Job Description

Job Introduction

Are you a clinician with telephony triage experience? We are looking for Urgent Care Practitioners to join our out of hours team. You will provide skilled and effective assessment of patients presenting clinical need through telephone consultation, using professional clinical judgement with the support of clinically based algorithms.



Salary: 44,973.00 per annum, pro rata


Location: Wavertree Technology Park, with hybrid available


Shifts: Monday-Friday 6-hour shifts between the hours of 6pm-8am.


24/7 service over the weekend.


Contract: Full and Part time positions available



What will you be doing

Liaising with nominated medical / nursing leadership team to provide oversight and coordination of patients awaiting contact. Managing clinical demands in collaboration with the Clinical Coordinator / Shift Manager to ensure delivery of safe care to agreed waiting times. Escalating concerns / priority patients to the Clinical Coordinator / On-call teams Reviewing patients awaiting contact to provide oversight and minimise clinical risk by actively filtering for potential signposting to more appropriate services. Based around a Red Flag approach of triage, prioritise patients in line with the service escalation plans which include the elderly, palliative patients and those who have a risk of deterioration Apply clinical skills and reasoning to ensure patients are transferred safely between different clinical dispositions and signposted when required and safe clinically safe. Providing skilled and effective assessment of patients presenting clinical need, through telephone consultation, using professional clinical judgment with the support of clinically based algorithms.

What do you need

Extensive experience in emergency health care settings Significant expertise in clinical triage Degree Clinical Practice Minimum 3 years post qualification experience Clinical Examination and Diagnostics Level 6 / 7 or relevant telephony triage experience Experience of working in urgent care / primary care or similar setting


About us


Primary Care 24 (PC24) is a not-for-profit social enterprise established in 1990, delivering NHS contracts exclusively. The majority of our surplus is reinvested in patients and staff. We believe that primary healthcare should be accessible for everyone and are committed to delivering the best quality care we can, challenging social exclusion and working locally, where and when we can, to support our communities. We combine the best of the NHS with social enterprise innovation, developing solutions for NHS primary care and caring for our clinicians so that they can, in turn, care for our patients.



What's on Offer?

44,973.00 per annum (pro rata) Home working available once completed probationary period 27 days annual leave (pro rata) - previous NHS service will be taken into account. NHS pension scheme NHS car fleet scheme NHS home electronics scheme Cycle to work scheme Eligible to apply for blue light card Colleague wellbeing package - which includes a doctor line, access to Westfield rewards, wellbeing support and gym discounts. Colleague events

Come join our proud team!


This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore, it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.