Trainee Emergency Care Practitioner Coventry

We are seeking motivated and experienced healthcare professionals to join our team as Trainee Emergency Care Practitioners, within the Urgent and Emergency Care service. Working alongside Doctors, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, and fellow ECP's/ENP's you will play a key role in delivering high quality timely care to patients presenting with minor illness and injury. This is a fast paced, independent role, requiring excellent clinical reasoning and decision-making skills.

The Emergency Practitioner within the Urgent and Emergency Care service (UEC) will use specialist knowledge and skills to independently provide healthcare to a select group of patients with minor illnesses or injuries and develop a 'no wait philosophy' and support 'see and treat' streams. The Emergency Practitioner is a highly skilled practitioner with a wealth of knowledge and experience and accountable for the total episode of care of the patient including assessment, diagnosis, treatment and/or referral and discharge, administering medication under the Trust Patient Group Directions.

The post holder will be required to work across all 3 sites (Minor Injuries Unit, Rugby Urgent Treatment Centre and Coventry City Urgent Treatment Centre where required). Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

The post holder will be working as a trainee ECP within a busy Minor Injury and Illness Unit and Urgent Treatment Centre under a scope of practice; seeing, treating and independently discharging patients as required. The post holder will work with Senior EP colleagues to deliver a high quality, effective and sustainable service. The post holder will undertake a training post and is supported to complete a Minor Injury and Minor Illness University course with an EP portfolio to work towards becoming a qualified EP. The post holder will work in good partnership with the multi-disciplinary team. Teaching and education programme for the EP is provided annually. This post will be rotational across two sites.

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK. We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do. Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare. By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.

Job responsibilities

• Accountable for own actions in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct.
• Will contribute to corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.
• Using advanced history taking skills, obtains a patient history in a systematic manner including pertinent physical, social, emotional, psychological or environmental factors.
• Using advanced physical assessment skills, undertakes physical examination as appropriate, using techniques of observation, inspection, auscultation, palpation and percussion, including the safe use of diagnostic equipment as appropriate.
• Orders and interprets appropriate laboratory and radiology investigations in order to distinguish between normal and abnormal findings on history and physical examination and relates these findings to possible diagnosis.
• Makes clinical decisions using analytical and judgmental skills to reach a diagnosis and effectively communicates the information regarding these decisions, care pathways and policy to the patients/carers and multi-professional team.
• Develops and implements a plan of healthcare management which will include any necessary treatment and appropriate referral for further evaluation or follow up care to any member of the multidisciplinary team.
• Takes clinical responsibility for the diagnosis, management and discharge/referral/transfer of the patient and offers health promotion strategies where appropriate.
• Utilise and ensure others utilise information and IT systems to secure accurate and timely patient, workforce and resource data.
• Responsible for documenting all clinical notes both computerised and paper based.
• Communicates effectively and works collaboratively with colleagues and other members of the multidisciplinary and multi-professional teams to develop and promote the unique contribution to patient care provided by EPs.
• Remains up to date with clinical and professional developments and own learning, recognising limitations within own professional knowledge and practice.
• Participate in an ongoing programme of audit to monitor and evaluate the service and support the implementation of change as appropriate.
• Support the development and delivery of specialist teaching programmes for the Emergency Practitioner team in relation to their area and practice focus.
• Manage expected and unexpected clinical events requiring varying levels of physical effort according to patients dependency/clinical need.
• Support patients, carers and others during difficult and potentially highly distressing and emotional situations arising in the clinical area, e.g. imparting bad news or following an unexpected event.

Person Specification

• Qualification/Training
• Essential: Current Professional Registration NMC/HCPCEvidence of continuing professional developmentTeaching and assessment qualification and is currently teaching sessions.PILS/ILS courseStudy at level 6 (degree / diploma)
• Desirable: Leadership qualification or completion of a leadership courseRecognised academically credited Emergency Nurse Practitioner Course (Minor Injury/Minor Illness)Non-Medical PrescriberAdvanced Health assessmentAssessor qualification
• Experience
• Essential: Recent post registration experience in Emergency CareExperience in conflict managementExperience of mentoring and supporting junior staff
• Desirable: Experience in research and auditExperience of Policy/Service developmentChange management experience
• Knowledge
• Essential: A knowledgeable practitioner with the ability to critically analyse research and apply to the practice settingEvidence of knowledge/ understanding of collaborative practice and the ECP roleA sound knowledge of professional policies and proceduresKnowledge of clinical governance and a commitment to clinical supervision and staff developmentEvidence of Knowledge/understanding of collaborative practice and the ECP role
• Skills and Abilities
• Essential: Advanced Assessment and History taking skillsPractical A&E skills e.g. Plastering, suturingPatient focussedExcellent communication skills and good interpersonal skillsIT skillsAbility to prioritise workload and meet deadlinesGood management of own and others timeAble to use initiative analysing problems to implement solutions and make decisionsApproachable and adaptable to team working in a multi-disciplinary settingSelf-motivated and able to motivate othersEvidence of recent professional developmentAble to work flexibly across all sites including rotational shifts
• Desirable: Evidence of research/Audit
• Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
• Essential: Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.
• Certificate of Sponsorship
• Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
• UK Registration
• Applicants must have current UK professional registration.