Job summary
Working independently via telephone, through face to face consultations and providing a home visiting service, the practitioner will be accountable for delivering high quality, safe, clinical decision-making and expert patient care. Acting within professional boundaries, duties will cover all of the patient journey, including: history taking; examination; holistic clinical assessment; diagnosis; investigation; treatment; supply of medication via PGDs or utilising a prescribing qualification; valuation of patient care and safe handover and communication. An integral member of wider multidisciplinary teams, the practitioner will help formulate and work to advance care plans, together with members of the primary health care team and attached health, social and community services, including paramedics and secondary care colleagues.
Main duties of the job
To ensure that we achieve
this goal we look to recruit candidates of a high calibre that share our
passion for delivering excellent patient care.
As such, the ideal candidate
will have a demonstrable track record in building relationships, a strong team
work ethic but also has an ability to work autonomously.
We are
committing to providing the necessary support to ensure your development within
your role and embedding you into our teams.
About us
South Hambleton and Ryedale Primary Care Network stretches
across 7 practices in North Yorkshire.
Our successful PCN was a finalist for the PCN of the year award and, in
addition to this, 5 of our 7 practices recently topped the latest patient
survey poll for our CCG, with patient satisfaction scores reaching as high as
98%. We enjoy established strong working
relationships between practices and wider health and community networks.
Job description
Job responsibilities
SHaR PCN is establishing a local urgent primary care service
to enhance patient care and support our established
happy and enthusiastic primary health care team. We aim to recruit a
team of urgent care practitioners to provide an
efficient integrated urgent care service, managing undifferentiated primary
care patients who are judged to have urgent same day need. Working independently via telephone, through
face to face consultations and providing a home visiting service, the
practitioner will be accountable for delivering high quality, safe, clinical decision-making
and expert patient care. Acting within professional boundaries, duties will cover
all of the patient journey, including: history taking; examination; holistic clinical
assessment; diagnosis; investigation; treatment; supply of medication via PGDs
or utilising a prescribing qualification; valuation of patient care and safe
handover and communication. An integral member of wider multidisciplinary teams,
the practitioner will help formulate and work to advance care plans, together
with members of the primary health care team and attached health, social and
community services, including paramedics and secondary care colleagues.
Job description
Job responsibilities
SHaR PCN is establishing a local urgent primary care service
to enhance patient care and support our established
happy and enthusiastic primary health care team. We aim to recruit a
team of urgent care practitioners to provide an
efficient integrated urgent care service, managing undifferentiated primary
care patients who are judged to have urgent same day need. Working independently via telephone, through
face to face consultations and providing a home visiting service, the
practitioner will be accountable for delivering high quality, safe, clinical decision-making
and expert patient care. Acting within professional boundaries, duties will cover
all of the patient journey, including: history taking; examination; holistic clinical
assessment; diagnosis; investigation; treatment; supply of medication via PGDs
or utilising a prescribing qualification; valuation of patient care and safe
handover and communication. An integral member of wider multidisciplinary teams,
the practitioner will help formulate and work to advance care plans, together
with members of the primary health care team and attached health, social and
community services, including paramedics and secondary care colleagues.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional registration (RGN, NMC, College Paramedics, HCPC)
- Willingness to undertake independent prescribing qualification if not already qualified
- Be up to date with all mandatory training
- Experience of delivering patient care in an urgent care primary care or community setting
- Experience of multi-disciplinary working
- Minimum of 2 years post registration experience
Desirable
- Evidence of continuing post registration development
- Independent prescriber
- Willingness to undertake additional training as agreed with organisation
- Good experience of delivering patient care in an urgent care primary care or community setting
- Good experience of multi-disciplinary working
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional registration (RGN, NMC, College Paramedics, HCPC)
- Willingness to undertake independent prescribing qualification if not already qualified
- Be up to date with all mandatory training
- Experience of delivering patient care in an urgent care primary care or community setting
- Experience of multi-disciplinary working
- Minimum of 2 years post registration experience
Desirable
- Evidence of continuing post registration development
- Independent prescriber
- Willingness to undertake additional training as agreed with organisation
- Good experience of delivering patient care in an urgent care primary care or community setting
- Good experience of multi-disciplinary working
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).
