Advanced Clinical Practitioner - OOH and Triage - Camridgeshire

Advanced Clinical Practitioner - OOH and Triage - Cambridgeshire NON NHS BANDING

Main area: Advanced Nurse/Clinical Practitioners Grade NON NHS BANDING. Contract Bank: Variety of OOH shifts with flexible times available. Hours: Full time, Part time, Flexible working, Home or remote working. 0 hours per week (Bank and substantive positions available). Job ref 335.

Site: Cambridgeshire and Remote. Town: Peterborough, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Doddington, Ely, Wisbech. Salary: £31.28 - £43.45 (£31.28 (Triage) / £34.76 (F2F) + OOH enhancements 10%-25%). Salary period: Yearly. Closing date: 14/06/:59.

Job overview

HUC is seeking experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioners (Nurses and Paramedics with V300 Non-medical Prescribing) to join our urgent and unscheduled care services, delivering high-quality clinical care across both Out of Hours and Clinical Assessment Service pathways. This is an excellent opportunity for a highly skilled clinician to work autonomously within a dynamic and supportive multidisciplinary team, providing timely assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management for patients with urgent and unscheduled healthcare needs.

The role offers a varied clinical caseload across telephone, remote, and face to face consultations, requiring advanced assessment, clinical reasoning, and decision making skills. You will play a key role in ensuring patients are directed to the most appropriate service and receive safe, effective, and person centred care. This position is well suited to an adaptable practitioner who is committed to clinical excellence, professional development, and contributing to the delivery of responsive urgent care services.

Main duties of the job

• Undertake autonomous clinical assessments, diagnosis, treatment, and discharge of patients across both OOH and CAS services.
• Manage a wide range of minor illnesses and injuries, including ENT and ophthalmic presentations, in line with evidence based practice.
• Provide telephone, remote, and face to face consultations, including effective triage, streaming, and prioritisation according to clinical need.
• Recognise and escalate acutely unwell patients, safeguarding concerns, or patients requiring urgent or emergency intervention.
• Prescribe, review, and recommend treatment options in accordance with professional competence and local governance arrangements.
• Offer clear, compassionate advice and health education to support self care and patient understanding.
• Work collaboratively with the wider multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, efficient, and coordinated care, while maintaining accurate clinical records and contributing to audit, quality improvement, and service development.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme: Secure your future with the NHS Pension, offering peace of mind and valuable long term financial benefits for all our staff.

Career Growth: Build the future you deserve with our My Academy training programs, exciting internal vacancies, and regular updates to keep you in the loop with HUC news and opportunities.

Office Comforts: Stay refreshed with unlimited tea and coffee, enjoy the ease of free parking, and recharge in our dedicated relaxation areas. Plus, join in on engaging team events that make every workday more enjoyable!

Out of Hours Service

Locations: Peterborough, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Doddington, Ely, Wisbech.

Operational hours: Monday to Friday 19:00 - 08:00; Weekends and Bank Holidays 24 hours a day.

Clinical Assessment Service (CAS)

Various remote triage shifts available across 24/7/365 operation.

Legal requirements

You must have full, unrestricted right to work in the UK. We are unable to offer visa sponsorships.

You must have the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application. We are not able to offer sponsorship for this role.

Person specification

• NMC Registered Nurse or HCPC registered paramedic.
• Minor Illness Qualification (Level 6 or Level 7) or equivalent.
• Minor Injury Qualification (Level 6 or Level 7) or equivalent.
• Advanced Clinical Assessment Qualification (Level 6 or Level 7) or equivalent.
• Non Medical Prescribing Qualification (V300).
• Proven experience in autonomous clinical roles within urgent or unscheduled care settings.
• MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent (or evidence of current credentialing with HEE or RCN).
• Experience working in Urgent Care, Emergency Department, General Practice, or Out of Hours services.
• Telephone triage and remote consultation experience.
• 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.