Employer Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Spalding Urgent Treatment Centre
Town: Spalding
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 Pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 29/01/2025 23:59
Band 6
LCHS Way
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We care: everyone is valued, respected and developed, knowledge and skills are nurtured, success is celebrated.
We act: clear goals and right resources, freedom coupled with accountability, emphasis on simplicity.
We improve: we are creative, resourceful and innovative, integrated and collaboration is the way forward, we're always striving to do better.
....Fit for now, fit for the future.
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Job overview
The post holder will clinically assess patients with unscheduled minor illness or minor injury presentations. The post holder will directly or remotely be supported by Senior Urgent Care practitioners, Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, or Doctors. The post holder will support the delivery of policy and procedures, ensuring clinical quality, evidence-based service, excellence in clinical practice, this together with continuous professional development.
Due to service needs, the successful candidate will be expected to be able to work shifts, including days and nights. On some occasions, the successful candidate will be expected to work in other services within the Integrated Urgent and Emergency Care Division.
Main duties of the job
Lincolnshire Community Health Service requires all staff to safeguard children, young people, and adults. All staff are required to access the organisational policies, also the Local Safeguarding Children Board and the Local Safeguarding Adults Board policies and procedures that underpin the safeguarding agenda. The safeguarding policies to be followed are found at www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk and www.lincolnshire.gov.uk.
Working for our organisation
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.
At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS’ workforce.
LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Working autonomously, and in collaboration with colleagues, to see, treat and discharge minor illness and injury.
This role will also involve undertaking Initial Clinical Assessments, ensuring safety of our patients.
Person specification
* Registered Nurse/Paramedic
* 2 years post qualification experience in emergency or urgent care
* History taking qualification
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Use of PGDs
* Minor illness or minor injury experience or qualifications
* System one knowledge
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Important Information: All new employees will be subject to a charge if a DBS check is required for the post. The Disclosure & Barring Service application form (formerly CRB) will be provided by LCHS and the fee will be deducted from your salary over a maximum of a 6 month period.
Any existing employees who require a DBS check as part of the application process will be subject to a charge for that DBS check.
We are a Disability Confident employer ensuring that disabled people have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.
Support and/or assistance with completing an application form is available from the Human Resources Team by calling 01522 572889.
We encourage and support vaccination update as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19.
We have been awarded the National Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark for 2023.
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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