Advanced Practitioner in Truro

As an Advanced Practitioner with Kernow Health CIC, you will:

• Autonomous Clinical Practice – Deliver high-quality urgent care assessment and management for patients across the 111 Clinical Assessment Service, face‑to‑face treatment centres and home visiting settings. Practise safely and independently within your scope of competence.
• Clinical Decision‑Making – Undertake comprehensive history taking, examination and clinical assessment. Formulate management plans, prescribe where appropriate, and ensure safe follow‑up or onward referral.
• Integrated Working – Work collaboratively with GPs, Clinical Shift Supervisors, Care Navigators and the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure safe and efficient patient flow across the IUCS pathway.
• Clinical Governance & Quality – Adhere to governance processes including incident reporting, audit participation and reflective practice. Contribute to maintaining high clinical standards and service improvement initiatives.
• Escalation & Risk Management – Recognise and appropriately elevate deteriorating patients or complex cases. Support system flow through sound clinical judgement and safe risk assessment.
• Safeguarding & IPC – Maintain safeguarding vigilance for adults and children and adhere to Infection Prevention and Control standards across all clinical environments.
• Digital & Documentation Standards – Demonstrate strong digital literacy, ensuring accurate, contemporaneous and high-quality documentation across multiple clinical systems.

About Kernow Health CIC: Kernow Health CIC is a Community Interest Company supporting General Practice and delivering Primary Care Services at scale across Cornwall. Established in 2011 by a group of Cornwall practices, we are a GP‑owned provider organisation delivering several NHS contracts, including:

• Cornwall 111 Integrated Urgent Care Service
• School Immunisation Programme
• Children's Eating Disorder Service
• Cornwall Primary Care Training Hub
• Special Allocation Scheme

All profits are reinvested to benefit primary care across Cornwall, supporting sustainable and locally responsive healthcare. Our Integrated Urgent Care Service operates 24/7, providing telephone triage, clinical assessment, treatment centre appointments and home visiting services across the county.

If you are passionate about autonomous clinical practice, patient‑centred decision‑making and working within a dynamic 24/7 urgent care system, we would welcome your application.

Hours: 18.75 hours per week minimum

Salary: £39.63 / £41.57 / £43.51 per hour base rate (Level 1 / 2 / 3 dependent on experience and qualifications) plus unsocial enhancements in line with service requirements.

Contract: Permanent

Primary base: Cudmore House, with clinical work allocated across treatment centres or home visiting cars throughout Cornwall. Advanced Practitioners must be able to attend Cudmore House and other clinical sites in line with operational need. Shift patterns across weekdays, evenings, weekends and nights with competitive unsocial hours enhancements.

Access to NHS Pension Scheme. Competitive sickness, maternity and paternity provisions. Competitive annual leave, with the ability to buy and sell leave. Employee benefit programme through Vivup. Access to training and continuous professional development through the Cornwall Primary Care Training Hub. The opportunity to work within a high performing, supportive, multidisciplinary and forward‑thinking urgent care service.