Urgent Care/Minor Illness Nurse
| Posting date: | 10 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 March 2026 |
| Location: | Redruth, TR15 1AU |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A4754-26-0003 |
Summary
Key responsibilities The following are the core responsibilities of an Urgent Care Practitioner. There may be occasions when there is a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent on factors such as workload, staffing levels and direction of the Clinical Team or Manager: Independently assess, diagnose, treat, refer, signpost and discharge patients and service users Provide specialist advice relating to minor illness and/or injury Provide routine care to patients, as required, in accordance with clinical based evidence and NICE guidelines Ensure clinical treatment is safe, effective and conducted within the boundaries of competence, and to acknowledge limitations Undertake telephone triage Ensure personal and professional clinical standards are maintained Adapt styles of communication in order to empower self-management and health education for patients Participate in vaccination programmes, vaccinating patients in the Practice, and/or on home visits Formally and informally, impart knowledge and skills to colleagues, promoting peer review and best practice within the working environment Communicate at all levels within the team, ensuring an effective service is delivered Ensure evidence based care is delivered at the highest standard, ensuring delivery of the highest quality patient care Work within Practice policies and procedures Enhance own performance through continuous professional development, imparting own knowledge and behaviours to meet the needs of the service Achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of personal and professional development, in order to meet the needs of the service Contribute positively to the effectiveness and efficiency of the team, and work colleagues Undertake the collection of pathology specimens, including blood samples, swabs, etc. Perform investigatory procedures as requested by colleagues Establish and maintain good liaison with other Practices, and the wider system, including secondary care Support the clinical team with safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies Refer safeguarding concerns, using established safeguarding referral pathways Use appropriate infection control procedures Be aware of safe storage of equipment, and drugs Delegate tasks clearly and appropriately, adopting the principals of safe practice and assessment of competence of those colleagues taking on the delegated duty Work within Practice policies relating to domestic violence, vulnerable adults, substance abuse and addictive behaviour, and refer as appropriate