Band 7
Main area: Urgent Care Practitioner, Registered Nurse, Paramedic, RGN, HCPC Grade Band 7
* Full time
* Part time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Full, part time available) Job ref: 278-111UCP-0125-NW
Site: Integrated Urgent Care (999 & 111)
Town: Crawley/Gillingham
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 09/02/2025 23:59
Interview date: 27/02/2025
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has a vision to support our staff in providing a caring, high-quality and efficient urgent and emergency care service to our communities. We are rated 'Good' for care by the Care Quality Commission and aim to continually improve to reach outstanding across all areas of the Trust.
Our 4,000+ workforce provides services to 4.9m people across Kent, Surrey, Sussex, and North East Hampshire, handling over 1 million calls to 999 and 1 million calls to NHS 111 every year.
Job overview
We are seeking experienced and clinically driven Paramedic or Nurse Practitioners for the Integrated Care (999 & 111) clinical team. This is an exciting time to join SECAmb as we continue integrating patient access to urgent and emergency care.
* Full time / Part time / bank positions available.
* Vacancies available in Gillingham, Kent or Crawley, West Sussex.
* Telephone Clinical Assessment opportunity providing senior clinical advice to patients across 999 & 111 services.
Main duties of the job
As an Urgent Care Practitioner (UCP), you will provide advanced clinical assessment and signposting through telephone consultation to patients who have contacted the 999 / 111 service. You will also provide clinical advice, support, and leadership to the 999 Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) multi-disciplinary team.
Furthermore, you will provide clinical support across the Trust’s wider Integrated Urgent Care (IUC) clinical team within NHS 111, including Health Advisors, Dental Nurses, Paediatric Nurses, Palliative Care Nurses, Pharmacists, Midwives, and GPs.
You will need a proven track record of extensive clinical experience working in various primary care and urgent & emergency settings with excellent telephone communication skills.
Working for our organisation
The role requires:
* Permanent full-time contracts
* 24-hour rotas involving unsocial hours due to the delivery of care for patients presenting through 999 and 111.
* Successfully passing a two-week training course held at Crawley HQ.
Please note, this is a 7-day per week role requiring a variety of shifts. Unsocial hours are payable in addition to the salary quoted, dependent upon the working pattern.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You must be a registered Paramedic or Nurse (Adult) with significant clinical practice experience in primary care and urgent & emergency care.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work under pressure are prerequisites for this role.
Person specification
Experience
* Higher Education Award including: Specialist Practice Diploma in Primary and Urgent Care or equivalent.
* Evidence of a minimum of two years in an autonomous role in primary care and urgent care settings.
* Experience of telephone triage or consultation.
* Knowledge of clinical governance, audit, or safeguarding frameworks.
All successful applicants will be placed at the bottom of the banding unless proven relevant NHS or equivalent experience can be demonstrated.
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.
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