Job summary
Both Full-time, and Part-time considered (30-37.5hrs/week).
You will play an integral role
in our same-day team triage service, which is a central and essential part of
our patient-access model. You will assess patients with undifferentiated and
undiagnosed presentations, ensuring timely, safe, and effective decision-making
and care allocation. Prescribing is not essential, and senior clinical support
is always available.
You will join a well-coordinated
team including four other UCPs (one dedicated to home visiting), Nurse
Practitioners, Practice Nurses, HCAs, physiotherapists, clinical pharmacists, a
Care Coordinator/Social Prescriber, Mental Health workers, GPs and administrative staff.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will take a leading role in same-day team triage, ensuring patients receive rapid assessment and appropriate management, referral, or signposting. They will work autonomously and accountably as a Paramedic/UCP, delivering high-quality, evidence-based clinical care.
They will assess, diagnose, treat, refer, or signpost patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed, or complex symptoms, including minor illness and injury. Advanced clinical reasoning will be applied to make differential diagnoses and formulate effective care plans.
The role includes screening for disease risk factors and early signs of illness, supporting prevention and early intervention. The post holder will also support anticipatory and long-term condition care, including blood pressure monitoring, frailty assessment, and diabetes risk management.
The practitioner will provide patient education, promote self-care, and empower patients to actively manage their health. They will perform and interpret ECGs, take bloods, swabs, and carry out other investigations within their scope of practice.
Accurate and contemporaneous clinical records will be maintained in line with professional standards. The post holder will work collaboratively with the wider Primary Care Network team, including pharmacists, physiotherapists, social prescribers, and GPs, to ensure integrated, patient-centred care.
About us
Cutlers Hill Surgery is seeking
a self-motivated, forward-thinking, and autonomous Urgent Care
Practitioner to join our highly skilled and friendly clinical team. This is a
fantastic opportunity to work within an established, progressive practice
committed to innovation, collaborative working, and delivering excellent patient
care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder is a registered Urgent Care Practitioner/Paramedic with relevant postgraduate qualifications, delivering high-quality, autonomous clinical care within a general practice setting. Working within professional boundaries, they manage patients from first contact through assessment, diagnosis, treatment, referral and ongoing evaluation, including face-to-face, telephone and community-based consultations. The role requires advanced clinical decision-making, management of undifferentiated conditions, prescribing and referral in line with agreed pathways, and active participation in triage services. The post holder works collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team, provides clinical leadership, contributes to clinical governance, quality improvement and service development, and maintains professional standards, ongoing education and regulatory compliance to ensure safe, effective and patient-centred care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder is a registered Urgent Care Practitioner/Paramedic with relevant postgraduate qualifications, delivering high-quality, autonomous clinical care within a general practice setting. Working within professional boundaries, they manage patients from first contact through assessment, diagnosis, treatment, referral and ongoing evaluation, including face-to-face, telephone and community-based consultations. The role requires advanced clinical decision-making, management of undifferentiated conditions, prescribing and referral in line with agreed pathways, and active participation in triage services. The post holder works collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team, provides clinical leadership, contributes to clinical governance, quality improvement and service development, and maintains professional standards, ongoing education and regulatory compliance to ensure safe, effective and patient-centred care.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- You must be a registered Paramedic with the Health and Care Professions Council HCPC.
- This is the minimum legal requirement to practise as a Paramedic in the UK
- BSc Paramedic Science or equivalent route to HCPC registration
- Typically, one of the following:
- BSc Hons Paramedic Science
- Degree apprenticeship route
- IHCD Paramedic qualification legacy route with HCPC registration still current
Qualifications
Essential
- Experience working within a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to work flexibly within core hours
- Ability to work autonomously and collaborate confidently
Desirable
- Primary care experience
- Working towards Advanced Clinical Practitioner ACP status
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- You must be a registered Paramedic with the Health and Care Professions Council HCPC.
- This is the minimum legal requirement to practise as a Paramedic in the UK
- BSc Paramedic Science or equivalent route to HCPC registration
- Typically, one of the following:
- BSc Hons Paramedic Science
- Degree apprenticeship route
- IHCD Paramedic qualification legacy route with HCPC registration still current
Qualifications
Essential
- Experience working within a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to work flexibly within core hours
- Ability to work autonomously and collaborate confidently
Desirable
- Primary care experience
- Working towards Advanced Clinical Practitioner ACP status
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).