Job summary
- Main area
- Urgent Care
- Grade
- AfC Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (including clinical and management sessions)
- Job ref
- 297-7622599
- Employer
- Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- Town
- Gateshead
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum plus unsocial hours uplift (where applicable)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Lead UTC Practitioner
AfC Band 7
In the event of excessive applications being received this vacancy may close earlier than the stated closing date, you are encouraged to submit your application as soon as possible
IMPORTANT NOTE ON COMPLETION OF REFERENCE SECTION OF APPLICATION FORM
All references from current and previous employers will be sought and MUST cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Where possible this should be from two separate employers. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
PLEASE NOTE it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their DBS certificate if a check is required for the post. This will be done through deduction from your monthly pay over a maximum of three months. It is also a requirement that all successful applicants register or are registered with the DBS update service where a DBS is required.
All new entrants to the NHS will be appointed on the minimum of the pay scale in line with Terms & Conditions.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity is available for a highly motivated Lead UTC Practitioner to join the Gateshead Urgent Care Service working between the Urgent Treatment Centres at Blaydon and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
This is a time of development and improvement for our UTCs, with potential for investment and development as part of the plan to improve Urgent and Emergency Care in the Trust.
Main duties of the job
You will be lead of the Urgent Treatment Centres, and committed to personal and team development and expected to carry out clinical education, appraisal, supervision and performance reviews in order to develop all staff and students within the team. Substantial experience of supervision and appraisal of a team is essential, as well as being a certificated mentor for student nurses.
The post holder must be able to demonstrate the ability to take on new challenges and will be involved in the continuous shaping and development of the team and the overall Urgent Care Service to meet any changes in service delivery and to ensure a high quality of care to all patients. Previous involvement in service improvement and audit is therefore required.
Working for our organisation
Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.
Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.
We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.
Our values should be the ‘golden thread’ which runs through everything we do – they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym ICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.
We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women’s Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our ‘Balance’ programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• Deliver high quality, evidence based and patient focused care and treatment planning, primarily in the UTC setting but also throughout all areas of Urgent and Emergency Care and be accountable for this.
• Use national and local guidelines to support safe decision making and practice.
• Have a sound grounding in history taking, clinical skills and knowledge of illness/injuries.
• Order relevant investigations based on clinical review of the patient and collaboration with senior members of the medical and MDT where appropriate.
• Be able to interpret clinical investigations such as x-rays and act on these findings appropriately.
• To continuously improve clinical care standards in line with the clinical governance framework.
• To ensure ongoing clinical and professional development.
• Be able to prescribe medications appropriate to treatment plans.
• To be aware of own scope of practice and work within that appropriately while continuing to develop own knowledge and skills safely through education and competency-based assessment.
• To act as the lead UTC practitioner by supervising, coaching and mentoring other members of the UTC team. This includes following appropriate HR & OD policies relating to absence and performance, where appropriate.
• To work flexibly across ED and UTCs where required on both sites.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Active NMC or HCPC registration (or equivalent)
- 1st Degree / BSc (healthcare related)
- Evidence of completing a recognised minor injury / minor illness course
- Clinical Skills Qualification
Desirable criteria
- Leadership Qualification
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to work independently, within a team and as part of the MDT
- Specialist Skills relating to urgent and emergency care
- Competent in relevant clinical skills
- Demonstrate strong leadership skills
- Experience of change management
- Knowledge of and experience of dealing with safeguarding
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience as a practitioner in an urgent or emergency care environment
- Experience of leading a team
- Experience of managing resources
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alex Diggles
- Job title
- Service Line Manager - Urgent & Emergency Care
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 445 3270
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