Senior Urgent Care Clinical Practitioner (Non-Medical Prescriber) UTC

This is an exciting time to join the team as we are recruiting to expand the service.

The Nottingham CityCare Urgent Treatment Centre is a Clinician-led service that provides assessment and treatment to people with urgent but not life-threatening health problems.

This post will suit an enthusiastic, driven, motivated and flexible Registered Health Care Professional with demonstrable experience from working as an independent prescriber (V300) in an unplanned/urgent care environment.

Applications are also encouraged from Emergency Care/Nurse Practitioners with V300 prescribing who are keen to gain additional experience with patients presenting with illnesses whilst working in an environment that also cares for patients presenting with minor injuries.

The post holder will be required to engage in CPD including a mix of self-directed learning and mentored practice supported by internally and externally taught training appropriate to their role. There is a requirement for flexible 365 day working with shift works covering 06:45am to 10pm daily.

Full time and part time hours will be considered.

The Urgent Treatment Centre is a training environment where employed practitioners will support the development of all disciplines of health care professionals including student nurses, pharmacists, GP SpR, medical students and paramedics.

The service is located at Seaton House which has recently undergone modernisation and has X ray facilities on site., Informal visits to the Urgent Treatment Centre are most welcome.

As an autonomous practitioner/prescriber, you will assess patients who present with urgent but not life-threatening illness and injury, plan their care, administer treatment on site and discharge supporting junior colleagues where required. Where on site treatment is not appropriate you will refer to other healthcare professionals / external agencies. You will be a line manager for a small clinical team.

We are a provider of NHS Community Health Services, Nottingham CityCare Partnership CIC exists to support the health and wellbeing of all local people, working alongside other health and care partners to achieve this. We are a values driven, people business with a passion for excellence. Our vision and social purpose is to build healthier communities and our values of integrity, expertise, unity and enterprise lie at the heart of everything we do, guiding how we work together with partners and each other to consistently deliver high quality compassionate care. As a social enterprise we aim to add social value by investing in the future of our local communities and helping to make a difference in peoples lives.

CityCare value the benefits of a diverse and inclusive workforce. Our primary objective during the recruitment process is to ensure we recruit the best candidate for the position and we strive to reflect the community we serve. Therefore, we encourage applications from candidates who identify as disabled, LGBT+ or from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) background, as they are currently under-represented within our organisation.