Urgent Care Practitioner/Primary Care Paramedic

Cutlers Hill Surgery; Halesworth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A progressive healthcare practice in Halesworth is seeking an experienced Urgent Care Practitioner or Primary Care Paramedic. The role involves leading same-day team triage services, managing patients with undifferentiated symptoms and delivering high-quality care in a collaborative environment. Candidates should be registered paramedics with the necessary qualifications and experience in primary care. This position offers a chance to work in a supportive, innovative practice dedicated to excellent patient care and ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• Registered Paramedic with HCPC.
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to work autonomously and flexibly.

Responsibilities

• Lead same-day team triage and patient management.
• Deliver evidence-based clinical care autonomously.
• Maintain accurate clinical records in line with standards.

Skills

Advanced clinical decision-making

Team collaboration

Patient education

Self-care promotion

Education

BSc Paramedic Science or equivalent

Job description

Urgent Care Practitioner/Primary Care Paramedic

Both Full-time, and Part-time considered (30-37.5hrs/week).

You will play an integral rolein our same-day team triage service, which is a central and essential part ofour patient-access model. You will assess patients with undifferentiated andundiagnosed presentations, ensuring timely, safe, and effective decision-makingand care allocation. Prescribing is not essential, and senior clinical supportis always available.

You will join a well-coordinatedteam including four other UCPs (one dedicated to home visiting), NursePractitioners, Practice Nurses, HCAs, physiotherapists, clinical pharmacists, aCare Coordinator/Social Prescriber, Mental Health workers, GPs and administrative staff.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will take a leading role in same-day team triage, ensuring patients receive rapid assessment and appropriate management, referral, or signposting. They will work autonomously and accountably as a Paramedic/UCP, delivering high-quality, evidence-based clinical care.

They will assess, diagnose, treat, refer, or signpost patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed, or complex symptoms, including minor illness and injury. Advanced clinical reasoning will be applied to make differential diagnoses and formulate effective care plans.

The role includes screening for disease risk factors and early signs of illness, supporting prevention and early intervention. The post holder will also support anticipatory and long-term condition care, including blood pressure monitoring, frailty assessment, and diabetes risk management.

The practitioner will provide patient education, promote self-care, and empower patients to actively manage their health. They will perform and interpret ECGs, take bloods, swabs, and carry out other investigations within their scope of practice.

Accurate and contemporaneous clinical records will be maintained in line with professional standards. The post holder will work collaboratively with the wider Primary Care Network team, including pharmacists, physiotherapists, social prescribers, and GPs, to ensure integrated, patient-centred care.

About us

Cutlers Hill Surgery is seekinga self-motivated, forward-thinking, and autonomous Urgent CarePractitioner to join our highly skilled and friendly clinical team. This is afantastic opportunity to work within an established, progressive practicecommitted to innovation, collaborative working, and delivering excellent patientcare.

Job responsibilities

The post holder is a registered Urgent Care Practitioner/Paramedic with relevant postgraduate qualifications, delivering high-quality, autonomous clinical care within a general practice setting. Working within professional boundaries, they manage patients from first contact through assessment, diagnosis, treatment, referral and ongoing evaluation, including face-to-face, telephone and community-based consultations. The role requires advanced clinical decision-making, management of undifferentiated conditions, prescribing and referral in line with agreed pathways, and active participation in triage services. The post holder works collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team, provides clinical leadership, contributes to clinical governance, quality improvement and service development, and maintains professional standards, ongoing education and regulatory compliance to ensure safe, effective and patient-centred care.

Person Specification

Experience

• You must be a registered Paramedic with the Health and Care Professions Council HCPC.
• This is the minimum legal requirement to practise as a Paramedic in the UK
• BSc Paramedic Science or equivalent route to HCPC registration
• Typically, one of the following:
• BSc Hons Paramedic Science
• Degree apprenticeship route
• IHCD Paramedic qualification legacy route with HCPC registration still current

Qualifications

• Experience working within a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to work flexibly within core hours
• Ability to work autonomously and collaborate confidently
• Primary care experience
• Working towards Advanced Clinical Practitioner ACP status

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.