Clinical Practitioner/Prescriber – Urgent Treatment Centre

• Full-time, part-time, bank
• Contact email: Debbie.oates@phlgroup.co.uk
• Organisation Partnering Health Limited
• Location – Lymington Hampshire
• Salary: Clinical Practitioner £45,396pa
• Clinical Practitioner Prescriber - £49,686pa

We are currently looking for clinical practitioners and clinical practitioner prescribers to join our friendly team at Lymington Urgent Treatment centre. This is an exciting opportunity to come and work in a busy, dynamic environment where the focus is on teamwork providing excellent and efficient care to our local community by offering an alternative health care choice and reducing pressures on local Emergency departments.

The Urgent Treatment Centre has approximately 20,000 attendances a year, both adults and children and we are proud of the service that we provide to our local community.

The successful applicant should have some experience working as an autonomous practitioner either in the Emergency Department or an urgent care setting, but other applicants may be considered on experience. Suggested previous roles could be Nurse Practitioner, Emergency Care Practitioner , Specialist Paramedic. The role will be ideal for gaining experience, knowledge and in assessing and treating patients with a wide variety of minor injuries and minor illnesses.

Partnering Health Group (PHL) are an established and expanding healthcare organisation responsible for providing a variety of urgent and primary health care services across Hampshire and are delighted to be providing the UTC in Lymington Hospital. The New Forest is a beautiful setting in which to provide high quality, safe services which improve the health, wellbeing and independence of the people we care for. We deliver these services to our community so you will feel a real sense of achievement and that your work makes a difference to local people’s lives.

Essential Criteria

• Registered with NMC or HCPC
• Experience working in primary care and/or urgent care setting
• Prescribers – Minimum of 5 years post qualification experience
• - Level 6/7 Independent Prescribing qualification with annotation
• Non-prescribers – Minimum 3 years post qualification experience
• Minor injury and illness qualification (ideally at level 7)
• At or working towards Masters qualification/or equivalent experience demonstrating advanced clinical practice
• You must be competent at taking a clinical history excluding red flags and undertake a physical examination of the patient for patients presenting with undifferentiated conditions
• You will be expected to ensure that mandatory education is kept updated as required by the policies of the organisation
• You will be expected to maintain a clinical portfolio that evidences advanced heath assessment skills and competencies.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills – written, verbal (Particularly listening skills)
• Clear understanding of professional responsibility and accountability.
• Good organisational skills and ability to manage and prioritise own workload
• Good clinical skills in assessment, diagnosis and management of acute Primary care presentations of minor illness and injury
• Be able to clear an enhanced DBS check/ Must be authorised to work in the UK

Desirable

• A&E experience
• Interpretation of lab results training
• IRMER trained
• Teaching and/or Mentorship qualification
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of Chronic Disease Management
• Familiar with Internet Healthcare resources

To discuss the role further or to arrange and informal visit please contact Simon Corrall – UTC Clinical Manager on 01590663101 or Service Manager Mandy Hawkins on 07774743393