Bank post for an Emergency Nurse Practitioner in the urgent care and walk-in services run by Central London Community Health Trust. The work centres on autonomous, unscheduled care for patients with acute, undifferentiated conditions, mostly minor injuries and ailments but sometimes complex or acute-on-chronic needs. Shifts currently run within the 8am to 8pm operating hours, with occasional cross-cover at other sites. Applicants need NMC or HCPC registration and at least five years in emergency or primary care.
What the job involves
- Provide evidence-based care to patients attending with injuries and undifferentiated health problems
- Work as an autonomous practitioner, using expert diagnostic skills and clinical reasoning for unscheduled care of acute undifferentiated conditions, mostly minor injuries and ailments
- Care for patients with complex health needs or acute on chronic conditions
- Deliver care in collaboration with emergency services, other health professionals, and statutory and voluntary agencies
- Work with colleagues, including doctors and trainee ACPs, to define standards of care and practice
- Work with the Trust's other walk-in centres and urgent care centres, including occasional cross-cover to other sites
- Work with senior staff on the operational management and organisational development of the service
- Work shifts during operating hours, currently 8am to 8pm, which may change depending on commissioning requirements
What’s required
Registration & licences
- Current NMC registration, or HCPC registration as a registered health professional such as a physiotherapist or paramedic
Experience
- Proven experience using expert diagnostic and clinical skills to provide autonomous, unscheduled care for undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions
- Proven experience assessing, managing and treating minor injuries and minor illnesses
- Experience working collaboratively, negotiating and liaising across organisational boundaries
- Experience monitoring clinical standards
- Proven ability to prioritise and manage own workload with minimal supervision
- Minimum of five years in emergency or unscheduled care, or primary care, including caring for patients of all ages
Skills & knowledge
- Comprehensive clinical skills, including physical examination of patients of all ages, history taking, clinical reasoning, diagnosis, prescribing and treatment
- Advanced knowledge of anatomy and physiology, and clinical knowledge across long-term conditions
- Recent developments in unscheduled care, service outcome measures, current health policy and legislation, and collaborative working with social care and voluntary services
- Adult and children's safeguarding procedures, personal development planning, and clinical supervision
- Audit, evidence-based practice, clinical governance, and assessing and managing risk
- Basic IT skills, including Microsoft Office and email
Other
- Evidence of continued professional development
Nice to have
- Masters-level advanced clinical practice programme, or willingness to work towards an MSc in advanced practice
- Independent prescriber, or on pathway to complete
- Qualification in prehospital or community care, or in teaching or practice-based learning
- University-accredited minor injuries or paediatric advanced assessment module, or paediatric nurse practitioner qualification
- Experience of team, service or staff management
- Experience implementing evidence-based care and developing others to do so
- Experience of research, audit or change management, or evidence of innovation in practice
- Knowledge of resource management
What’s offered
- Comprehensive induction to the community service, then a local role induction
- Car lease scheme (Band 5 and above)
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
- Holiday pay of 12.07% added to the hourly rate
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