Urgent Care Practitioner | Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 12 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 Pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 12 May 2024 |
| Location: | Skegness, PE25 2BS |
| Company: | Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6220480/818-IUC209 |
Summary
The post holder will clinically assess patients with unscheduled minor illness or minor injury presentations. The post holder will directly or remotely be supported by Senior Urgent Care practitioners, Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, or Doctors. The post holder will support the delivery of policy and procedures, ensuring clinical quality, evidence based service, excellence in clinical practice, this together with continuous professional development.
Due to service needs, the successful candidate will be expected to be able to work shifts, including days and nights. On some occasions, the successful candidate will be expected to work in other services within the Integrated Urgent and Emergency Care Division.
Lincolnshire Community Health Service requires all staff to safeguard children, young people and adults. All staff are required to access the organisational policies, also the Local Safeguarding Children Board and the Local Safeguarding Adults Board policies and procedures that underpin the safeguarding agenda. The safeguarding policies to be followed are found at www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk and www.lincolnshire.gov.uk
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagementin the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.
At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS’ workforce.
LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.
We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an ‘earn while you learn’ apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page to find out morehttps://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev
Working autonomously, and in collaboration with colleagues, to see, treat and discharge minor illness and injury.
This role will also involve undertaking Initial Clinical Assessments, ensuring safety of our patients.
This advert closes on Thursday 25 Apr 2024