Urgent Care Practitioner

We are looking for an experienced and confident Urgent Care Practitioner to join our friendly and supportive GP practice in North Wrexham, providing a dedicated home visiting service to our patients.

Following initial triage by a GP, you will work autonomously to assess patients in their own homes, as well as in residential and nursing care settings. You will use your clinical judgement to undertake a comprehensive assessment, formulate an appropriate management plan and, where necessary, liaise with the GP and other members of the multidisciplinary team.

This is a varied and rewarding role with a strong focus on supporting patients to receive high-quality care in their usual place of residence and, wherever appropriate, avoiding unnecessary hospital attendance. The post involves close multi-agency working, including liaison with social services, community nursing teams and other health and care professionals.

The role would particularly suit an experienced paramedic, advanced nurse practitioner or other qualified autonomous practitioner who enjoys independent working while remaining part of a close and accessible clinical team.

A prescribing qualification is not essential. However, applicants who hold an independent prescribing qualification are encouraged to state this in their application.

*** We are taking application from those who would like permanent work as well as bank work as part of a team - please specify in your application your desired work pattern. ***

The Urgent Care Practitioner will provide a responsive home visiting service for patients with acute healthcare needs who have been triaged by a GP as requiring assessment in their usual place of residence.

Working independently, but with full GP support and advice available when required, the postholder will visit patients in their own homes and in residential and nursing care settings. They will undertake clinical assessment, identify acute healthcare needs, formulate appropriate management plans and recognise when escalation or further medical assessment is required.

The postholder will work closely with the practice multidisciplinary team and liaise with community nursing teams, Community Resource Teams, social services and other health and care professionals to provide coordinated care. A key aim will be to support patients to remain safely at home wherever clinically appropriate and avoid unnecessary hospital attendance or admission.

Depending on the successful applicants previous experience, qualifications and areas of interest, the role may also include supporting palliative and end-of-life care, advance care planning, and routine assessment and management of patients with chronic disease in the community.

We are keen to support professional development, and training will be available to enable the successful applicant to develop their skills and broaden the scope of the role.

Alyn Family Doctors is a long-established group of family doctors working in partnership across the villages of Llay, Gresford and Rossett, near Wrexham in North Wales.

We care for approximately 12,700 patients, with eight GP partners working alongside an experienced multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals and support staff. We are a member of the North and West Wrexham Primary Care Cluster and work closely with other health, community and social care services.

While we value the principles of traditional family medicine, we consider ourselves a forward-thinking practice. We are keen to embrace new ideas, make effective use of innovative IT and digital solutions, and continually evolve the way we work to improve both patient care and the working lives of our team.

Our aim is to provide care tailored to the individual, treating every patient with dignity, respect and compassion. We place particular importance on continuity of care, enabling patients to develop relationships with a consistent clinical team who understand their history, circumstances and preferences.

We encourage collaborative multidisciplinary working and value the skills and professional judgement of every member of our team. We work with our local communities to promote healthy living, independence and wellbeing, while continually developing our services to meet the changing needs of our population.

• Work autonomously as part of the practice multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, effective and high-quality patient care, with GP…