Urgent Treatment Practitioner

University Hospitals Tees; Redcar; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals Tees invites applications for a permanent Urgent Care Practitioner to join the Urgent Care Team. You may provide cross-site coverage across the UTCs at South Tees Hospital NHS Trust, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, and Redcar UTC, as part of the Tees Valley Alliance.

The role requires an NMC/HCPC-registered nurse or paramedic, a Nursing degree or Paramedic registration, and clinical skills in adults or paediatrics.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse/paramedic with the NMC/HCPC.
• Degree in Nursing or Registered Paramedic.
• Clinical Skills Adult or Paediatric and willing to work towards full clinical competency and Recognised Teaching qualification (Facilitation Learning in Clinical Practice or ENB 998).

Responsibilities

• Cross-site working to meet service needs, including short notice sickness cover.
• Participation in leadership and quality improvement training and development programmes.

Skills

NMC/HCPC registered

Nursing degree

Paramedic degree

Clinical skills (adult/paediatric)

Teaching qualification (facilitation)

Education

Nursing degree

Paramedic registration

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity available for a permanent Urgent Care Practitioner to join our Urgent Care Team. You will be part of a forward thinking and dynamic directorate which may require cross site working to meet the needs of the service, i.e short notice sickness cover. This incorporates the Urgent Treatment Centres based at South Tees Hospital NHS Trust, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and Redcar Urgent Treatment Centre, which forms part of the Tees Valley Alliance.

For the right candidate a training role will be considered if they meet the following essential criteria Registered nurse/paramedic with the NMC/HCPC. Degree in Nursing or Registered Paramedic. Clinical Skills Adult or Paediatric and willing to work towards full clinical competency and Recognised Teaching qualification (Facilitation Learning in Clinical Practice or ENB 998).

Skills

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to:

• Explore leadership within the NHS
• Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
• Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
• Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Martin Moody Job title: Department Lead Practioner Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01642 944300

Please feel free to call me and arrange an informal visit to meet the team and have a walk around the UTC so we can answer any questions you have about the role.