JOB PURPOSE

To provide high quality evidence-based care to patients attending with injuries and undifferentiated health problems. The post holder will be expected to work autonomously as a Nurse Practitioner / ENP/ACP delivering care to our patients

o Utilising expert diagnostic skills and clinical reasoning to provide autonomous, unscheduled care for patients presenting with acute undifferentiated conditions (most commonly minor injuries and ailments although some patients attending may present with complex health needs and / or acute on chronic conditions).

o The post holder will deliver care in collaboration with Emergency services, other health care professionals, statutory and voluntary agencies.

o To work in association with colleagues in defining standards of care and practice aimed at maintaining, developing, or improving quality.

o To work with the senior staff in the operational management and the organisational development of the service.

o Work shifts within the service during the operating hours.

o Prioritise and manage own workload with minimal supervision.

o Act as the Shift Leader on a rotational basis assuming responsibility for day-to-day management of the service.

o Take designated responsibility for discrete areas of operational management/clinical practice.

o Communicate highly complex and sensitive information to patients, carers, and other staff.

Main duties of the job

o Assessment and management of patients with Respiratory tract infections.

o Assessment and management of patients presenting with minor gastrointestinal or urological presentations.

o To act as a triage assessment clinician, rapidly identifying and prioritizing patients requiring immediate or urgent care.

o Providing prompt emergency treatment and organizing emergency transfer to secondary care for patients requiring urgent care which cannot safely be provided within the Urgent Care Centre.

o Be aware of, and act in accordance with, the NMC/HCPC /Code of Conduct or relevant regulatory body, Standards and Guidelines.

o Deliver agreed clinical quality and performance standards within the services.

o Be goal and outcome orientated, whilst maintaining a high level of performance.

About us

We providecommunity health services to more than two million people across eleven London boroughs and Hertfordshire.

Every day, our professionals provide high-quality healthcare in people's homes and local clinics, helping them to:

• stay well
  
• manage their own health with the right support
  
• avoid unnecessary trips to, or long stays in, hospital.

We support our patients at every stage of their lives, providing health visiting for new-born babies through to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation and palliative care for people towards the end of their lives.

Our vision:deliver great care closer to home.

Our mission: working together to give children a better start and adults greater independence.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To be conversant with all Human Resources policies and procedures for taking appropriate managerial action if required.

Be aware of, and act in accordance with CLCHs clinical, operational and organisational policies and guidelines.

Ensure that policies, procedures, clinical governance arrangements and lines of accountability are adhered to by the Urgent Care Centre/ walk in centre teams to ensure safe and effective clinical service delivery.

Maintain accurate and contemporaneous records.

As Shift/team Leader monitor, report and manage performance outcome measures, escalating to Clinical Leads as required.

Complete statistical returns as required by CLCH including entering data onto the computerised systems within the required time frames.

Person Specification

Education/Qualification

Essential

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration or Registered Health Professional (physio, paramedic) with HCPC
• Evidence of continuing professional education in an accredited Advanced Clinical Practitioner program or has completed relevant Advanced Practice modules.

Desirable

• Independent Prescriber (or on pathway to complete)
• University accredited paediatric advanced assessment module

Experience

Essential

• Proven experience of utilising expert diagnostic and clinical skills to provide autonomous, unscheduled medical care and management of patients presenting with undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions.
• Experience of caring for patients 2 years and older.
• Experience in working autonomously in an emergency or other unscheduled care environment or working autonomously within a GP surgery.

Desirable

• Experience of change management and implementing change in practice.
• Evidence of innovation in practice.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of current health care policy and legislation and relevance to the delivery of healthcare services
• Detailed knowledge of Primary Health Care and collaborative working with other care providers, e.g. social care and voluntary services
• Knowledge of clinical governance processes, assessing and managing risk

Employer details

Employer name

Central London Community Health Trust

Address

Soho NHS Walk-In Centre

1 Frith Street

London

W1D 3HZ

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