Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT
Are you a nurse or paramedic interested in working in an Urgent Treatment Centre?
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and enthusiastic nurse practitioner or paramedic practitioner to work within the Urgent Treatment Centre at Buxton Hospital.
Main Duties of the Job
The units are nurse and paramedic practitioner led and are operational seven days a week, from 08.00 to 20:00hrs.
As a registered, accountable clinical employee, you will be expected to possess a relevant high level of clinical knowledge and skills. This will enable you to assess, examine, and treat patients safely and appropriately from the whole age spectrum that attend the UTCs with a variety of minor injury and minor illness presentations.
You will need to effectively engage with patients, peer groups, and service users in all elements of your role, leading by example and promoting a supportive and caring culture. This will require an inclusive, transparent, open approach to your role, whereby you are happy to be accountable to others and to go the extra mile when required.
You must be flexible, enthusiastic, motivated, and demonstrate effective interpersonal skills.
About Us
Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.
We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes, and, increasingly, in people's own homes and via virtual consultations.
Job Responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.
Person Specification
Development
* Completion of minor injury module at level 6/7
* Willingness to complete further Level 7 modules, particularly minor illness and paediatric
Experience
* Registered nurse or paramedic
* Experience of working within an urgent care/emergency care/primary care setting
* Experience of working autonomously
* Experience of using Systmone
Team Work and Flexibility
* Willingness and ability to work flexibly.
* Willingness to work across all 4 Units if required
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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