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In addition to direct patient care, the successful candidate will take on shift leadership responsibilities, ensuring optimal department operations, supporting junior team members through mentoring, and contributing to clinical governance and service improvement initiatives. The position allows for professional development and training opportunities, including potential courses in Non-Medical Prescribing. Sirona care & health values enthusiastic candidates who thrive in a fast-paced environment and are dedicated to delivering high-quality urgent care services.
Sirona care and health operate multi-professionally led, place based urgent care facilities across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
South Bristol Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) offers same day urgent care for minor injuries and minor illnesses. The unit is open 8am -8pm 7 days a week.
We currently have a vacancy at South Bristol UTC for a motivated and experienced Urgent Care Practitioner (ECP/ENP/Specialist Paramedic/Extended Scope Physiotherapist).
You will be undertaking the full assessment, management and referral of a diverse group of service users with urgent injury and illness presentations. The role includes supporting junior team members, undertaking remote consultations, shift leadership and supporting service improvement through audit and project work. We offer access to regular internal training and external higher education developmental opportunities including courses such as Non-Medical Prescribing.
We are a friendly and experienced team seeking a reliable, enthusiastic, and self-motivated individual who has the required experience to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment.
- Autonomously provide patient centred care, including assessment, shared care planning and appropriate referral of service users.
- Undertake a variety of consultation types including face to face, telephone and video.
- Utilise advanced clinical examination skills to support diagnostic reasoning and patient centred care plans.
- Utilise Patient Group Directions or Non-Medical Prescribing (desirable) to appropriately manage patient presentations.
- Undertake shift leadership role to ensure the smooth running of the department. This will include prioritisation of workload based around available resources, support for the clinical and non-clinical teams, acting to ensure the safety of patients and team members and liaising with management and external partners.
- Support unit safety by effectively carrying out front desk initial assessment and prioritisation of presenting patients.
- Provide clinical expertise and advice to colleagues and junior practitioners. This will include formal mentoring of junior colleagues and healthcare students.
- Support the UTC management and colleagues to deliver robust clinical governance and service improvement programs.
- Use of your skills, knowledge, and experience to deliver safe and effective care to our service users
About us
Please review attached Job Description for details of service, role purpose and key responsibilities.
Sirona care & health currently recruit overseas nursing and therapy staff through an NHS Trust Supplier and we adhere to the NHSE Code of Practice in relation to applicants from Red List countries. We are therefore, unable to accept any direct applications to this advert from candidates who are not already based in the UK.
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