Cutlers Hill Surgery

Urgent Care Practitioner/Primary Care Paramedic

The closing date is 30 January 2026

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.

Details

Date posted

18 December 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

A1418-25-0008

Job locations

Bungay Road

Halesworth

Suffolk

IP19 8SG


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).

Employer details

Employer name

Cutlers Hill Surgery

Address

Bungay Road

Halesworth

Suffolk

IP19 8SG


Employer's website

https://www.cutlershillsurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Cutlers Hill Surgery

Address

Bungay Road

Halesworth

Suffolk

IP19 8SG


Employer's website

https://www.cutlershillsurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Practice Manager

Hayley Witham

hayley.witham@nhs.net

01986834010

Details

Date posted

18 December 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

A1418-25-0008

Job locations

Bungay Road

Halesworth

Suffolk

IP19 8SG


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