Urgent Care Practitioner

Main area: Urgent Care

Grade: Band 7

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time (37.5 hours per week) or Part time

Job ref: 395-BD042-25-A

Site: Queen's Hospital, King George Hospital, Barking Community Hospital, Harold Wood Polyclinic, Town Urgent Treatment Centres

Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 plus HCAS per annum (pro rata for part time)

Closing date: 30/06/2025 23:59

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients.

Job overview:

The BHR Integrated Healthcare Alliance is a new partnership between North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) and PELC. NELFT and PELC work in partnership to provide Urgent Care Services in Queen's Hospital, King George Hospital and Harold Wood and Barking Community sites into Urgent Treatment Centres providing 24-hour services.

NELFT is looking for a range of qualified autonomous Nurse Practitioners and AHP Urgent Care Practitioners to join our existing teams and will have opportunities to develop skills for the right applicants.

This post is eligible for the Trust 'Welcome to NELFT' Payment, a lump sum of 10% of agreed basic salary (pro rata if part time and exclusive of HCAS payments) (subject to a minimum of £4,000 and maximum of £10,000) and is open to all new applicants who are successfully appointed. Payment of the incentive is 50% of the lump sum at the end of the probationary period (typically six months) and then 50% at the end of year two. This welcome package is applicable to external candidates only. Candidates should be aware that welcome payments are subject to a compulsory 2-year employment period within the role.

Main duties of the job:

• You will play a key role in the provision of autonomous clinical practice and leadership.
• The clinician will need to demonstrate expertise and competencies in the assessment and management of patients of all ages presenting in a widely diverse population and high patient flow, seeing and treating all presentations from minor to complex cases.
• The services will have access to radiological facilities and direct access to follow-up clinics and community pathways.

Main requirements of the post:

• Registered General Nurse / AHP with evidence of autonomous practice in Minor Illnesses and Minor Injuries relevant post registration qualifications.
• Ability to support and manage patients of all ages including assessment, diagnosing, treatment and discharge in Minor Injuries and Minor Illness.
• A&E/ Urgent Care experience.
• Day and Night Shift working pattern.
• Across site working (flexible working options can be discussed).

Main responsibilities of the post:

• To provide autonomous practice to all patients presenting with minor injury & illness with proven clinical competencies.
• The ability and skills to manage case load maintaining an accurate overview of own workload and contractual productivity. Overseeing of clinical priority of patients.
• The ability to demonstrate recent clinical management.
• Staff management skills.

Working for our organisation:

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment.

Probationary Period:

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High Cost Area Supplement - London:

This post attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735 per annum pro rata).

Certificates of Sponsorship:

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details on the vacancy.

Use of AI:

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process.

Person specification:

• Education & Training: Registered General Nurse (1st level) or AHP with the Health & Care Professional Council. At least one of the following: Appropriate RSCN, RMN, RM, A/E qualification, Nurse practitioner qualification, Diploma or equivalent experience.
• Qualifications: NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy. Independent prescribing. Physical assessment course or equivalent.
• Skills & Knowledge: An awareness of CQC and clinical governance priorities. Ability to support and manage a case-load of patients including assessment, planning, monitoring and evaluation, including providing health promotion and education to patients and carers. Ability to organise and deliver a high standard of research-based clinical nursing care including developing and implementing policies and protocols. Ability to demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills. Ability to liaise effectively with members of the Primary Health Care Team and other agencies. Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise work. Ability to act as a role model and leader to others and to motivate a team. Ability to provide clinical training and education to the Urgent Care team. Professional knowledge acquired through Degree/diploma supplemented by specialist training experience to Masters equivalent. Knowledge of local community and understanding of a multi-cultural, racially diverse population. Knowledge of current professional issues relating to speciality. Understanding of patient confidentiality. Understanding of equal opportunities.
• Experience: Previous experience in a Band 6 post or equivalent to apply for Band 7 post working as an autonomous Practitioner at least 2 years. Demonstrate recent clinical management such as previous team leader or clinical tutor. Demonstrate recent experience of working in an ED setting with evidence of physical assessment and diagnostic skills. Has a range of clinical skills and expertise relevant to the role e.g. suturing / wound closure.

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part-time hours or another flexible pattern.

Equal opportunities employer:

We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic. We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities.

If you require this application in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape please contact the recruitment team on 0300 300 1530 or email recruitment@nelft.nhs.uk.

Correspondence with us:

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Employer certification / accreditation badges:

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.