Urgent Care Practitioner / Emergency Nurse Practitioner
We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation.Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
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Job overview
NELFT provide Minor Injury care at Orsett Hospital, ensuring walk-in access to a service covering Thurrock and surrounding areas.
NELFT is looking for a range of qualified Nurse Practitioners, Paramedic Practitioners and Emergency Care Practitioners to join our existing teams and will have training opportunities to develop skills for the right applicants.
Main duties of the job
You will play a key role in the provision of autonomous clinical practice and will need to demonstrate expertise and competencies in the assessment and management of patients of all ages presenting with a wide range of minor injuries. The services will have access to radiological facilities and direct access to follow up clinics and community pathways.
This is an exciting opportunity to further your professional development in a well established and dynamic setting.
The main requirements of the post:
Emergency Nurse Practitioner / Paramedic Practitioner/ Emergency Care Practitioner with evidence of relevant post registration qualifications.- Ability to support and manage all patients of all ages including assessment diagnosing, treatment and discharge.
- A&E experience.
Working for our organisation
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment.As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High Cost Area Supplement – Fringe
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £1,258 and a maximum payment of £2,122 per annum pro rata).
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The main responsibilities of the post:
- To provide autonomous practice to all patients presenting with a minor injury with proven clinical competencies.
- The ability and skills to manage work load maintaining an accurate overview of workload and the establishment of clinical priority of patients when acting as shift leader.
- The ability to demonstrate recent clinical management.
- Staff management skills.
Full & part time available, please contact us to discuss.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system.
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Person specification
Education & Training
Essential criteria- Registered General Nurse (1st level) or Paramedic with the Health & Care Professional Council
- At least one of the following: Appropriate RSCN, RMN, RM, A/E qualification, Nurse practitioner qualification, Diploma or equivalent experience.
Qualifications
Essential criteria- NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy
- Accredited minor injuries course
- Accredited minor illness course
- Accredited physical assessment course
- Independent prescribing
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria- An awareness of CQC and clinical governance priorities
- Ability to support and manage a case-load of patients including assessment, planning, monitoring and evaluation, including providing health promotion and education to patients and carers
- Ability to organise and deliver a high standard of research based clinical nursing care including developing and implementing policies and protocols
- Ability to demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to liaise effectively with members of the Primary Health Care Team and other agencies
- Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise work
- Ability to act as a role model and leader to others and to motivate a team
- Ability to provide clinical training and education to the Urgent Care team
- Professional knowledge acquired through Degree/diploma supplemented by specialist training experience to Masters equivalent
- Knowledge of local community and understanding of a multi-cultural, racially diverse population
- Knowledge of current professional issues relating to speciality
- Understanding of patient confidentiality
- Understanding of equal opportunities
Experience
Essential criteria- Previous experience in a Band 6 post or equivalent to apply for Band 7 post working as an autonomous Practitioner at least 2 years.
- Demonstrate recent clinical management such as previous team leader or clinical tutor
- Demonstrate recent experience of working in an ED setting with evidence of physical assessment and diagnostic skills
- Has a range of clinical skills and expertise relevant to the role e.g • suturing / wound closure
- Willingness to undertake patient group directions or non-medical prescribing
Skills
Essential criteria- Basic awareness of IT and IT skills
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
- A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
- A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
- Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
- Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.
Supporting our Armed Forces
We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans.reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.
Equal opportunities employer
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.
We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities. If you require this application in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape please contact the recruitment team on 0300 300 1530 or email [email protected].
Correspondence with us
You are advised to regularly check your emails (including any junk mail/spam folders) for correspondence related to this post.
As part of our recruitment process, we may be required to share information you provide on the application form with NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA) and/or other organisations for the purpose of the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of fraud or any other unlawful activity affecting the NHS.We also use third party providers to check and verify your qualifications who may be contacting you on our behalf to verify the same.