Overview
In this role you will provide autonomous clinical care within NEMS urgent care services, focusing on face-to-face consultations at Kings Mill Hospital. You will assess, diagnose, treat, and safely discharge or refer patients with undifferentiated urgent care presentations, operating within local pathways. You will identify serious illness, safeguarding concerns, and escalation needs, while contributing to supervision, governance, and service improvement. This is a patient-centred opportunity to impact urgent care delivery and safety at scale.
Pay / Benefits
- unsocial hours enhancements
- permanent contract
- flexible working
Responsibilities
- Work autonomously across NEMS urgent care services, prioritising face-to-face consultations
- Assess, diagnose, treat and safely discharge or refer undifferentiated urgent care patients
- Make safe decisions on admissions, transfers, referrals, follow-up and safety-netting
- Request and interpret investigations (bloods, urine, ECGs, imaging) per policy
- Prescribe or advise on medicines within scope and local mechanisms
- Maintain clear, accurate clinical records and onward plans
- Provide clinical leadership, supervision, and support for the wider team
- Engage in governance, audit, learning, and service improvement activities
- Provide safe handover to ED/specialties and support patient flow and streaming
Key requirements
- Registered with NMC, HCPC, or equivalent
- Experience of autonomous assessment and management of undifferentiated patients
- Experience of face-to-face urgent care consultations
- Masters level qualification in Advanced Clinical Practice
- Independent non-medical prescribing qualification or willingness to obtain
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Medico-legal understanding of advanced practice
- Ability to work across multiple sites and services
- Strong communication and record-keeping skills
- Strong communication with patients, carers and colleagues
- Collaborative teamwork across professional boundaries
- Flexibility and adaptability to changing service needs
- Adastra (desirable)
- SystmOne (desirable)
- EMIS (desirable)
Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) - PC24 - Face To Face Only in Ashfield employer: National Health Service
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is an exceptional employer, offering a supportive and collaborative work environment for healthcare professionals in North Wales. With a commitment to employee development and a focus on compassionate care, staff have access to continuous professional development opportunities and the chance to make a meaningful impact in both acute and community paediatrics. The Health Board's integrated approach ensures that employees are part of a dynamic team dedicated to improving health outcomes for the local population.
