An exciting opportunity has become available to join our team of Emergency Care Practitioners working within our Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) at The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust. The centre serves the population of Wolverhampton and surrounding areas, providing care to patients with minor illnesses and injuries. We are a busy department, but we ensure that the care we give to our patients is of the highest standard. We ensure that our staff are supported, to encourage personal and professional development and currently expanding our team with potential opportunity for progression and development of Advanced Clinical Practitioner roles.
Candidates will have the following:
* Non-Medical Prescriber
* Experience in Primary Care
* Experience in an urgent care setting such as Out of Hours, an Urgent Treatment Centre or emergency Department
* Excellent knowledge and experience in the assessment and management of minor injury and illness presentations
* Experience of working in an MDT, including mentoring of junior staff
Main duties of the job
We are looking for suitably qualified health professionals who are passionate about their role, professional development and achieving better outcomes for patients.
The Urgent Treatment Centre at New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week throughout the year. The position will be on a rostered basis 24 hrs per day, 7 days per week throughout the year working across both sites.
Candidates will be able to assess, examine, diagnose and treat adult and paediatric patients with minor injuries and illness within a defined scope of acuity, presentation and within their own professional scope of practice. They will have successfully completed an accredited Health Assessment course, Minor Injuries and Minor Illness module (or equivalent) and hold a current non-medical prescribing qualification (V300). They will have previous experience working autonomously in an Urgent Care environment.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Successful applicants will join an existing experienced team of practitioners working within the Emergency Services Group.
Candidates will be able to assess, examine, diagnose and treat adult and paediatric patients with minor injuries and illness within a defined scope of acuity, presentation and within their own professional scope of practice. They will have successfully completed an accredited Health Assessment course, Minor Injuries and Minor Illness module (or equivalent) and hold a current non-medical prescribing qualification (V300). They will have previous experience working autonomously in an Urgent Care environment.
Person specification
Skills and experience
* Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner
* Primary Care/Minor illness/ED experience
* Able to work safely under pressure across competing priorities
* V300 Non Medical Prescribing
* Ability to communicate with staff within profession, other professions, patients and carers
* Excellent written and verbal skills
Qualifications
* NMC Registration Nurse or Health & Care Professional Council registration
* Degree level education [e.g. Registration/speciality related/mentorship]
* Undertaken an accredited Emergency Nurse Practitioner Minor Injuries/Illness Course (or equivalent)
* Evidence of professional updating in last 12 months
Flexible Working - As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.
Qualifications - Please be advised that if the post that you are applying for requires any level of qualification (e.g. A-Levels, Degree etc) or Professional Registration (e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Medical Council etc) you will be required to provide proof as part of the pre-employment process. By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider. Please note that a sample of all applicant’s qualifications will be checked with the educational institution or provider. Furthermore, a sample of all applicants’ qualifications will be checked back to the educational institution or provider to interview letters to further deter fraud.
Sponsorship - Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. As of 1 January 2021, free movement ended and the UK introduced a points-based immigration system. Further information is available regarding two types of visa; Health Care Visa https://www.gov.uk/health-care-worker-visa/your-job and Skilled worker visa https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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