If you are a practicing Emergency Care/Nurse Practitioner and want another challenge or feel it is time you progressed your career, we would love you to come and join our Team within our Trust.

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, experienced ENP/ECP to join our Minor Injuries Unit at the Princess of Wales Community Hospital part of Worcestershire Health & Care Trust.

The ability to use your initiative, work proactively, demonstrate excellent clinical skills and communication skills, be part of the team but at the same time prioritising your own workload and responding flexibly to changing demands are essential requirements of the role.

The role will provide you with variety and no two days are the same. You will have autonomy to balance and achieve the demands of the role so will need to demonstrate your ability to be responsive and flexible to be able meet the requirements of the role.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will:

Be expected to be autonomous practitioner, responsible for assessing, treating, discharging patients attending with minor injuries.

Be an experienced clinician and as an ENP/ECP be responsible for providing expert knowledge and skills to more junior members of the team with a willingness to professionally develop their role within the everchanging scope of emergency care.

Deputise for Countywide MIU Lead in times of absence, ensuring a consistent workforce within all Units, providing equitable care to all patients.

Provide a holistic, autonomous, clinical nursing service by attending to all referrals/self-referrals to the Minor Injury Unit. Assessing their physical, psychological and social needs, implementing all agreed management plan with patients including appropriate investigations, prescribing and referral, within PGDs.

Be innovative, continually striving for improvement.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. Its why we were named Large Apprenticeship Employer of the Year award at the 2022 Worcestershire Apprenticeship Awards. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer

27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service

Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours

Flexible and agile working opportunities

Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support

Wide range of staff networks such as LGBT+ and ENRICH (Equality Network for Race Inclusion and Cultural Heritage)

Health service discounts and online benefits including excellent cycle to work and car salary sacrifice schemes

Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our careers website.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• RN/ECP/AHP OT, Physio, S& lt Qualification in Minor Illness Management Minor illness in children or willing to undertake within 18-months or appointment. Non-medical x-ray referrer and up to date CALRAD/IRMER ILS/PILS Evidence of ongoing continual professional development I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer

Desirable

• Independent / supplementary prescriber.
• Teaching and assessing qualification.

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Able to travel between various sites

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience working as an ENP/Care Practitioner within a minor injuries or A& E environment.
• Broad range of clinical experience including autonomous practitioner skills, specialist skills gained from working in an A& E environment, for example, suturing, infiltration, plaster application.
• Clinical audit/project work.

Desirable

• Previous Acute / Community Hospital experience as ENP/ECP
• Accident and Emergency experience
• Minor Illness & Non Medical Prescribers qualification

Skills & Abiities

Essential

• Ability to challenge poor behaviour
• High level of clinical skills and knowledge
• Understanding of teamwork
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office packages/ITskills.

Desirable

• Advanced assessment skills
• Following Computer skills Patient first, Ulysses, ESR, E Roster, NHSP

Knowledge

Essential

• High level of clinical knowledge and skill gained from working within a Minor Injury/ Urgent Care or A& E unit or an appropriate setting where these skills may be obtained.
• Clinical Governance.
• Good knowledge of Safeguarding.

Employer details

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

Princess Of Wales Community Hospital

Stourbridge Road

Bromsgrove

Worcestershire

B61 0BB

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C9798-0550