Job description

Job responsibilities

We are currently looking for clinical practitioners 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 peoples lives.

Essential Criteria

• Registered with NMC or HCPC
• Experience working in primary care and/or urgent care setting
• 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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered with NMC or HCPC
• Experience working in primary care and/or urgent care setting
• 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

Desirable

• A&E experience
• Interpretation of lab results training
• IRMER trained
• Teaching and/or Mentorship qualification

Experience

Essential

• 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

• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of Chronic Disease Management
• Familiar with Internet Healthcare resources

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Partnering Health Ltd

Address

Lymington Urgent Treatment Centre

Wellworthy Road

Lymington

SO41 8QD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.phlgroup.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)