Starting May 2025

Have you ever been curious as to what it is like working in the Urgent and Emergency Care team - this is the rare opportunity to work with our teams.

This role will be dependant on skills and experience but will be a band 8a for a qualified ACP.

Or a band 7 Clinical Practitioner will be considered if history taking completed at M Level.

Main duties of the job

To work as an autonomous practitioner across professional boundaries and as part of a multi-professional team, with support from the Medical and ED Consultants.

To work as part of the clinical team in delivering high quality emergency care and treatments.

To provide initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care for patients within the UTC, Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) unit and the Assessment Units.

To provide initial history taking and clinical assessment skills for the patients presenting to Emergency Care

To work towards gaining the competence and skill to see any patient presenting with any condition to the emergency department, assessment units or Same Day Emergency Care.

To work collaboratively with the emergency medical team and the medical teams to meet the needs of the patients presented within the Emergency Care

The post holder will demonstrate critical thinking in the decision making process with support from both the ED and medical consultants,.

To undertake Advanced Level Practice in line with Department of Health position statement for Advanced level Nursing.

Work to the 4 pillars of advanced practice

About us

Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).

Job description

Job responsibilities

What should you do next?

Have a look at the job description, and if you like what you see, then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• 1st level qualified nurse or allied health professional
• Current registration with the NMC / HCPC or equivalent professional body
• MSc degree in Advanced Clinical Practice (or equivalent)
• Registered independent prescriber
• Advanced Life Support provider

Desirable

• Teaching Qualification
• EPALS provider
• ATLS / ETC provider

Previous Experience

Essential

• Completed portfolio of supervised practice in advanced clinical practice.
• Contemporary clinical experience of urgent and emergency care
• Participating in a multi professional team
• Involvement in service improvement
• Implementation of best practice
• Clinical mentor, appraiser, or supervisor

Desirable

• Experience in a leadership role

Evidence of Particular: Knowledge Skills Aptitudes

Essential

• Must be able to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework: ?Patient Centred ?Safety ?Compassion ?Respect and ?Excellence

Specific requirements

Essential

• Able to present and receive complex information to a multi-professional team
• Able to work independently and within a team
• Able to work with undifferentiated and undiagnosed healthcare problems.
• Willingness to adapt to departmental and patient need.
• Self-motivated
• Efficient time and deadline management
• Ability to support, colleagues, patients and relatives in sometimes distressing circumstances

Employer details

Employer name

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Grantham

Manthorpe Road

Grantham

NG31 8DG

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

357-GR-1774-24