Initial Assessment Clinician Lymington, England
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 undertake a new role for the department with a focus on the initial assessment and care of patients that attend the UTC. The role involves working alongside experienced clinical practitioner prescribers to provide a high standard of clinical triage for patients attending the UTC, particularly during busy periods.
Lymington UTC sees approximately 28,000 attendances per year and this demand is expected to continue to rise with the current demands on the health service. 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 service is open 7 days per week from 0800-2100 every day. The UTC, and the PHL Organisation as a whole, last year 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 or paramedic with good experience of acutely unwell patients as well as a good understanding of minor illness/injury presentations. The 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 provide safe and effective triage. This is a post is currently available as a bank contract, however, the clinician will be expected to achieve competencies in initial assessment and clinical pathways. This is a unique opportunity for a clinician to gain good experience and understanding of the urgent care environment, with a potential opportunity to apply in the future for the ‘Development Clinical Practitioner’ role within the UTC.
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.
