Job summary
Are you a 1stLevel Registered Nurse/Paramedic with 3 years post qualification experienceincluding working in paediatrics? Are you looking for the flexibility of weekend work that canwork around your other commitments? Primary Care 24 (PC24) are excited to sharethe position of Urgent Care Practitioner (UCP).
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Main duties of the job
Are you a 1stLevel Registered Nurse/Paramedic with 3 years post qualification experienceincluding working in paediatrics? Are you looking for the flexibility of weekend work that canwork around your other commitments? Primary Care 24 (PC24) are excited to sharethe position of Urgent Care Practitioner (UCP).
This could mean a blend of in hoursand out of hours working to ensure you achieve a comfortable work lifebalance. If you have studied Clinicalexamination and diagnostics and you have experience of working in an UrgentCare, Primary Care or similar setting then we are looking to hear from you.
We offer innovative models for telephone triage and telephoneconsultations based in our modern contact centre, working as part of an MDT -including experienced GPs, GPs in training, Advanced clinical practitionersfrom a Nursing, Paramedic, AHP and Pharmacy background. Providing initialclinical assessment / triage for patients entering the service from NHS111 /Clinical assessment service (CAS), NWAS, healthcare professionals and primarycare streaming. The primary aim of optimising their care navigation, which mayinclude, selfcare, signposting towards other services / partner agencies orcontinuing onto the clinicians within PrimaryCare24 for further review.
Hours available:
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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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
4. Liaise with nominated medical/nursing leadership team to provide oversight and co-ordination of patients awaiting contact
5. Manage clinical demands in collaboration with Clinical Co-Ordinator/ Shift Manager to ensure delivery of safe care to agreed waiting times
6. Escalate concerns/ priority patients to the Clinical Co-Ordinator/ On call teams
7. Review patients awaiting contact to provide oversight and minimise clinical risk by actively filtering for potential signposting to more appropriate services
8. 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
9. Apply clinical skills and reasoning to ensure patients are transferred safely between different clinical dispositions and signposted when required and safe clinically safe
10. 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
11. Extensive experience in emergency health care settings
12. Significant expertise in clinical triage
13. Degree Clinical Practice
14. Minimum 3 years post qualification experience
15. Clinical Examination and Diagnostics Level 6/7
16. Experience of working in paediatrics (aged 2 yrs onwards)
17. Experience of working in urgent care / primary care or similar setting
What's on offer? Below is based on a week
18. £37,338to £44,962 per annum plus unsociable enhancements
19. Located in Wavertree technologyPark, L13
20. NHS pension scheme
21. 27 days annual leave
22. NHS car fleet scheme T&Csapply
23. Ride to work scheme
24. Long service awards
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
25. Degree Clinical Practice
26. Clinical Examination and Diagnostics Level 6/7
Experience
Essential
27. Minimum 3 years post qualification experience
28. Experience of working in paediatrics (aged 2 yrs onwards)
29. Experience of working in urgent care / primary care or similar setting