan, implement and evaluatetreatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with anundifferentiated diagnosis.

Clinically examine and assess patient needs from aphysiological and psychological perspective, and plan clinical careaccordingly.

Prioritising health problems and interveningappropriately, to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergencysituations, including initiation of effective emergency care.

Proactively identify, diagnose and manage treatmentplans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition asappropriate.

Diagnose and manage both acute and chronicconditions, integrating both drug- and non-drug based treatment methods into amanagement plan.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Relevant nursing or health degree
• MSc or equivalent

Experience

• Primary Care experience is essential.
• Communication skills, both written and verbal
• Team player
• Highly motivated
• Experience of working in care homes

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.