Job Description
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, and competent clinician to become part of our friendly team at the Lymington Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) in the New Forest, Hampshire. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinician to progress and achieve the level of nurse practitioner/specialist paramedic prescriber and become a competent and autonomous practitioner, particularly within the field of minor injury and minor illness.
Lymington UTC sees approximately 20,000 attendances per year and this demand has increased since the COVID pandemic. Our clinical team comprises of nurse practitioners, specialist paramedics, doctor/GPs, as well as healthcare support workers. The service sees patients from all ages, and we are fortunate to have excellent facilities and an ability to manage a range of different patient presentations. The UTC, and the PHL Organisation as a whole, has recently achieved a ‘Good’ from our CQC inspection and we are immensely proud of the service we provide.
The successful applicant should already be a registered nurse of paramedic with good experience of acute illness and/or injury presentations. We are particularly interested in candidates with a background in minor injury and/or illness assessment and management. The successful applicant will need a high degree of enthusiasm and drive to develop as a clinician and work with the team to gain the necessary knowledge and experience to achieve the level to be a competent and autonomous practitioner. This is a post comprising of 36 hours per week and an expectation of working a range of shifts throughout the month including evening, weekends, bank-holidays. As a development post it will involve a period of learning and experience within the department to sign off on competencies, attending relevant short training courses, and the department would support/fund the applicant through the necessary level 7 Southampton University modules to achieve the level of ‘Clinical Practitioner Prescriber’.
Partnering Health Group (PHL) are an established and expanding healthcare organisation responsible for providing a variety of urgent and primary health care services across Hampshire and are delighted to be providing the UTC in Lymington Hospital. The New Forest is a beautiful setting in which to provide high quality, safe services which improve the health, wellbeing, and independence of the people we care for. We deliver these services to our community so you will feel a real sense of achievement and that your work makes a difference to local people’s lives.
Hours – 36 hours per week
Salary – £44,890 (not including weekend and OOH enhancements)
The interview process will consist of an interview and problem-solving task with an interview panel.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: From £44,890.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Store discount
Schedule:
- 10 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
Ability to commute/relocate:
- LYMINGTON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 01/05/2023
Reference ID: Clinical Practitioner Development