Urgent Care ACP - BankNHS

Job summary

Are you an ACP working in North Yorkshire and looking for a new challenge?

Join our Urgent Care Team!

Nimbuscare is looking for experienced and enthusiastic clinicians to join our growing urgent care team. We are a clinically-led organisation committed to innovation, collaboration, and delivering care that puts people first.

Applications for this role will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and we reserve the right to close the advert once sufficient applications have been received.

Email applications will not be accepted, in order to ensure fairness and consistency throughout the recruitment process.

Please note that sponsorship is not available for this role.

Interviews will be conducted remotely, and candidates will be notified of the arrangements in advance.

Agencies need not reach out.

Main duties of the job

As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to work across our services, including:

Clinical Assessment Service (CAS), based in Holgate, York

Weekend Home Visiting Service based in York

Face-to-face sessions at York, Selby, Malton, Scarborough and Whitby Hospitals

Urgent Treatment Centres at York and Scarborough Hospitals

Same Day Urgent Care clinics in York, Scarborough and Whitby

Were looking for skilled, compassionate professionals who can work both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team. You'll be confident managing a broad range of urgent care presentations, delivering safe, effective clinical decisions and high standards of care.

In Urgent Care every day is different and that's what makes it exciting. You'll work in an environment that helps you provide the best possible care for patients, supported by a network of experienced colleagues and an organisation that values your voice. We believe in empowering clinicians to make decisions, innovate, and lead with compassion.

If you're looking for a meaningful next step in your clinical career, wed be delighted to hear from you!

Job description

Clinical responsibilities:

Autonomously assess, differentially diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate individual treatment plans, interventions, and care packages for patients, ensuring safe and appropriate management, timely referrals, and safety netting as required.

Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) to expedite safe and timely triage consultations, interventions, and reviews.

Prescribe independently (where legally permitted), review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, and ensure treatment is tailored to patient needs, adhering to contraindications, drug interactions, evidence-based practice, national and practice protocols, and within scope of practice to optimize outcomes.

Prioritise and manage personal and team workloads, embedding effective time-management strategies within the team culture.

Provide clinical leadership in line with the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework, ensuring clear alignment with company values, strategic direction, and policies impacting care delivery.

Maintain effective communication within the MDT and with wider stakeholders, ensuring active participation with senior team members and facilitating clear communication across roles.

Communicate independently with external stakeholders and agencies to ensure continuous, high-quality care during both admission and discharge.

Support patients and families receiving "bad news," engaging the team as needed to provide appropriate emotional support.

Act as an advocate for patients and colleagues, ensuring needs and concerns are effectively represented.

Collaborate with clinical teams to improve healthcare quality, responding to local and national policies and initiatives, and assessing impact on service delivery.

Take responsibility for personal learning and professional development, promoting the Advanced Clinical Practitioner strategy, and maintaining a personal professional portfolio to demonstrate ongoing growth.

Partner with the Advanced Practice Lead to develop and implement the workforce strategy for Nimbuscare.

Provide expert support to practitioners, nursing staff, therapists, and students within the service.

While the ACP role is independent, senior support is always available as and when needed.

Responsible for assessing ongoing care needs and planning effective transitions, ensuring continuity and quality of care.

Ensure clear communication of care plans to the team, fostering collaboration and consistency.

Operate diagnostic equipment to monitor and assess patients, ensuring accurate readings for informed clinical decisions.

Identify and report faulty equipment, ensuring it is removed from clinical areas for repair to maintain safety.

Completion of event report forms when indicated

Other responsibilities:

Ensure that medical and patient records are comprehensive, accurate, and up-to-date.

Complete relevant coding forms accurately, providing a clear explanation of the patients condition and treatment plan.

Take responsibility for maintaining accurate and timely documentation of patient care, including information for referral purposes.

Ensure the proper completion of ReSPECT forms and advanced care planning, tailored to the patients level of frailty, clinical condition, co-morbidities and wishes.

Accurately document all discussions regarding care, ensuring that conversations with the patient and family members are properly recorded and discussed as appropriate.

Report any events via the Nimbuscare reporting system

About us

Who are we?

Nimbuscare is a not-for-profit, socially driven organisation within the NHS family. Were collaborative, agile and innovative at our core, working with partners across the system to remove complexity, inspire trust and create person-centred solutions that make healthcare better for everyone.

What we do?

We work towards making a complex system simpler. Creating better, more seamless care closer to home.

How we do it?

By collaborating closely with GP Members, Patient Safety Partners and wider health and care organisations, combining shared insight and expertise to improve outcomes for local people.

As a Disability Confident Committed employer disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for this job are guaranteed an interview.