London Central & West UCC are looking for 2 Emergency Nurse Practitioners to join our team at West Middlesex Urgent Treatment Centre.LCW are currently working in partnership with Chelsea & WestminsterHospital Trust to provide clinical care at the UTC.
We are looking for 1 ENP who wishes to work part time, Night Shifts and 1 ENP to work part time, days to join our skilledclinicians and build a career, not justa job. You should be either NMC or HCPC registered, with experience working in urgent care.
Main duties of the job
Working Patterns:
Day Shifts
- 12-hour shifts.
- Rota coverage across 7 days, including weekends and public holidays.
Night Shifts
- Shift times: 19:00 to 07:00.
- Rota coverage across 7 days, including weekends and public holidays.
As an ENP in the Urgent Treatment Centre, you will be partof the team delivering excellent care to one of the most diverse populations inNorthwest London. You will be responsible for the autonomous clinicalassessment, treatment and/or referral or giving advise as appropriate. You willbe responsible for handling a wide case mix, supporting GPs and ANPs within thescope of a typical ENP at an Urgent Treatment Centre.
You will be working autonomously in a fast-paced environmentand part of a multi-disciplinary team which is supportive and open. ENPs play avital role in the shaping of our UTC services, and you will be part of a teamwhich is encouraged to be innovative and shape patient flow and streamlineefficiencies.
In exchange, we offer a generous benefits package and you can optin/remain in the NHS pension scheme. We also offer an employee assistance program, and flexible working opportunities.
About us
LCW is a clinically-led, socialenterprise provider of integrated urgent and primary care services to the NHS.We provide services across North West, North Central and North East London. Weare committed to constantly improving our services to meet the needs of ourpatients and do this by working collaboratively with system partners toinnovate and develop robust and effective clinical pathways.
We put patients and commissionersfirst, not profits. For over 25 years, LCW has been supporting Londons healthsystem by working in partnership with other care providers to deliver value formoney, responsive urgent and unscheduled care, ensuring patients get the bestpossible care in the right place, at the right time.
Our staff make a real difference in the lives of localcommunities, join us to see for yourself.
Job responsibilities
- To participate in assessment, planning and delivery of direct patientcare across the Urgent Treatment Centre
- Must be able to clearly demonstrate specialist knowledge and skills atan advanced level
- Will practice autonomously and within a defined multidisciplinary teamin accordance with local guidelines and protocols
- Provide initial history taking clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatmentand evaluation of care
- Demonstrate critical thinking in the decision-making process
- Deliver a professional approach to the provision of high-quality care
- To be fully accountable and responsible for own patient list andmanaging workload during shift
- Independently assess, investigate, diagnose and treat patients withincompetency.
- Manage see and treat environment safely, ensure safe and effectivepractice at all times from all key personnel working within that area.
- To initiate, promote and maintain high standards of practice within theteam in line with departmental requirements.
- To provide clinical expertise both on shift and when representing thedepartment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- NMC registered Nurse or HCPC registered Paramedic
- Evidence of relevant CPD
- Qualifications to support emergency and/or urgent care practice
- Advanced Life Support Instructor
Experience
- Extensive experience in relevant field in current clinical practice in an emergency or urgent care environment
- Relevant transferable skills
- Ability to demonstrate advanced clinical skills e.g. history taking, physical assessments and clerking of patients presenting with undifferentiated diagnoses
- Evidence of innovative practice developments and significant achievements gained
Skills & Abilities
- Demonstrates excellent leadership, organisational, time management and motivational skills
- Advocate to service users
- Ability to identify training needs of self
- Ability to request relevant investigations and interpret findings
- Ability to apply critical thinking/independent judgement to identify solutions to variable problems
- Ability to organise and delegate appropriately
- Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of a wide range of approaches to the management of the patient caseload, demonstrated by advanced clinical reasoning, specialist knowledge and experience
- Excellent communicator of complex matters at all levels
- Ability to communicate complex or sensitive information about wellbeing to anxious patients and relatives
- Ability to build effective working relationships with clinicians and Managers at all levels
- Effective partnership with the wider multidisciplinary team
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.
£50,000 a yearplus unsociable hours enhancements
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