Urgent Care Practitioner (UCP) - Sussex

Job summary

Express new ideas, take initiative and save lives. Others talk about being brave, at IC24, were made that way.

From providing high quality integrated urgent care for over six million people, to thinking of innovative solutions for our patients every role at IC24 is made to be brave.

As an Urgent Care Practitioner, youll be expected to assess all patients and provide the right management or referral. Youll have to be reliable and dependable, passionate and committed to delivering high quality health care in an out-of-hours (OOH) environment.

If you have extended assessment and minor illness skills and would like to join our professional team as an Urgent Care Practitioner (UCP), then we would love to hear from you. As we provide an OOH service, you must be willing to work evenings and weekends.

Main duties of the job

The IUC CAS service is a telephone based service located in our Call Centres in Ashford, Norfolk and Essex. You will be part of the multidisciplinary team which includes GPs; ACPs, UCPs and Prescribing Pharmacists. The CAS team works collaboratively with 111 service, home visiting service and Primary Care Centre services of the IUC in conjunction with other urgent and emergency care services such as the ambulance service. Patients will get referred to you via NHS 111, where you will be expected to use your clinical expertise to treat, advise or refer them on to the most appropriate service with the aim of safely completing a high proportion of your calls at the telephone assessment stage. As part of the IUC model, you will also deliver face to face consultations from a designated Primary Care Centre when required.

Due to the nature of this position, employment is subject to proof of eligibility to work in the UK, a full manual driving licence, completion of a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and 2 references.

About us

We are Integrated Care 24 Ltd (IC24), the leading not-for-profit Social Enterprise providing innovative and patient-focused primary care services. IC24 is committed to improving access to health and social care for our patients and reducing the demand on secondary care services. IC24 provides services to over 6 million patients, including GP led out-of-hours services, NHS 111, primary care and secondary care support services.

Locations:- Sussex- Crawley, Hastings and Bognor (weekends). Worthing and Eastbourne (evenings and overnights)

Hours Available:- Flexible shifts, including evenings, overnights and weekends, minimum 12 hrs per week .

Whats in it for you?

• Salary £42,096 - £49,037 per annum, depending on knowledge, skills and experience
• Additional enhancements for unsocial hours and bank holiday working
• Additional annual leave above statutory minimum based on service
• Opportunity to join the NHS Pension Scheme
• Access to Blue Light Card and other NHS Discount Schemes

We are committed to providing equal opportunities for all people and we particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, applicants with a disability and those from other under-represented groups.

If you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments before applying or would like an accessible version of any recruitment documents, please contact the recruitment team in the first instance on careers@ic24.nhs.uk.

Employer details

Employer name

Integrated Care 24 Ltd

Address

Orbital Park, Kingston House

The Long Barrow

Willesborough

Ashford

TN24 0GP

Employer's website

https://careers.ic24.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Integrated Care 24 Ltd

Address

Orbital Park, Kingston House

The Long Barrow

Willesborough

Ashford

TN24 0GP

Employer's website

https://careers.ic24.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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