Unscheduled Care Practitioner

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for qualified nurse/paramedic practitioner to join a team of urgent care practitioners in North Lincolnshire. The successful candidate will be responsible for the delivery of urgent care services in North Lincolnshire community to provide an integrated service model intended to reduce waiting times for patients accessing unscheduled care if medically housebound, at their usual place of residence to reduce or avoid unnecessary A&E attendance, hospital admission and ambulance conveyances by accessing the right care at the point of need. This gives the patients a No wrong door approach at the time of crisis. The team forms part of the delivery of 2 UCR services in North Lincolnshire. The post holder will have access to opportunities to further develop their skills in other areas such as Virtual ward.

Main duties of the job

To work as an autonomous practitioner, providing clinical care ( including telephone triage, diagnosis, treatment, referral, review or discharge) as appropriate, utilising a range of advanced skills and expert knowledge for patients presenting with undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions. 

Working for our organisation

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.

 “We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers”.

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

Person specification

Education and qualifications

Essential criteria

Level 1 registered nurse or state registered paramedic

Degree or master’s in nursing studies or relevant paramedic qualification
Emergency Care Practitioner or Advanced Nurse Practitioner post registration qualification

Desirable criteria

Specialist Practitioner qualification or equivalent.

Independent Nurse Prescribing qualification

Occupational experience and abilities

Essential criteria

Minimum of 5 years post registration experience.

Experience of working autonomously.

Desirable criteria

Community experience

Experience of teaching to small groups

Knowledge& Skills

Essential criteria

Have the ability to identify and resolve complex clinical issues

Desirable criteria

Experience of Developing policies and pathways for service improvements

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

Car driver

Employer certification / accreditation badges