If you are a qualified Emergency Nurse /Emergency Care Practitioner and want another challenge or feel it is time you progressed in your career, we would love you to come and join our Team within our Trust.
An excellent opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, qualified ENP/ECP to join our Minor Injuries Unit at the Evesham Community Hospital part of Worcestershire Health & Care Trust, to provide maternity cover of 17.25 hours per week.
The ability to use your initiative, work proactively, demonstrate excellent clinical skills and communication skills, be a part of the team but at the same time prioritising your own workload and responding flexibility to changing demands are essential requirements of the role.
The role will provide you with variety and no two days are the same. You will have autonomy to balance and achieve the demands of the role so you will need to demonstrate your ability to be responsive and flexible to be able to meet the requirements of the role.
If you wish to be considered for a secondment please gain permission from your Substantive Manager before applying
Main duties of the job
The post holder will:
Be expected to be an autonomous practitioner, responsible for accessing, treating, discharging patients attending with minor injuries
Be a highly qualified clinician as an ENP/ECP be responsible for providing expert knowledge and skills to more junior members of the team with a willingness to professionally develop their role within the everchanging scope of emergency care.
Make assessment of patients physical, psychological, and social needs, implementing all agreed management plan with patients including appropriate investigations, prescribing and referral, within PGDs or professional scope of a non-medical prescriber.
About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.
We will support you to thrive offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. Its why we were named Large Apprenticeship Employer of the Year award at the 2022 Worcestershire Apprenticeship Awards. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.
What we offer
27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
Flexible and agile working opportunities
Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
Wide range of staff networks such as LGBT+ and ENRICH (Equality Network for Race Inclusion and Cultural Heritage)
Health service discounts and online benefits including excellent cycle to work and car salary sacrifice schemes
Health and wellbeing opportunities
If you would like to know more, please visit our careers website.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Additional Criteria
Essential
* Awareness and promotion of peoples equality, diversity, and rights
* Ability to travel independently across the county.
Knowledge
Essential
* Hight level of clinical knowledge and skill gained from working within a minor injury or A& E unit, or an appropriate setting where these skills may be obtained.
* Clinical governance.
* Understanding of personal contribution to the achievement of organisational objectives within the business plan.
* Health improvement.
* Good knowledge of community services and care pathways.
Desirable
* National and local health and social care strategies
Experience
Essential
* Significant experience working as an ENP/Care Practitioner within a minor injuries or A& E environment.
* Broad range of clinical experience including autonomous practitioner skills, specialist skills gained from working in an A& E environment, for example, suturing, infiltration, plaster application.
* Clinical audit/project work
Desirable
* Previous Acute/Community Hospital experience
* Accident and Emergency Experience.
Skills & Abilities
Desirable
* Advance assessment skills
* Computer skills including Sunrise EPR, E Roster, Ulysses, ICE
Qualifications
Essential
* RN/ECP/AHP OT, Physio, S& lt Non-medical x-ray referrer and up to date CALRAD/IRMER ILS/PILS Evidence of ongoing continual professional development I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer
Desirable
* Independent /supplementary prescriber
* Teaching and assessing qualification
* Evidence of management training or equivalent experience
* Non-medical prescriber
* Manchester Triage face to face training or willing to undertake within 2 months
Employer details
Employer name
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Address
Evesham Community Hospital
Waterside
Evesham
Worcestershire
WR11 1JT
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