Urgent Care Practitioner

An exciting opportunity is available to join the team within the Urgent Treatment Centre in Whitby. Do you have Urgent or Emergency care experience, if so we would want to hear from you.

We are looking for a motivated and confident practitioner to join our team as a Band 7 Urgent Care Practitioner. This role offers the chance to work autonomously within a stand‑alone UTC, managing a wide range of presentations.

You will use your advanced assessment, diagnostic and decision‑making skills to provide safe, effective care, supported by a highly skilled multidisciplinary team. Contributing to the delivery of high‑quality urgent care for our coastal and rural communities, giving you the opportunity to maintain and develop a broad clinical skill set.

We are looking for a Registered Nurse or Paramedic with experience in Urgent or Emergency care to work as a competent, autonomous Practitioner, within a multi‑disciplinary team in the unscheduled care service. The post holder will initiate clinical assessment including triage, diagnosis, treatment, referral, review or discharge using a range of advanced skills and expert knowledge for patients presenting with undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions.

• Registered professional either HCPC paramedic or NMC live registration
• Post Graduate Bsc in Autonomous or advanced practice / or relevant to role
• Prepared to undertake or hold a recognised non‑medical prescribing qualification
• Minor injury and illness training
• Teaching qualification or demonstrable experience in informal/formal teaching/CPD of others to mentor students
• Master's level qualification e.g. MSc in advanced practice or be able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge, skills and experience through a combination of advanced clinical practice, master level modules/formal courses relevant to area of expertise
• IRMER Training
• Undertake audits or research as part of role.

• Clinical Supervision of other staff as required
• Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area, e.g. NICE guidance, relevant to urgent care, Safeguarding Adults & children, streaming and triage
• Advanced/expert understanding of relevant clinical practice, standards and audits within identified clinical area.
• Evidence of developing/implementing clinical developments that have impacted on clinical practice both in and out of own clinical area
• Advanced clinical nursing practise
• Advance History taking
• Triage Examination
• Comprehensive applied anatomy and physiology relevant to clinical area
• DATIX/Clinical Risk Management
• A&E /UTC experience in a clinical care setting
• Can demonstrate Minor injury and illness clinical experience and knowledge
• A breadth of clinical practice including clinically specialising in the field where the post is held
• Proven clinical leadership experience, able to demonstrate examples of positive impact/change within service delivery/practice at an advanced/expert level

• Effective inter‑personal skills and communication
• Assertive, confident & approachable leadership skills
• Application of casts, venepuncture, cannulation, catheterisation, suturing and wound care.
• Ability to have difficult conversations that resolve without escalation.
• Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels i.e. strategically and locally
• Be able to demonstrate clinical leadership skills at an advanced level
• Can demonstrate Minor injury and illness clinical experience and knowledge.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.