Locum Out of Hours ACP/Prescribing Pharmacist/Paramedic
Vertis Health
Worcestershire, WR11 1JT · Worcestershire, WR14 1EX · Worcestershire, WR10 1PS · Worcestershire, B61 0BB · Worcestershire, WR15 8AP · Worcestershire, WR5 2DD · Worcestershire, DY11 6RJView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£40.00 to £55.00
Contract
Locum
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
30 October 2026
10 days leftJob description
Are you an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Prescribing Pharmacist or Paramedic Practitioner looking for a rewarding out-of-hours opportuni...
Full list of main duties can be found in the attached Job Description.
The successful clinician will play a key role in delivering timely clinical interventions, supporting nursing teams and ensuring patients receive the right care, at the right time, in the right place.
- Clinical Triage
Assessment and Response
- Autonomous Clinical
Practice
- Prescribing, Medicines
Optimisation and Treatment Review
- VTE Assessment and
Admission Support
- End of Life Care and
Escalation Planning
- Clinical Documentation and Digital Systems
- Governance, Safety and
Quality
- Communication and
This innovative service provides responsive out-of-hours clinical cover for adult inpatients residing in Worcestershire community hospitals and other local inpatient settings.
Working alongside multidisciplinary teams, you will support timely clinical decision-making, assessment, prescribing, treatment planning, escalation decisions, end-of-life care and safe transfers of care during evenings, weekends and bank holidays. Your contribution will help ensure patients continue to receive safe, effective and person-centred care whenever they need it.
This role offers the opportunity to work with a wide range of patients and clinical presentations across multiple community hospital sites, whilst maintaining a high degree of professional autonomy and clinical responsibility.
Base/Location
The role will involve clinical review, advice and face-to-face visits across Worcestershire sites as clinically required.
Hours of Work
The service operates during the following out-of-hours periods:
- Saturday shifts either 10:00-14:00 or 14:00-20:00
Qualifications
Essential
- Be registered with the appropriate professional regulator, for example NMC, HCPC or GPhC, according to professional background.
- Hold an advanced clinical practice, paramedic practitioner or prescribing pharmacist qualification appropriate to the role.
- Hold independent prescribing qualification where prescribing duties are required.
- Hold professional indemnity insurance appropriate to the role.
- Have appropriate certificates confirming eligibility to work in primary care or relevant clinical services.
- Have the right to work in England.
- Have an enhanced DBS check.
- Meet NHS Employment Check Standards.
- Communicate effectively in English with patients, carers and colleagues.
- Participate in annual appraisal and personal development planning.
- Complete onboarding, including training on RIO and Bettermeds / ePMA systems.
- Maintain annual Basic Life Support training and provide evidence when requested.
Essential
- Current registration with relevant professional regulator.
- Advanced assessment and clinical decision-making skills.
- Experience of urgent care, primary care, community services, frailty, emergency care, intermediate care or similar settings.
- Ability to assess acutely unwell adults and identify clinical deterioration.
- Ability to work autonomously within scope of practice.
- Independent prescribing qualification if undertaking prescribing responsibilities.
- Understanding of safe medicines management, antimicrobial stewardship and local prescribing governance.
- Ability to use electronic clinical records and prescribing systems.
- Excellent communication skills with patients, relatives, carers and multidisciplinary teams.
- Ability to travel between Worcestershire sites as required.
- Commitment to equality, confidentiality, clinical governance and patient safety.
Desirable
- Masters level advanced clinical practice qualification or equivalent portfolio evidence.
- Experience working in community hospitals or inpatient rehabilitation settings.
- Experience of end-of-life care and palliative deterioration.
- Experience using RIO, Bettermeds or similar NHS clinical systems.
- Familiarity with Worcestershire community pathways and local formulary arrangements.
- Experience contributing to audit, clinical governance or quality improvement.
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
10 September 2026
Last checked
11 September 2026
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