Senior Emergency Practitioner

Job overview

This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are 18 hours per week.

07:45 - 20:15 shift and 6 hour shifts, 8-2 and 2-8

We seek experienced & self-directed Senior Practitioners with a passion and commitment to the care they deliver & who hold patient experience and care at the heart of their practice and share our organisational values. You will need to be motivated and enthusiastic in your role & looking for an opportunity to join our highly skilled team of autonomous Emergency Practitioners who deliver evidence -based clinical care in our Practitioner Led Unit.

North Cotswold Hospital has a dedicated minor injury & illness unit (MiiU) open 7 days a week. In addition to patients walking into the unit we also facilitate ledgers for 111 booked appointments and planned returns .

Job description

Based in the MIiU, you will be required to provide a high standard of care to Adult & Paediatric patients who present with minor injuries and illness.

Essential requirements for this role,

• Relevant Professional Registration & clinical experience in MIiU / ED
• Emergency Practitioner qualification in injury & Illness
• Paediatric Qualification in minor injury & Illness (Paediatric PACR or MIMIC)
• Teaching & Assessing qualification

As a member of the Gloucestershire NHS, the unit offers a diverse range of training opportunities and is committed to personal as well as service development. We also offer the opportunity of training with a preceptor to support the transition induction period and ongoing professional development.

A valid UK driving licence plus the use of own transport for business purposes is essential. For qualifying staff the Trust has a Lease Car Scheme in place and also offers a popular Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme with our partner Tusker.

Job responsibilities

Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.

About the organisation

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

• Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional Council
• Degree in Nursing (or any other relevant clinical degree such as a Degree in Paramedics) or equivalent experience
• Relevant post Registration Qualification i.e. Emergency Nurse Practitioner, Emergency Care practitioner or equivalent
• Teaching and assessment qualification or equivalent experience at Level 3
• Qualification in Minor Illness Management
• Non-medical X ray referrer and up to date calrad/ irmer
• Safeguarding adults and children course at appropriate level.
• Resuscitation Level 3 adult and children

Desirable

• Evidence of management training or equivalent experience.

LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Experience in using Patient Group Directions
• Recent clinical experience
• Portfolio evidence of recent professional development and commitment to CPD
• Experience of using clinical software programs e.g. System one ,PACS.
• Evidence of extended clinical skills relevant to level of practice and recent clinical processes
• Effective clinical leadership
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload and meet service performance requirements

Supporting documents

• JD&PS.pdf (PDF, 720 KB)