Senior Urgent Care Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 11/09/2026
- Closes
- 23/09/2026
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Role summary
We are looking for a Senior Practitioner to work within Skegness Urgent Treatment Centre, delivering face to face consultations. This role involves providing a 24/7 service to the Skegness community, seeing, treating, and managing patients with minor injuries and illnesses. You will also support other urgent care services and refer patients to other LCHS or partner services. The successful candidate will be required to see patients of all ages and complete their episode of care.
Key responsibilities
- Deliver a 24 hours, 7 day a week service to the Skegness community.
- See, treat, manage, discharge and/or refer patients of all age ranges to other LCHS services or partner services.
- Support other urgent care services such as UTC's, home visiting and the Clinical Assessment Service (CAS) on occasion.
- See patients of all ages presenting with injury or illness complaints and complete the episode of care with treatment or referral onwards.
- Conduct consultations face to face or via telephone and document them timely and thoroughly.
- Provide clinical lead during a shift by modelling professional attitudes and behaviours.
Essential criteria
- Regulated Health Care Professional with existing registration.
- 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 injury course
- HEI or LCHS approved paediatric course or willingness to work towards
- 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
- Leadership modules
- Recognising the sick child.
- Chronic disease management
- Recognised Teaching and Assessing course (e.g. Mentor Preparation, SLIP, Clinical Educator course, PGCE).
- People Management
- General management experience
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Lincolnshire Community Health Service NHS Trust
Senior Urgent Care Practitioner
The closing date is 23 September 2026
Job summary
We are looking for a Senior Practitioner to work within Skegness 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 24 hours, 7 day weeks service to the Skegness 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.
About us
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
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