Urgent Care Practitioner…

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Full time
Location: Liverpool
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Job offered by: Primarycare24
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Are you a 1st Level Registered Nurse/Paramedic with 3 years post qualification experience including working in paediatrics? Are you looking for the flexibility of weekend work that can work around your other commitments? Primary Care 24 (PC24) are excited to share the position of Urgent Care Practitioner (UCP). This could mean a blend of in hours and out of hours working to ensure you achieve a comfortable work life balance. If you have studied Clinical examination and diagnostics and you have experience of working in an Urgent Care, Primary Care or similar setting then we are looking to hear from you. We offer innovative models for telephone triage and telephone consultations based in our modern contact centre, working as part of an MDT – including experienced GP’s, GPs in training, Advanced clinical practitioners from a Nursing, Paramedic, AHP and Pharmacy background. Providing initial clinical assessment / triage for patients entering the service from NHS111 / Clinical assessment service (CAS), NWAS, healthcare professionals and primary care streaming. The primary aim of optimising their care navigation, which may include, self-care, signposting towards other services / partner agencies or continuing onto the clinicians within PrimaryCare24 for further review. Key Responsibilities

Liaise with nominated medical/nursing leadership team to provide oversight and co-ordination of patients awaiting contact Manage clinical demands in collaboration with Clinical Co-Ordinator/ Shift Manager to ensure delivery of safe care to agreed waiting times Escalate concerns/ priority patients to the Clinical Co-Ordinator/ On call teams Review patients awaiting contact to provide oversight and minimise clinical risk by actively filtering for potential signposting to more appropriate services Based around a Red Flag approach of triage, prioritise patients in line with the service escalation plans which include the elderly, palliative patients and those who have a risk of deterioration Apply clinical skills and reasoning to ensure patients are transferred safely between different clinical dispositions and signposted when required and safe clinically safe Assess an individual’s health status. Provide skilled and effective assessment of patients’ presenting clinical need, through telephone consultation, using professional clinical judgement with the support of clinically based algorithms About You

Extensive experience in emergency health care settings Significant expertise in clinical triage Degree Clinical Practice Minimum 3 years post qualification experience Clinical Examination and Diagnostics Level 6/7 Experience of working in paediatrics (aged 2 yrs onwards) Experience of working in urgent care / primary care or similar setting What’s on Offer? Below is based on a 37.5-hour week

£37,338 to £44,962 per annum

plus unsociable enhancements Located in Wavertree technology Park, L13 NHS pension scheme 27 days annual leave NHS car fleet scheme T&Cs apply Ride to work scheme Long service awards About Us

Primary Care 24 (PC24) is a not-for-profit social enterprise established in 1990, delivering NHS contracts exclusively. The majority of our surplus is reinvested in patients and staff. We believe that primary healthcare should be accessible for everyone and are committed to delivering the best quality care we can, challenging social exclusion and working locally, where and when we can, to support our communities. We combine the best of the NHS with social enterprise innovation, developing solutions for NHS primary care and caring for our clinicians so that they can, in turn, care for our patients. Hours Available:

Fri 18.30-23.00 Sat 08.00-13.00, 13.00-18.00, 18.00-23.00 Sun 08.00 – 13.00, 13.00-18.00, 18.00-23.00 Fri, Sat & Sun nights 23:00-08:00 This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore, it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

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