Urgent Care Practitioner

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Urgent Care Practitioner to join an established team working in Urgent Treatment Centres in County Durham and Darlington.

The Centre operates as follows:

24/7 and Shift patterns include day and nightshifts.

Advanced clinical, leadership and organisational skills are required as is a commitment to service development and excellence in practice.

This appointment will be made at Band 7 if the successful applicant meets all of the essential criteria.

Please note, dependent on qualifications and experience, you may be appointed under Band 7 Annex 21 conditions, as per Agenda for Change once you have successfully completed all of the essential qualifications within an agreed timeframe, you will progress to permanent Band 7 banding, (The contract ends if an applicant does not successfully complete the essential qualifications within this time frame under the Annex 21 scheme), Candidates will work autonomously, assessing, diagnosing, treating or referring onwards patients of all age ranges with a broad spectrum of minor illness and injury presentations.

The successful applicant will be working alongside GPs and an experienced team of Nurse and Paramedic Practitioners, as well as having responsibility for mentoring and developing junior Practitioners and HCAs.

If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager

You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented

From April 1 2024 we are unable to offer sponsorship for healthcare roles that do not meet the minimum salary £23,200, to apply you must have Right to Work in the United Kingdom. If you are in the UK on a VISA please ensure you have no restrictions that would prevent you from taking this post