Job summary
- Main area
- Urgent Care
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 818-IUC225
- Employer
- Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lincoln UTC
- Town
- Lincoln
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 Per Annum, Pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Urgent Care Practitioner
Band 7
LCHS Way
We Listen, We Care, We Act, We Improve
We listen: we engage with everyone we work with, we are united, we are always positive
We care: everyone is valued, respected and developed, knowledge and skills are nurtured, success is celebrated
We act: clear goals and right resources, freedom coupled with accountabilty, emphasis on simplicity
We improve: we are creative, resourceful and innovative, integrated and collaboration is the way forward, we're always striving to do better
....Fit for now, fit for the future.
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Job overview
Based in a busy Urgent Treatment Centre you will be working autonomously, assessing, diagnosing, managing and discharging patients attending with minor injury and illness presentations. You will be working alongside Advanced Clinical Practitioners and be part of a diverse multidisciplinary team providing urgent care services in the Lincolnshire area.
We are a team that works hard, we laugh hard and we enjoy a fine biscuit with our brews/ We have been known to have a social life together outside of work too !
Don't meet every single requirement? If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within LCHS.
Main duties of the job
Exciting role within our service - Senior Urgent Care Practitioner
Grade: Band 7
Hours: Full or Part time hours
Base: Lincoln UTC
We listen, we care, we act, we improve – that is the LCHS Way.
You could work in a variety of clinical areas. Alongside GP's and other colleagues, you will provide face to face consultations for patients in urgent care departments, there is opportunity to work in other UTC's and also with the Clinical Assessment team and Home visiting teams
The department is open 24/7 and the expectation is to do a fair share of days, lates and nights, we are open to flexible working it it can fit around the team and the departmental needs
Working for our organisation
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.
At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS’ workforce.
LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.
We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an ‘earn while you learn’ apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page to find out more https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See Job Description
Alongside other autonomous practitioners, you will provide face to face consultations for patients in the urgent treatment centre presenting with a wide range of urgent illness and injury presentations.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
- Registered Health Professional (NMC or HCPC)
- Recognised post registration qualifications in minor injury
- Recognised History taking or Minor illness course
Desirable criteria
- Acheived at least 2 years post registration experience
- Non Medical Prescriber
- Leadership qualifications, eg Edward Jenner/Mary Seacole
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in Urgent Care or equivalent service
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Previous management or leadership experience
- Leadership attitudes and behaviours
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jeni Ives
- Job title
- Clinical Team lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07970725822
- Additional information
Insight visits available on request , or ring for an informal chat, or drop round for a brew and a biscuit
Jeni 07970725822
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