Urgent Care Practitioner Full Time

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Yate Minor Injuries team as an Urgent Care Practitioner, managing presentations of minor injuries within a stand alone minor injuries unit.

We strive to provide high quality, autonomous, evidenced based care, delivering advice and treatment to adults and children presenting to the UTC/MIU with minor injuries, illnesses and a wide range of complex / urgent undifferentiated conditions.

You will act as day-to-day shift lead for the service, managing patient flow within the unit and executing escalation procedures to preserve service capacity.

Open 7 days a week, 8am until 8pm, the team of Nurses, Paramedics and physiotherapists manage a busy department autonomously.

Main duties of the job

• Autonomously triaging, assessing, diagnosing and treating patients of all ages who attend Yate Minor Injuries with a variety of presentations.
• Undertaking treatments including suturing, plastering, x-ray interpretation, prescribing and shift management.
• Making onward referrals to plastics trauma clinics, eye hospital, fracture clinic and emergency departments as needed.
• Managing shift to ensure smooth running of department.
• Supporting students and junior staff with their learning.

Working for our organisation

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits you’ll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. 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 aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you’re starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don’t be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification for further details about the role.

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Professional registration with NMC or HCPC
• Degree in a relevant health care field
• Evidence of recent professional development
• NMP qualification

Desirable criteria

• Mentorship, teaching or assessing course or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant recent experience of autonomous practice within an urgent or emergency health care environment
• IRMER and ability to interpret x-ray films
• Rapid Triage / prioritisation assessment skills

Desirable criteria

• Experience or qualification relevant to delivering remote clinical consultations