Job Introduction
Are you an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Paramedic Practitioner looking for a role where you can fully utilise your advanced clinical skills while enjoying flexibility and a strong work-life balance?
We are seeking skilled and motivated autonomous practitioners to join our Urgent Care team, working across our GP-led Urgent Treatment Centre in Ormskirk and Nurse-led Walk-In Centre in Skelmersdale.
This is an exciting opportunity to work within well-established urgent care services, assessing, diagnosing and treating both adult and paediatric patients presenting with a wide range of urgent healthcare needs. You'll manage booked appointments as well as undifferentiated presentations, using your advanced assessment, clinical reasoning and prescribing skills to deliver safe, effective and patient-centred care.
Working as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to service development, support colleagues and play an important role in maintaining high standards of clinical practice and patient experience.
Our services operate 7 days a week between 8am and 8pm, and we offer a variety of working patterns including full-time or part-time hours, together with a choice of long or short shifts, providing flexibility to suit your lifestyle.
Package Description
As a Band 7 Nurse Practitioner or Paramedic Practitioner, you'll be part of our valued Urgent Care team across our services in West Lancashire, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- Band 7 Agenda for Change salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face-to-face help with your mental and physical wellbeing, from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post-trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our 'Outstanding' learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care
- The pride of working for an organization committed to the highest clinical and quality standards, with the majority of our rated services holding "Good" or "Outstanding" ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Main Responsibilities
As a Band 7 Nurse Practitioner or Paramedic Practitioner, you will:
- Provide autonomous assessment, diagnosis and treatment for adults and children presenting with urgent healthcare needs
- Manage patients presenting with minor illness and injury using advanced clinical decision-making skills
- Independently prescribe where clinically appropriate and within professional scope of practice
- Undertake advanced clinical examination and formulate differential diagnoses
- Request, interpret and act on appropriate diagnostic tests and investigations
- Provide clear advice, education and safety-netting information to patients and carers
- Recognize, assess and respond appropriately to urgent, deteriorating or emergency presentations
- Refer patients to other healthcare professionals, services and agencies where appropriate
- Maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical documentation
- Support effective patient flow and service delivery across the Urgent Treatment Centre and Walk-In Centre
- Participate in shift coordination and support the day-to-day operational running of the service
- Contribute to clinical governance, audit and service improvement activities
- Act as a clinical role model and support the development of colleagues
- Participate in teaching, mentoring and peer review activities
- Work collaboratively with GPs, nurses, paramedics and wider multidisciplinary colleagues to deliver high-quality care
The Ideal Candidate
We're looking for a confident and experienced clinician who is passionate about delivering high-quality urgent care and enjoys working within a fast-paced clinical environment.
You will have:
- Registration as either a Registered Nurse (NMC) or Paramedic (HCPC)
- A Level 7 qualification in Clinical Examination
- A V300 Independent Prescribing qualification
- Degree-level qualification in Nursing, Paramedic Science or a related healthcare discipline
- A minimum of three years' experience within Urgent Care, Primary Care or a similar autonomous clinical setting
- Experience assessing and managing patients independently
- Strong clinical reasoning and decision-making skills
- Experience treating patients with both minor illness and minor injury presentations
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- The ability to work calmly and effectively within a busy urgent care environment
- Strong IT skills and confidence using electronic clinical systems
- Flexibility to work across both service locations as required
- A commitment to ongoing professional development and evidence-based practice
Qualifications or experience in Advanced Clinical Practice, Minor Illness or Minor Injury management would be advantageous but are not essential.
About The Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes.
We're committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we work to ensure everyone has the opportunity to thrive and succeed.
As you would expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults we work with is of the utmost importance. All successful applicants will be subject to safer recruitment processes, including the appropriate checks and clearances.
If you're looking for an opportunity to make a real difference within a supportive and forward-thinking urgent care service, we'd love to hear from you
