DIUCS Urgent Care Practitioner

Job summary

Be part of something amazing! Join us as a Clinical Assessment & Treatment Service Urgent Care Practitioner and use your enhanced clinical skills to help support people with urgent healthcare needs. The role benefits from the opportunity to rotate between some of the IUCS services, utilising your telephone /video consultation assessment skills and face to face assessment skills on mobile visits.

You will have a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference by working for an organisation dedicated to delivering safe, responsive and patient focused service to people requiring healthcare advice and assistance.

Delivered through an innovative and collaborative approach with primary care and Dorset's NHS Foundation Trusts, the service brings together NHS 111, a new Clinical Assessment and Treatment Service, a single point of access for professionals, urgent care treatment centres and minor injuries units. We are leading the way and establishing new and joined up ways of working right across the Dorset System and we need more clinicians to help us achieve our vision.

This is a permanent position supporting a 24/7 service. The post holder will be required to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service including 7 day working, weekends, bank holidays, overnight. Part / Full time positions available.

Main duties of the job

The post is for an Urgent Care Practitioner who will have the enhanced clinical skills required to help support people with an urgent healthcare need which will involve an assessment and short-term interventions.

You will be responsible for providing face to face consultations, in addition to telephone/video consultation assessments for patients presenting with unscheduled primary care conditions and minor injuries and illness needs.

To undertake independent assessment and management of service users to incorporate pharmacological considerations, where appropriate making complex clinical decisions regarding service user management and clinical outcomes.

To provide enhanced clinical advice, leadership and support ensuring the needs of the service are met by exercising and demonstrating high levels of clinical judgement, critical analysis and enhanced decision making skills.

To manage change, to monitor and improve standards through supervision, evidence based practice, clinical audit, research and education. To promote and demonstrate best practice by integrating evidence into practice.

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of. Applicants who subscribe to the DBS update service are able to present a valid DBS certificate instead of requiring a new check.

For further information or to discuss how this role may suit you please contact Katie Bowman atkatie.bowman2@nhs.net.

About us

At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.