DIUCS Urgent Care Practitioner - Nurse / Paramedic inRingwood inRingwood PUBLISHED WED 22 JAN 2025

Be part of something amazing! Join us as a Clinical Assessment & Treatment Service Urgent Care Practitioner and use your enhanced clinical skills to help support people with urgent healthcare needs. The role benefits from the opportunity to rotate between some of the IUCS services, utilising your telephone /video consultation assessment skills and face to face assessment skills on mobile visits.

You will have a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference by working for an organisation dedicated to delivering safe, responsive and patient focused service to people requiring healthcare advice and assistance.

Delivered through an innovative and collaborative approach with primary care and Dorset's NHS Foundation Trusts, the service brings together NHS 111, a new Clinical Assessment and Treatment Service, a single point of access for professionals, urgent care treatment centres and minor injuries units. We are leading the way and establishing new and joined up ways of working right across the Dorset System and we need more clinicians to help us achieve our vision.

This is a permanent position supporting a 24/7 service. The post holder will be required to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service including 7 day working, weekends, bank holidays, overnight. Part / Full time positions available.

Applications from candidates that require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position.

The post is for an Urgent Care Practitioner who will have the enhanced clinical skills required to help support people with an urgent healthcare need which will involve an assessment and short-term interventions.

You will be responsible for providing face to face consultations, in addition to telephone/video consultation assessments for patients presenting with unscheduled primary care conditions and minor injuries and illness needs.

To undertake independent assessment and management of service users to incorporate pharmacological considerations, where appropriate making complex clinical decisions regarding service user management and clinical outcomes.

To provide enhanced clinical advice, leadership and support ensuring the needs of the service are met by exercising and demonstrating high levels of clinical judgement, critical analysis and enhanced decision making skills.

To manage change, to monitor and improve standards through supervision, evidence based practice, clinical audit, research and education. To promote and demonstrate best practice by integrating evidence into practice.

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of. Applicants who subscribe to the DBS update service are able to present a valid DBS certificate instead of requiring a new check.

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For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

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Find out more about this role and other opportunities within Integrated Urgent Care at our recruitment event - further details can be found here! Dorset HealthCare :: Join our Integrated Urgent Care Service