This is an exciting opportunity to join a progressive, multi professional team that recognises and upholds ESNEFTs drive to develop an outstanding advanced clinical practice workforce.
We are looking for Nurse/Allied Health Practitioners to complement our established team in the Urgent Treatment Centre.
The Urgent Treatment Centre provides urgent medical treatment of undifferentiated and un-diagnosed illness or injury of that is not life threatening. The ACP role will be at the forefront of service provision and integral in supporting the Multidisciplinary Team in the provision and delivery of prompt, safe and timely intervention .
The Centre is open 0800-0000, 7 days a week, including weekends and Bank Holidays with a variety of shifts available.
As a UTC Nurse/Allied Health Practitioner you will be expected to be able to work autonomously and use existing Adult and Paediatric nursing skills to be able to see, treat and discharge both Adults and Children.
You will be part of the UTC clinical team and assist with the team with the Front door process, Care at the Door and Co-Ordination. You will be required to be flexible with working hours when required.
You will be able to treat all patients presenting with minor illness and minor injury presentations as per the UTC National Standards and Principles. You will ideally have undertaken your Assessment and Consultation, Minor Injury and Illness modules and also be a Non-Medical prescriber
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Wednesday 26 Feb 2025