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Main area: Urgent Care Practitioner Grade NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: Fixed term: 6 months (Temp post 6 months)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 345-EMC6554510-B
Site: University Hospital of North Tees
Town: Stockton-on-Tees
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 11/03/2025 23:59
We are on a continuous journey of improvement and transformation; however, our main priority is, and always will be, providing safe and high-quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. If you share our passion, then apply for this opportunity and help us make our patients’ experience the best it can possibly be.
Job overview
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 that have recently been recognised for their achievements by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.
Main duties of the job
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the healthcare provider of choice by putting patients first, delivering efficient, safe and reliable services, enabling excellence, encouraging innovation and embracing learning, knowledge, and change.
Working for our organisation
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, our main priority is to provide safe and high-quality care to our patients every day.
We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be working as part of a well-established urgent care team and the wider multidisciplinary team to promote a good patient experience within the Trust.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered First Level Nurse or paramedic
* Physical Assessment & Disease Management skills
* Paediatric Clinical Skills
* Minor Injury Experience
* First Level Degree in Nursing
* Masters in Advanced Nursing Practice or willingness to undertake
Experience
* Recent experience working in an autonomous practice role.
* Experience at band 6/7 in an acute setting.
* Experience of working to protocols or guidelines.
Please note - Once sufficient applications have been received, this vacancy may close early.
Please check your email address regularly as applicants invited to attend an interview will be notified via this method.
As part of our recruitment process, you will be required to undertake pre-employment screening:
Disclosure and Barring Scheme (previously Criminal Records Bureau). Where a post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, it may be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Scheme to check for any previous criminal convictions.
It is the policy of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who are new to the Trust and require DBS clearance for the post they have been offered are required to pay the cost for their DBS certificate. The method of payment for this is via salary deduction from your first month's pay on commencement with the Trust.
For any new employees commencing employment with North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, you will be subject to satisfactory completion of a 6-month probationary period.
If the hours advertised for the post are up to full time (37.5 hours per week), applications are still welcomed from individuals who may be seeking to work less than full-time hours and all requests will be considered in line with the post being appointed for the successful applicant.
North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust operates a No Smoking Policy.
If you experience any technical difficulties applying for this post, please contact a member of our recruitment team on 01642 624023 quoting the vacancy reference.
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Disability
The Trust gives full and fair consideration to applications for employment received from disabled people. We are a “Positive about Disabled People” employer, and we hold the ‘two ticks’ Disability Symbol, which is a recognition given by Jobcentre Plus to employers who have agreed to meet five commitments regarding the recruitment, employment, retention, and career development of disabled people.
As a supporter of the Armed Forces and an employer of Reservists, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust are proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant.
What does this mean?
We proactively demonstrate our forces-friendly credentials within our recruitment and selection processes, by having a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for those indicated as part of the Armed Forces Community.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020, and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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