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Job summary

Main area
Urgent Care
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
21 hours per week
Job ref
818-IUC326-QIA1393-F
Employer
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Spalding UTC
Town
Spalding UTC
Salary
£47,810 - £54,710 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/04/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust logo

Senior Urgent Care Practitioner

Band 7

We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people.  We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at LCHS.

We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our teams – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.

 

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).

Our Group values guide everything we do. They are:

·       Compassionate - We care about people - Compassionate is the act of showing empathy, kindness, and respect to others, recognising their individual needs and circumstances. It involves listening, understanding, and supporting others in a way that makes them feel valued, safe, and cared for.

·       Collaborative - We work together as a team - Collaborative is working inclusively and respectfully with others to achieve shared goals. It involves open communication, valuing diverse perspectives, and building trust to create a supportive and effective team environment.

·       Innovative - We strive to improve - Innovative is the process of exploring new ideas, approaches, and technologies to improve care, services, and working practices. It involves creativity, curiosity, and a willingness to take risks in a safe and supportive environment.

If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the LCHG team.

 

We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients. We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

 

REMEMBER - Please ensure you read all information prior to applying for any job roles.  Please note any CV's or covering letters received via email will not be accepted without an online application being completed. Any applications via agency will also not be accepted.

Job overview

We are looking for a Senior Practitioner  to work within  Spalding Urgent Treatment Centre, delivering face to face consultations. 

We are looking to recruit dynamic individuals with minor illness and minor injury skills that will also compliment the existing team of Senior and Urgent Care Practitioners, ACPS and HCSW's.

 

Main duties of the job

Main duties will be to deliver a 12 hour, 7 day weeks service to the Spalding community. The service will include see, treat and management of patients with both minor injury and minor illness.

See, treat, manage , discharge and or refer patients of all age ranges to other LCHS services or partner services across Lincolnshire

On occasion you may be required to support other urgent care services such as UTC's, home visiting and the Clinical Assessment Service (CAS) which run 24/7 services. There is daily GP support available remotely or in person as well as well established referral pathways into specialities.

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.

At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS’ workforce. 

LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives.  Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments.  Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.

We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an ‘earn while you learn’ apprenticeship programme.  Visit our Learning and Development page to find out more https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate will be required to see patients of all ages presenting with injury or illness complaints and complete the episode of care with treatment or referral onwards.

Consultations will either take place face to face or via telephone and documented timely and thoroughly within patient notes.

The post holder will influence, lead, support and motivate colleagues to maintain morale in difficult and challenging situations.

The post holder will provide clinical lead during a shift by modelling the professional attitudes and behaviours outlined in the LCHS behaviours framework.

Please see job description for further details.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Health Care Professional holding current registration with appropriate regulatory body.
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent.
  • Evidence of Level 7 study
  • Level 6/7 History Taking qualification.
  • Independent prescribing / supplementary prescribing qualification, or a willingness to work towards.
  • HEI or LCHS approved minor illness course
  • HEI or LCHS approved paediatric course (UTC and CAS only) or willingness to work towards
  • HEI or LCHS approved minor injury course
Desirable criteria
  • Leadership modules.
  • Recognising the sick child.
  • Chronic disease management
  • Recognised Teaching and Assessing course (e.g. Mentor Preparation, SLIP, Clinical Educator course, PGCE).
  • Mentor Preparation, SLIP, Clinical Educator course, PGCE)

Previous Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant post registration experience where autonomous working at a highly specialised level that has been acquired in the speciality area or a related area where enhanced skills could be transferrable.
  • Experience of clinical leadership.
  • Proven track record of teaching/supervising and assessing
  • Experience of working within multi professional settings with consolidated clinical practice and contributing to effective team working
  • Experience of leading evidenced service improvement and innovation through service/practice development initiatives, audit or research.
Desirable criteria
  • People management experience.
  • General management experience.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Timewise-Flex Positive EmployerApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesStonewall Health ChampionsArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark

Applicant requirements

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Julie O'Rourke
Job title
Clinical Service Lead
Email address
julie.o'[email protected]
Telephone number
07583110858
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