Urgent Care Practitioner / Emergency Nurse Practitioner | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
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.
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.
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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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
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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.
This advert closes on Thursday 20 Mar 2025