Job Overview
Specialist Practitioner – Urgent Care (Nurse/Paramedic)
Department: Integrated Urgent Clinical Assessment Service (IUC CAS) within Emergency Operations Centre (EOC)
Salary: Band 7 £40,057–£45,839 per annum + unsocial enhancements
* Are you an Advanced/Enhanced Practitioner with the skills to undertake remote assessment?
* Are you looking for a less physically demanding role?
* Do you want to make a difference to improve patient care on a region-wide basis?
* Do you want to work within a supportive team?
We have the role for you – join our Clinical Assessment Service.
Main Duties
As Specialist Practitioner – Urgent Care you will join a highly skilled multi‑disciplinary team, responsible for undertaking remote clinical assessments for patients accessing our fully integrated 111/999 service.
You will assess patients, plan care, and refer onwards via telephone or video‑consultation.
This unique role requires a unique set of skills and experience.
Experience in urgent or emergency care, along with telephone triage and history taking, would be advantageous.
We can offer substantive full‑time or part‑time employment.
The team includes Doctors, Pharmacists, and Advanced/Specialist Practitioners, supported by Senior Clinical Advisors, Health Advisors and others, to ensure the best quality of care for the region’s patients and service users.
The service operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year with flexible shift patterns, and is based at Newburn Riverside, Newcastle; Russell House, Hebburn; or Winter House, Wynyard, Co Durham.
This is an exciting opportunity for those who want to help patients in the North East receive the right treatment in the right place at the right time.
Please join us and be part of the journey.
For questions regarding the role, contact Barbara.wells@neas.nhs.uk.
Working for the Organisation
We employ 3,500 staff across 63 locations and serve a population of 2,600,000 in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, County Durham, and Tees over 3,230 square miles.
Paramedic skills now include more on‑scene and en‑route treatment beyond basic patient transport.
Our dedicated clinical assessment service provides patients with the most appropriate care from the beginning of their journey.
HART is a specialised branch of the Trust that deals with explosions or terrorist attacks.
Patients are the heart of everything we do, supporting our mission of safe, effective, and responsive care for all.
We value and respect diversity, recruiting a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcoming applications from all backgrounds. We are an ENEI Gold employer, Disability Confident Leader, Dementia Friendly, part of the Mind Blue Light programme, and a signatory to the Race at Work Charter from the Princes Responsible Business Network, achieving across all objectives in the NHS Equality Delivery System.
From 01/04/25, if a role requires a DBS, a salary deduction of £49.50 will apply, spread over the first and second pay periods.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential Criteria
* HCPC Registered Paramedic or NMC registered Nurse
* Holds a BSc in an appropriate subject or equivalent level 6 education (as determined by the senior clinical leadership team)
* PG Diploma (level 7) Advanced Clinical Practice or a close equivalent (as determined by the senior clinical leadership team)
Desirable Criteria
* Non‑medical Prescribing qualification and registration
* Diploma in Primary and Urgent Care College of Paramedics (Dip PUC) or Diploma in Urgent Medical Care from the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh (DipUMC)
* Teaching and/or mentoring qualification
Key Skills, Knowledge and Aptitude
Essential Criteria
* Ability to apply advanced clinical assessment and clinical reasoning
* Ability to deliver advanced clinical skills and interventions
Desirable Criteria
* Experience of undertaking research and audit activities
Experience
Essential Criteria
* Significant autonomous experience (post preceptorship/NQP) in urgent or pre‑hospital care
* Demonstrable portfolio of significant relevant and recent CPD
Desirable Criteria
* Experience of working in other clinical settings and as a solo responder
* Experience of working in an EOC/call centre/remote clinical assessment
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