Job summary 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 a zero-hour contract that can work around your other commitments? Primary Care 24 (PC24) are excited to share the position of Bank Urgent Care Practitioner (UCP). For a faster application process, simply email your CV to frank.peacockpc24recruitment.co.uk with the job title in the subject heading. Main duties of the job 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 GPs, 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, selfcare, signposting towards other services / partner agencies or continuing onto the clinicians within PrimaryCare24 for further review. 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 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. Date posted 04 November 2024 Pay scheme Other Salary £19.15 to £36.79 an hour DOE and shift times Contract Bank Working pattern Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working Reference number B0368-24-0052 Job locations 4-6 Enterprise Way Wavertree Technology Park Liverpool Merseyside L13 1FB Job description Job 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 individuals 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 Whats on offer? Zero-hour contract £19.15ph to £36.79ph, DOE and shift times Located in Wavertree technology Park, L13 NHS pension scheme Job description Job 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 individuals 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 Whats on offer? Zero-hour contract £19.15ph to £36.79ph, DOE and shift times Located in Wavertree technology Park, L13 NHS pension scheme Person Specification Qualifications Essential Degree Clinical Practice Clinical Examination and Diagnostics Level 6/7 Experience Essential Minimum 3 years post qualification experience Experience of working in paediatrics (aged 2 yrs onwards) Experience of working in urgent care / primary care or similar setting Person Specification Qualifications Essential Degree Clinical Practice Clinical Examination and Diagnostics Level 6/7 Experience Essential Minimum 3 years post qualification experience Experience of working in paediatrics (aged 2 yrs onwards) Experience of working in urgent care / primary care or similar setting 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. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Additional information 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. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer details Employer name Primary Care 24 Address 4-6 Enterprise Way Wavertree Technology Park Liverpool Merseyside L13 1FB Employer's website https://primarycare24.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)