Dorset Minor Injuries Needs you!

Would you like to work beside the seaside, in the lovely coastal town of Swanage on the Dorset Jurassic coast?

Would you like to gain more valuable experience in Minor Injuries?

We would like to welcome an experienced Band 6 Minor Injuries Practitioner to work in our small but busy, friendly team within our Minor Injuries Unit. This is a part-time post, and will include working some weekends and Bank Holidays.

The unit is open 7 days a week throughout the year

Are you a Registered Nurse or Allied Health Practitioner with at least 2 years' experience of working in emergency and/or minor injury/ailment care?

Working in the Minor Injury Units in our friendly community hospital, the unit serves the local communities in Purbeck, and surrounding area.

You will be working as an autonomous practitioner within the Minor Injuries Unit assessing, treating, referring or safely discharging home any patients both adult and children attending the units.

Recognising and taking appropriate actions in an emergency situation.

Whilst working within Dorset Healthcare there are many opportunities to further your career progression with a wide range of in house and external educational courses enabling you to advance your clinical practise.

Main duties of the job

To work as an autonomous practitioner within the Minor Injury Units

To assess, treat, refer or discharge any patient attending the Minor Injury Unit

To recognise and take appropriate actions in an emergency situation.

To take clinical responsibility for patients, carers, students and other junior health professionals

To be able to provide health promotion to patients

Maintain a high quality of care for all patients attending the unit

Facilitate access of patients into secondary or community care settings as appropriate

Taking part in educational opportunities and audits to allow for professional development

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of. Applicants who subscribe to the DBS update service are able to present a valid DBS certificate instead of requiring a new check.

About us

At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

Dorset HealthCare is in partnership with The Princes Trust to support people getting into work, as part of this partnership, we offer an employability service to support individuals between 16-30 years old with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. Please contact dhc.wideningparticipation@nhs.net to access the support.

Person Specification

Knowledge, skills and training

Essential

• Registered Nurse/ Emergency Care Practitioner/ AHP qualification in Specialist field to degree/diploma level
• Teaching skills
• Demonstrate knowledge of Safeguarding vulnerable adults and children
• Demonstrated knowledge of the Mental Health Act (where applicable)
• Demonstrated knowledge of Deprivation of Liberty Act

Desirable

• Supplemented by diploma level specialist training and/or short courses, or equivalent level of experience

Job specific experience

Essential

• At least 2 years' experience of working in emergency and/or, minor injury and/or ailment care
• Recent previous experience of working within a customer focused environment
• Previous experience of working with a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to undertake physical examination in order to diagnose previously undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.

Managerial/supervisory experience

Essential

• The ability to organise own time and that of junior staff and learners, plan off duty rota and undertake discharge planning involving co-ordination with other agencies.

Personal qualities/attributes

Essential

• Demonstrable ability to prioritise effectively
• Ability to use own initiative within sphere of authority
• Evidence of good communication skills, both verbal and written
• Demonstrated ability at exercising tact and diplomacy
• Demonstrated ability to analyse situations and to provide a resolution
• Ability to work under pressure in a physical and psychologically demanding role
• Experience in auditing and provision evidence based care within the field.

Employer details

Employer name

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Swanage Hospital

Queen's Road

Swanage

BH19 2ES

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