Sanctuary Health has a permanent job vacancy for an experienced and dedicated Band 7 Urgent Care Practitioner to work full-time based in Kent and Sussex.
The salary for this permanent Urgent Care Practitioner role is £37,570 - £43,772 per annum. There is a salary uplift for unsociable hours, 36% Monday to Friday after 8pm to 5am, all day Saturday is an additional 36% and all day Sunday & Bank Holidays is an additional 72%.
Main Duties And Responsibilities:
UCPs practice at Level 7 of the NHS Career Framework and are specialist practitioners. UCPs have a higher level of education and training and have an enhanced scope of practice, focusing on patients with urgent and emergency care needs.
UCPs will uphold all aspects of their basic level practice, as well as maintaining their specialist skills.
Assess individuals' health status (remotely). Provide skilled and effective assessment of a patient's presenting clinical need, through telephone consultation, using professional clinical judgement with the support of clinically based algorithms. Utilise advanced listening, probing and facilitative skills across a diverse range of calls, some of which are highly challenging due to emotive circumstances or caller aggression. This may need you to retrieve and reconcile information about an individual's medication, escalating appropriately as necessary.
Provide patients with detailed 'worsening care advice' and safety netting instructions in the cases where patients are referred or discharged, or where conveyance is delayed. Always ensure the patient is, where appropriate/practicable, left in the care of a suitable person.
Undertake an assessment of the individual requirements of each patient and provide appropriate care to the patient in line with the appropriate evidence base, such as JRCALC, NICE Guidance, or locally agreed treatment protocols including those relating to research.
Support the safeguarding of individuals. Utilising acquired skills in mental health, child protection, medication and other areas of healthcare as required for the role, ensuring policies and legislation are followed.
Requirements of the Urgent Care Practitioner:
Registered with the HCPC or NMC
Educated to degree level or equivalent as a paramedic or nurse
High levels of current clinical knowledge.
Commitment to and evidence of Continuous Professional Development.
Commitment to clinical review and evidence-based practice.
Working knowledge of clinical governance.
Ability to mentor/train junior staff and a commitment to sharing knowledge and skills.
Contact:
This Urgent Care Practitioner role is advertised by Stuart Munns; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.
