Job summary
Job Title: Emergency Care Practitioner
Hours per week: Hours per week
Perm/Fixed Term: Permanent
Salary: £43,742 - £50,056 per annum
Please note if you commence in post prior to October 2024, you will be paid in line with 2023/2024 agenda for change pay scales.
Closing Date: 10th September 2024
Interview Date: TBC
This post may close early due to high numbers of applicationsso you are advised to apply promptly.
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
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Main duties of the job
Join our friendly and welcoming team. We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our CQC rated good Urgent and Emergency Care department.
Experience of working in the urgent and emergency care sector is desirable, or a passion to work in a fast-paced environment.
The post holder will demonstrate advanced clinical assessment and treatment skills with clear communication and management plans in line with local guidelines.
The post holder will engage in continuous CPD throughout their employment and have a willingness to share experience and teaching with the wider team.
The post-holder will be expected to undertake all the duties and responsibilities associated with an expert practitioner working within urgent and emergency care.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to ' excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
E ffective Open Communication
e x cellence and safety in everything we do
C hallenge but support
E xpect respect and dignity
L ocal health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
A nurse or paramedic who is an autonomous practitioner and has experience in working in urgent or emergency department settings
Experienced in managing a wide range of patients presenting with injury and illness
Keen to develop your scope of practice and depth of knowledge and skills
Looking join an exceptional ED multidisciplinary team
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.
Practice at a high level of clinical expertise in assessing and diagnosing patients who present to the Adult Emergency Department.
For more information for this role, please refer to the Job Description and Personal Specification.
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
1. Proven track record in Urgent/Emergency care, leadership and change management
2. Proven evidence of educational support to others
3. Demonstrated ability to support colleagues
4. Clinical expertise including history taking and clinical examination skills
5. Experience in working in an Urgent care or Emergency Department setting
Desirable
6. Experience in working as an ENP/ECP in an Urgent care or Emergency Department setting
7. Competence in wound management assessment and closure
8. Advanced level of clinical reasoning and decision-making skills
Qualification(s) and Professional Training
Essential
9. Registered Health Care Professional
10. NMC/HCPC/Registration
11. Evidence of formal ongoing professional development in the specialist are
12. Teaching Qualification or equivalent experience(
13. Autonomous practice course systems based and injury and illness
Desirable
14. IRMER education
15. NMP
16. Working towards Masters in Advanced Practice
Skills and Abilities
Essential
17. Ability to lead by example and motivate and empower others
18. Highly developed communication
19. Skills including interpersonal and concise documentation skills
20. Ability to work with individuals and groups from a range of backgrounds, including people who are distressed
21. Skills in implementing policies and guidelines
22. Positive and effective clinical team member
23. Able to concentrate where the work pattern unpredictable and there are conflicting demands
Personal Qualities
Essential
24. Resilience
25. Assertiveness
26. Demonstrates ability to take over responsibility and accountability
27. Good communication
28. Being fair
29. Dynamic
30. Flexible
31. Enthusiastic and motivated
32. Pro-active
33. Personal insight and awareness
34. Being a good team player
35. Innovative
Trust Values
Essential
36. Effective open communication
37. Excellence and safety in everything we do
38. Challenge but support
39. Expect respect and dignity
40. Local health that inspires confidence