Senior Practitioner - UTC

You will join the team working in our Urgent Treatment Centres, joining the team as a senior practitioner with responsibility for reviewing and treating patients in the urgent care setting (including both minor injury and minor illness). This role will also support junior colleagues in both formal and informal development and mentorship. This role is responsible for acting as 'Shift Lead' in both QEH and Blaydon UTCs, acting as a key point of contact on shift. The role also has responsibility for front desk streaming at QEH to support patients to receive healthcare in the most appropriate setting for their complaint.

Deliver high quality, evidence based and patient focused care and treatment planning, primarily in the UTC setting but also throughout all areas of Urgent and Emergency Care and be accountable for this.

Use national and local guidelines to support safe decision making and practice.

Have a sound grounding in history taking, clinical skills and knowledge of illness/injuries.

Order relevant investigations based on clinical review of the patient and collaboration with senior members of the medical and MDT where appropriate.

Be able to interpret clinical investigations such as x-rays and act on these findings appropriately.

To continuously improve clinical care standards in line with the clinical governance framework.

To ensure ongoing clinical and professional development.

Be able to prescribe medications appropriate to treatment plans.

To be aware of own scope of practice and work within that appropriately while continuing to develop own knowledge and skills safely through education and competency-based assessment.

To work flexibly across ED and UTCs where required on both sites.

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronymICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.

Qualifications

Desirable: - Evidence of study at level 7 (Master's Level)

Experience

Skills / Attributes / Knowledge

Desirable: - Skills in an acute setting

Physical requirements

Essential: - Ability to move and handle safely without causing harm to themselves or others

Desirable: - Have been trained in moving and handling procedures