Urgent Care Practitioner (UCP) - Norfolk & Waveney

The Role

Express new ideas, take initiative and save lives. Others talk about being brave, at IC24, we’re made that way.

From providing high quality integrated urgent care for over six million people, to thinking of innovative solutions for our patients – every role at IC24 is made to be brave.

As an Urgent Care Practitioner, you’ll be expected to assess all patients of all ages and provide the right management or referral. You’ll have to be reliable and dependable, passionate and committed to delivering high quality health care in an out-of-hours (OOH) environment.

If you have advanced Physical assessment (level 6 or above) minor illness course (level 6 or above), palliative care/ end of life care experience and would like to join our professional team as an Urgent Care Practitioner (UCP), then we would love to hear from you. As we provide an OOH service, you must be willing to work evenings and weekends.

You will be responsible for diagnosing and treating patients with minor illness and other urgent presentations face-to-face within our out of hours services. You don’t need to be a prescriber as you’ll be able to work from a range of agreed PGDs. You will usually be based at one of our out of hours locations within Norfolk and Waveney in order to make home visits to patients in an effective timely manner.

This role is particularly suited to an experienced autonomous Clinician that has undertaken core modules of advanced practice within the Specialist Paramedic, Nurse/Paramedic Practitioner program or an experienced Nurse/Paramedic who has additional training in assessing minor illness and physical assessment. This is an opportunity like no other – one that makes a difference to patients that require urgent care or deteriorate during the OOH period.

If you’re looking to add additional skills to your current portfolio or if you’re just seeking additional hours, this could be the job for you. You will receive a full induction and be supported by a Clinical Lead.

If you would like to speak to someone for more information about the role, please email alistair.betts@ic24.nhs.uk.

Who are we?

We are Integrated Care 24 Ltd (IC24), the leading not-for-profit Social Enterprise providing innovative and patient-focused primary care services. IC24 is committed to improving access to health and social care for our patients and reducing the demand on secondary care services. IC24 provides services to over 6 million patients, including GP led out-of-hours services, NHS 111, primary care and secondary care support services.

IC24 operate the OOH urgent care service throughout Norfolk and Waveney between 18:30 – 08:00 on weekdays and 24/7 over the weekends and Bank Holiday periods.

Locations Across Norfolk and Waveney: we have face-to-face base locations in Norwich, North Walsham, Dereham, Thetford, King’s Lynn, Fakenham, Great Yarmouth, Beccles, and Lowestoft

Hours Available Flexible shifts, including evenings, overnights and weekends, minimum 12 hrs per week.

Shifts Available Tuesday to Friday 18:30 – 06:30 and 08:00 – 22:00 on weekends

What’s in it for you?

• Salary £42,096 - £49,037 per annum, depending on knowledge, skills and experience
• Additional enhancements for unsocial hours and bank holiday working
• NHS pension scheme
• Additional annual leave above statutory, based on length of service
• Discount voucher scheme
• Learning and Development Opportunities
• Free 24/7 independent counselling service
• Free membership to our reward and discount platform
• Access to Blue Light Card and other NHS Discount Schemes

Due to the nature of this position, employment is subject to proof of eligibility to work in the UK, a full manual driving licence, completion of a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and 2 references.

For a job description and person specification click here.

Closing date: 6th of June 2023

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We are committed to providing equal opportunities for all people and we particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, applicants with a disability and those from other under-represented groups.

If you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments before applying or would like an accessible version of any recruitment documents, please contact the recruitment team in the first instance on careers@ic24.nhs.uk.