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Senior Clinical Practitioner - Oldham Urgent Care
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Gtd Healthcare
Senior Clinical Practitioner - Oldham Urgent Care
The closing date is 20 September 2026
Job Summary
Senior Clinical Practitioner, £48,450 to £53,818 a year plus enhancements attached to KSF and dependent upon experience.
Do you want to work within an innovative, forward thinking and progressive urgent care team?
gtd healthcare is one of the largest, not-for-profit, NHS commissioned primary and urgent care providers in North West England.
We are looking to recruit additional Senior Clinical Practitioners to work at our Oldham Urgent Care Centre (UCC) based in Oldham Town Centre and Oldham Primary Care Streaming Service (PCSS) based at Royal Oldham Hospital. Full time, part time and bank positions available, Monday to Sunday between 08:00 and 00:00.
Oldham is a diverse and multi-cultural community. A high percentage of our patients face deprivation and multi morbidity. This makes for a varied role as well as an opportunity to make a real difference to the community. The team are passionate about providing patients in Oldham with the highest possible quality care.
What our staff say: 'I can only speak highly of the service, and I offer encouragement to my colleagues that are considering working at the urgent care hub'. You will work alongside established Advanced Clinical Practitioners, GP's as well as a supportive administrative team.
We welcome applications from Nurses, AHP's and Pharmacists who have clinical examination/prescribing skills.
Main duties of the job
As a Senior Clinical Practitioner Working Within The Oldham Locality You Will Holistically Assess And Clinically Examine Patients Within Your Scope Of Competence. You Will Agree An Effective Management Plan Including Prescribing Where Appropriate. In Addition, You Will Have Exposure To a Multitude Of Streaming Pathways And a Broad Directory Of Services (DoS) Along With:
- Direct access to a wide range of community-based services.
- Direct referral rights to secondary care.
- Access to technology to support telephone and video consultations (full induction and training provided).
- Facilities to see patients face to face
Patients are referred into the Oldham Urgent Care service from several different routes. These include 111, NWAS, Oldham Care Homes, Health Care Professionals such as District Nurses. The service also manages a virtual ward and a covid oxymetry at home service.
Our Primary Care Streaming Service within Royal Oldham Hospital allows the assessment of low-acuity patients presenting to the Emergency Department, alleviating pressure within the department whilst providing high-quality assessment and treatment of patients.
For further details, please refer to the attached job description.
About Us
At gtd healthcare, we do things differently. Our not-for-profit ethos and commitment to innovation offers patients the best experience possible and a unique opportunity to transform services.
We are committed to developing and supporting our people to achieve their career aspirations while making a positive impact on patients and the wider community. Our values drive everything we do, with our people at the heart of delivering the best possible healthcare.
Benefits Package
As an employee of gtd healthcare, you will be able to take advantage of our benefits package, including:
- Working for a values-led organisation
- Real living wage employer
- Supporter of the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter
- Access to Stream, which provides flexible, on-demand access to stream your pay during the month
- Salary sacrifice car benefit scheme
- 30 days annual leave, rising to 32 after five years of continuous service
- Flexible pension benefits, including NHS pension scheme
- Flexible working hours and policies
- Family friendly and carer policies
- Opportunities to apply for innovation and quality awards
- Access to gtd healthcare wellbeing initiatives
- Opportunity to become part of an employee owned organisation
- Gtd healthcare social and fun activities
- Cycle to work scheme
- Eyesight vouchers
- NHS staff discounts, a free Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts
- Access to an employee assistance programme
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Details
- Date posted: 26 August 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: £48,450 to £53,818 a year additional enhancements for evening and weekend working
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
- Reference number: U0061-26-0117
- Job locations:
- Integrated Care Centre
- New Radcliffe Street
- Oldham
- OL1 1NL
- United Kingdom
- Oldham Primary Care Streaming Service
- Royal Oldham Hospital, Rochdale Road
- Oldham
- OL1 1NL
- United Kingdom
- Integrated Care Centre
Job Description
Job responsibilities
- Holistically assess and clinically examine patients who fall within your scope of competence, through history taking, physical examination and appropriate use of tools to confirm diagnosis.
- Plan, implement and evaluate an effective management plan for the patient with support from senior colleagues.
- If you are a non medical prescriber (NMP) you will provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side-effects and interactions.
- You will work towards your NMP qualification if you are not currently a NMP.
- Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations.
- Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.
- Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment..
- Embrace the use of digital technology to support safe and effective patient care.
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating.
- Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication.
- Maintain effective communication with senior clinical colleagues, the wider team, the organisation and with external stakeholders.
- Ensure awareness of sources of support and guidance and provide information in an acceptable format to all patients, recognising any difficulties and referring where appropriate.
Non-Medical Prescribing
- You must only prescribe within your scope of practice and comply with the gtd healthcare NMP governance registration processes.
- If you are not a NMP, you will work towards this qualification.
- You must maintain your knowledge and skills and prescribe within your clinical competencies.
- The non-medical prescriber is required to comply with organisational NMP governance processes and adhere to local and national prescribing guidance.
Delivering a Quality Service
- Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the professional regulatory body. Understand own role and scope and identify how this may develop over time.
- Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
- Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.
- Ensure professional revalidation requirements are met.
- Deliver care according to NSF, NICE guidelines and evidence-based care.
- Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation.
- Initiate and participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the organisation and its activities.
- In partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health care responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate.
- Support and participate in shared learning across the organisation and wider organisation.
- Understand and apply guidance that supports the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, and be aware of statutory child/vulnerable patient health procedures and local guidance.
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Leadership Personal and People Development
- Take responsibility for own learning and performance including participating in clinical supervision and acting as a positive role mode.
- Support staff development in order to maximise potential.
- Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external good practice.
- Encourage others to make realistic self-assessment of their application of knowledge and skills, challenging any complacency or actions that are not in the interest of the public and/or users of services.
- Critically evaluate and review innovations and developments that are relevant areas of work.
- Contribute to the development of local guidelines, protocols and standards.
- Maintain effective communication with those responsible for the overall commissioning and procurement process.
- To attend and be proactively involved in professional meetings.
- Take the lead/ develop a special interest within certain areas to allow the sharing of clinical knowledge and expertise.
Other Duties
- Any other duties, as agreed with the line manager to meet the needs of the organisation. This may include travel to other sites within the organisation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Allied Health Professional or Pharmacist.
- Recognised clinical exam skills course and relevant senior work experience.
- If not a non medical prescriber - willingness to undertake.
Desirable
- Non Medical Prescriber (V300 qualification).
- Ideally possess a degree qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Accountability of own role and other roles in a practitioner-led service. Clinical examination skills and experience of applying these skills.
Desirable
- Working in Primary Care/Urgent/Emergency Care.
- Clinical supervision training and experience.
- Experience of leading/managing quality improvement.
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Ensure the organisations values are embedded within all core activity so that everyone meets our values within their day-to-day work. Autonomous Senior Clinical Practitioner.
- Practice management of patients with minor illnesses.
- Management of patients with complex needs.
- Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
- Negotiation and conflict management skills.
- Ability to work proactively within a
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