Urgent Care Practitioner

City Health Care Partnership CIC are looking for highly motivated, enthusiastic individuals to join their team of practitioners in the Urgent Treatment Centres based across Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire.
The practitioner will be responsible for the clinical assessment of patients, including history-taking, clinical examination, diagnosis and treatment or the onward referral of patients of all ages. Urgent and primary care patient consultations will be undertaken via face to face, telephone or digital platform consultation. Patient presentations will include undiagnosed undifferentiated illness and minor injuries, acute presentations and at times the exacerbation of long-term conditions. The practitioner will be responsible for ensuring that the highest standard of clinical care is provided for patients across CHCP.

The post holder will be a clinician with a range of experience of caring for and treating patients with minor injury and/or minor illness conditions or presentations, acting within their professional boundaries and supporting the delivery of policies and procedures. They will act as a positive role model supporting junior staff whist working flexibly between urgent care and primary care to provide safe clinical expert care. Effective leadership skills will be required and the successful candidate will be one who is motivated, dedicated and enthusiastic.

The post holder will work collaboratively with partner organisations to ensure that care is seamless and timely to ensure the best possible patient experience. They will also promote exceptional standards of patient care underpinned by the implementation of evidence-based practice, audit and with regard to current available guidelines and research. There will be an expectation to work across all bases within the Hull and East Riding locality.
Working as part of an established clinical workforce, they will benefit from a multi-disciplinary team, and be exposed to an extensive range of services and healthcare settings and locations. They will work alongside our newly developed multi-professional clinical model, be supported by a network of clinicians to share expertise. Ongoing training and development will be supported through in-house competencies and underpinning University courses when available.

For more information regarding the role please contact Nikki Shimells, Clinical Manager on 01482 344665 or at nikki.shimells@nhs.net

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