Bank Emergency Nurse Practitioner

BANK Emergency Nurse Practitioner/Emergency Clinical PractitionerBand 7

Are you an experienced Clinical Practitioner passionate about working in Urgent Care or Walk in Services? Opportunities have arisen for Emergency Clinical Practitioners across our Central London Urgent Care/ Walk in Services.

As a highly valued member of our team, the quality of care we provide starts with you. We pride ourselves on our ACP/ENP\’s being up to date with the latest evidenced-based practices as well as being supportive of our staff in their professional development.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will deliver care in collaboration with Emergency services, other health care professionals, statutory and voluntary agencies.
• To work in association with colleagues in defining standards of care and practice aimed at maintaining, developing or improving quality.
• To work with the senior staff in the operational management and the organisational development of the service.
• Act as the team Leader on a rotational basis assuming responsibility for day to day management of the service.
• Take designated responsibility for discrete areas of operational management/clinical practice.
• Communicate complex and sensitive information to patients, carers and other staff.
• Deliver care within a culturally sensitive framework.
• Implement, carry out disseminate and evaluate service audits

About us

Just as we care about our patients\’ well-being, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
• Flexible working options
• Training, support and development in your career

To have a full look at our benefits and what it\’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits

Job responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration or Registered Health Professional (physio, paramedic) with HCPC.
• Evidence of completion of Level 7 Advanced Clinical Assessment Module
• Minor injury and/or minor illness experience at Level 6/7
• Independent Prescriber (or on pathway to complete)
• Qualification in prehospital care or community care
• Qualification in teaching or practice-based learning.
• University accredited paediatric advanced assessment module

Experience

• 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.
• Substantial experience in high quality patient care.
• Experience in working autonomously in an emergency or other unscheduled care environment or working autonomously within a GP surgery.
• Proven ability to prioritise, manage own workload and flexibility in doing so.
• Experience of effectively working in collaboration, negotiating and liaising across organisational boundaries.
• Experience in monitoring clinical standards.
• Experience of clinical and management supervision
• Experience of team / service/ staff management.
• Experience of implementing evidence-based care and developing others to do so
• Experience of conducting research projects and audit.
• Experience of change management and implementing change in practice.
• Evidence of innovation in practice.

Skills

• Evidence of comprehensive range of clinical skills and expertise relevant to the role
• Competent and confident in physical examination of patients of all ages.
• Excellent IT skills including use of Microsoft Office package, email, NHS systems
• Specialist knowledge in clinical reasoning, history taking, physical examination, diagnostic skills and prescribing/treatment
• Knowledge of adult and children\’s safeguarding procedures.
• Knowledge and application of NMC or HCPC Code of Professional Conduct.
• 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
• Able to lead and motivate a team and implement change
• Ability to make formal presentations to a wide range of people
• Knowledge of resource management

Key Attributes

• Competently able to carry out duties of the post
• Able to work flexible shifts.
• Able to work from more than one work base.
• Able to work in a fast paced, high pressured clinical environment
• Adheres to CLCH values

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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