Urgent Care Practitioner

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is looking for qualified Nurse Practitioners and AHP Urgent Care Practitioners to join their team. The role involves providing autonomous clinical practice and managing a diverse patient caseload in Urgent Care settings. With a focus on staff development and wellbeing, the company offers various benefits, including flexible working arrangements and competitive salaries.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Health and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse/AHP with autonomous practice experience.
• A&E/Urgent Care experience required.
• Ability to support and manage patients of all ages.

Responsibilities

• Provide autonomous practice to all patients presenting with minor injury & illness.
• Manage caseload while maintaining accurate workload overview.
• Demonstrate recent clinical management and staff management.

Skills

Clinical competencies in Minor Injuries and Minor Illness

Ability to manage patient caseload

Effective communication skills

Knowledge of local community

Education

Registered General Nurse or AHP with relevant qualifications

Accredited minor injuries course

Accredited minor illness course

Job description

Job Overview

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video.

Integrated Healthcare Alliance

The BHR Integrated Healthcare Alliance is a new partnership between North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) and PELC. NELFT and PELC work in partnership to provide Urgent Care Services in Queen’s Hospital, King George Hospital and Harold Wood and Barking Community sites into Urgent Treatment Centres providing 24 hour services.

NELFT is looking for a range of qualified autonomous Nurse Practitioners and AHP Urgent Care Practitioners to join our existing teams. This post is eligible for the Trust "Welcome to NELFT" Payment, a lump sum of 10% of agreed basic salary (pro‑rata if part time and exclusive of HCAS payments) (subject to a minimum of £4,000 and maximum of £10,000) and is open to all new applicants who are successfully appointed. Payment of the incentive is 50% of the lump sum at the end of the probationary period (typically six months) and then 50% at the end of year two. This welcome package is applicable to external candidates only. Candidates should be aware that welcome payments are subject to a compulsory 2‑year employment period within the role.

Main Duties of the Job

You will play a key role in the provision of autonomous clinical practice and leadership. The clinician will need to demonstrate expertise and competencies in the assessment and management of patients of all ages presenting in a widely diverse population and high patient flow, seeing and treating all presentations from minor to complex cases. The services will have access to radiological facilities and direct access to follow‑up clinics and community pathways.

Main Requirements

• Registered General Nurse / AHP with evidence of autonomous practice in Minor Illnesses and Minor Injuries relevant post‑registration qualifications.
• Ability to support and manage patients of all ages including assessment, diagnosing, treatment and discharge in Minor Injuries and Minor Illness.
• A&E / Urgent Care experience.
• Day and night shift working pattern.
• Across‑site working (flexible working options can be discussed).

Main Responsibilities

• Provide autonomous practice to all patients presenting with minor injury & illness with proven clinical competencies.
• Manage case load maintaining an accurate overview of own workload and contractual productivity, overseeing clinical priority of patients.
• Demonstrate recent clinical management.
• Show staff management skills.

Full time, part time posts available, please contact us to discuss.

Working for our organisation

Our Values 2025 - 2030

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co‑produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.

We are kind. We are respectful. We work together with our communities. These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.

Starting with NELFT

NELFT places a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop‑in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period.

High Cost Area Supplement – Outer London

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,714 and a maximum payment of £5,941 per annum, pro‑rata for part time).

Person Specification

Education & Training

Essential Criteria

• Registered General Nurse (1st level) or AHP with the Health & Care Professional Council.
• At least one of the following: Appropriate RSCN, RMN, RM, A/E qualification, Nurse practitioner qualification, Diploma or equivalent experience.

Qualifications

Essential Criteria

• NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy.
• Accredited minor injuries course.
• Accredited minor illness course.

Desirable Criteria

• Independent prescribing.
• Physical assessment course or equivalent.

Skills & Knowledge

Essential Criteria

• An awareness of CQC and clinical governance priorities.
• Ability to support and manage a case‑load of patients including assessment, planning, monitoring and evaluation, including providing health promotion and education to patients and carers.
• Ability to organise and deliver a high standard of research‑based clinical nursing care including developing and implementing policies and protocols.
• Ability to demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to liaise effectively with members of the Primary Health Care Team and other agencies.
• Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise work.
• Ability to act as a role model and leader to others and to motivate a team.
• Ability to provide clinical training and education to the Urgent Care team.
• Professional knowledge acquired through Degree/diploma supplemented by specialist training experience to Masters equivalent.
• Knowledge of local community and understanding of a multi‑cultural, racially diverse population.
• Knowledge of current professional issues relating to speciality.
• Understanding of patient confidentiality.
• Understanding of equal opportunities.

Experience

Essential Criteria

• Previous experience in a Band 6 post or equivalent to apply for Band 7 post working as an autonomous Practitioner at least 2 years.
• Demonstrate recent clinical management such as previous team leader or clinical tutor.
• Demonstrate recent experience of working in an ED setting with evidence of physical assessment and diagnostic skills.
• Has a range of clinical skills and expertise relevant to the role.
• Suturing / wound closure.

Desirable Criteria

• Willingness to undertake patient group directions or non‑medical prescribing.

Skills

Essential Criteria

• Basic awareness of IT and IT skills.

Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

• A long‑standing and award‑winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long‑term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
• A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work‑life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a 'Top 10 Family Friendly Employer' from the Working Families Charity.
• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
• Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible‑working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part‑time hours or another flexible pattern.