Associate Practitioner - Emergency Department (Band 4) - Emergency Medicine - Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Medway NHS Foundation Trust – Gillingham, Kent
Division: Medicine and Emergency Care
Care Group: Emergency and Acute
Band: 4
Interview date: Tuesday 17th December 2024
We are recruiting for an Associate Practitioner who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
The Emergency Department is offering the opportunity for experienced SCSWs or existing Associate Practitioners to undertake the Associate Practitioner role. We are offering an exciting environment that will support your developing skills and knowledge.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and refer to our values when completing your application and reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
The qualified Associate Practitioner (AP) has knowledge and skills to work at a higher competency level than that of other CSWs. The AP has responsibility for actively participating in and ensuring the maintenance of protocol-based clinical care.
The AP will work as part of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) within the ED and provide a seamless service to patients with proximal supervision from registered practitioners, within agreed protocols and with clearly defined lines of accountability for delegated work. The AP will provide general and specific care encompassing the skills of assessment, examination, initial planning, and evaluation of care to patients to a high standard and competency.
The AP will work within all areas of the ED, supporting registered nurses, doctors, and allied health professionals. APs will support training and undertake informal teaching, and act as supervisor and mentor to CSWs and students. The role is flexible and adaptable to the changing needs of the ED system.
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