Band 7
Main area: Emergency Department
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 387-M8996-JL-A
Site: Bristol Royal Infirmary
Town: Bristol
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 07/04/2025 23:59
As an organisation, we recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and knowledgeable ENP/ECP to join the team in fast flow emergency care at the Bristol Royal Infirmary. The post holder will demonstrate enhanced clinical skills and competencies, clinical assessment, critical thinking skills, and ensure safe decision making in order to support the care and treatment of medical patients attending the department/unit. They will ensure that evidence-based practice is inherent in all aspects of care and treatment and ensure this knowledge is disseminated throughout the clinical area, Trust and externally, as appropriate.
You will provide Clinical Expertise and Leadership for developing and enhancing the fast flow emergency care by working in partnership with medical, nursing, and allied health professional colleagues.
It is expected that you will help to drive service improvements forward in collaboration with the clinical lead for fast flow emergency care: this will include audit, quality improvement, and research.
Main duties of the job
1. Practice in compliance with your code of professional conduct and within your agreed scope of practice, being responsible and accountable for your decisions, actions, and omissions at this level of practice.
2. Practice with support at a high level of clinical expertise in assessing and diagnosing patients who present to the ED.
3. Demonstrate with support specialist skills, knowledge, and expertise in clinical practice managing entire episodes of care for patients with previously undiagnosed and undifferentiated clinical conditions. This includes the appropriate requesting of investigations (x-ray, CT, ultrasound, blood tests) and the interpretation of x-rays and diagnostic tests.
4. Demonstrate with support safe clinical reasoning and diagnostic skills, as well as assessing and managing clinical risk.
5. Ensure with support that clinical practice is evidence-based.
6. Be aware of professional limitations in clinical skills and knowledge, referring patients to specialties as clinically indicated and seeking advice where appropriate.
7. Identify and act upon situations which may be detrimental to the health and well-being of patients, for example, identification and management of vulnerable adults, domestic violence, and safeguarding children.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England.
UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact.
Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.
UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce, we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Skills and Abilities
* Being a good team player
* Personal insight and awareness
* Pro-active
* Enthusiastic and motivated
* Flexible
* Dynamic
* Good communication
* Demonstrates ability to take over responsibility and accountability
* Resilience
Knowledge and Experience
* Proven track record in Urgent/Emergency care, leadership and change management
* Experience in working as an ENP/ECP in an Urgent care or Emergency Department setting
* Clinical expertise including history taking and clinical examination skills
* Demonstrated ability to support colleagues
* Proven evidence of educational support to others
* Ability to organise and prioritise own workload effectively
* Competence in wound management assessment and closure
* Advanced level of clinical reasoning and decision-making skills
Qualifications and Training
* Registered Health Care Professional
* NMC/HCPC Registration
* Evidence of formal ongoing professional development in the specialist area
* Teaching Qualification or equivalent experience
* Autonomous practice course systems based and injury and illness
* Working towards masters in Advanced Practice
* NMP
* IRMER education
We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.
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