Band 6 Nurse Practitioner / Specialist Paramedic

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Responsibilities 1.To work within a multi-professional team, keeping the patient at the centre of care and ensuring full participation in decision making. 2.Ensuring the right care is delivered and acute Trust referral and admission is avoided where possible. 3.Assist the Band 7/Team Lead in meeting national operational and quality standards. 4.Provide effective patient focused care reflecting the philosophy of the service across the Primary Care Trust (PCT) 5.To provide autonomous, evidence-based advice, treatment and care needs, including health education, for patients attending the MIU with undifferentiated and undiagnosed healthcare problems. Patient Care 1.Working with autonomous practitioner applying clinical reasoning to provide evidence based treatment, advice and care, in the nurse-led minor injuries unit. 2.Ensure own clinical credibility through professional accountability and maintenance of clinical skills. 3.To ensure own knowledge is up to date in light of current research and practice 4.To deliver clinical care for patients with complex needs. 5.To display a sound understanding of consent and capacity ensuring consent is granted for any treatment undertaken and best interests are considered as necessary. 6.To work within the guidelines and patient group directions provided. 7.Ensure effective communication of complex, sensitive patient information, between hospitals, community professionals, patient carers, promoting collaborative working; this will include overcoming communication difficulties. 8.To have sound knowledge of infection control, to reduce risk of health care acquired infections. 9.Receive patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed healthcare problems. 10.Initiating and interpreting investigations where appropriate. 11.Refer patients to specialist units/departments/clinics internally/externally as required. 12.Follow child protection procedures in the detection of prevention of child abuse, working in accordance with child protection policy. 13.Act ethically to meet the required needs of patients, promoting equality and diversity. 14.Ensure contemporaneous and comprehensive documentation, which reflects assessment and care provided. 15.Prioritise patients to ensure a safe and effective service is provided in a timely manner. 16.Ensure the thoughts and rights of the patients are considered in planning their care. 17.Administer medicines according to the patient group directions and within Trust policy. 18.Recognise the acutely ill patient and the need for urgent/emergency referral and transfer to acute unit. 19.Liaise with other members of the healthcare team in providing the effective and safe care of patient and carers. 20.Recognise and report on any adult or child safeguarding concerns as needed. Financial Responsibilities All staff will support their managers to make efficient and effective use of resources. All staff are responsible for identifying any actual or potential deviation from budgets and are to work with the budget holder or manager to find effective ways of handling it. All staff must ensure they use resources in a manner consistent with organisational objectives and policies, ensuring that resources are realistic, justified and of clear benefit to the organisation. Responsibilities for People 1.Act as an effective role model for good practice. 2.Organise and manage own time and that of junior staff/students, allocating work appropriately. 3.Ensure appropriate staffing levels on a day to day basis. 4.Act in a manner which promotes effective intra-professional and inter-departmental co-operation. 5.Demonstrate effective communication skills and the ability to delegate within the nursing team. 6.Actively participate in unit meetings and cross partnership team meetings. 7.To promote best practice, monitor and support junior staff and students practice. 8.To provide clinical education placement for pre-registration and work experience students. 9.Provide health advice and education, at every opportunity, to patients, their relatives and carers. 10.Develop and maintain skills required for patients within a MIU setting in line with appraisal setting and KSF. 11.Demonstrate awareness of professional responsibility and the need to recognise own competency levels when providing care. 12.Contribute to creating an environment where teaching, learning and research are encouraged and practiced. 13.Understand the importance of professional accountability and recognise individual responsibility for personal and professional development. 14.Demonstrate the ability to enhance knowledge through research/education to evaluate the need for change/development of self/service. 15.Engage in debate to promote innovative ideas amongst nursing staff and with other healthcare providers. 16.Demonstrate the ability to act as a resource of information, mentorship and support to others. 17.Act as a mentor for new staff and assist in the induction and training programme. 18.Seek clinical supervision for own personal development. 19.Be confident in the use of reflective practice to identify individual learning needs and opportunities to practice and demonstrate skills for lifelong learning. 20.Assist the MIU Manager/Senior ENP in the development of the service, including training programmes, procedures and clinical guidelines. 21.Undertake mandatory training and attend further training and development opportunities as required. 22.Maintain a professional portfolio of evidence to demonstrate continuing professional development. Other Factors The post holder will interact with all members of the nursing and multi-disciplinary team related to Minor Injury services and in the wider health community. Basic computer skills and ability to use the VDU equipment throughout the day are essential. The ability to concentrate, and deliver, on complex/demanding and ever changing tasks. Flexibility The job description is not intended to be exhaustive and it is likely that duties may be altered from time to time in the light of changing circumstances, in discussion with the post holder. This role profile is intended to provide a broad outline of the main responsibilities only. The post holder will need to be flexible in developing the role with initial and on-going discussions with the designated manager.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Minimum of 2 yrs experience as a registered nurse or HCPC registered paramedic with ECP module
• Minor injury / minor illness qualification at degree level
• ILS or equivalent
• Up to date BLS paediatric and adult qualification
• People and manual handling qualification
• Risk assessment and conflict resolution training
• Experience in an emergency care setting eg ED, MIU, Primary Care, working as an autonomous practitioner
• Evidence of use of PGD
• Evidence of innovative and flexible approach to care and its organisation
• Demonstrate professional development and experience
• Multidisciplinary working
• Assessment and care planning
• Evidence of on-going professional development
• Delivering patient focused care
• Prioritising and managing demanding workload
• Delivering patient focused care
• Robust holistic history taking skills
• Exemplary documentation skills
• Demonstrates commitment to an empathetic and caring approach to patients and relatives
• Able to organise own workload and take responsibility for own clinical actions and systems/standards across area of responsibility
• Demonstrate ability to apply resources
• Acute wound assessment and closure skills
• Competent in venepuncture / cannulation skills
• Knowledge of X-ray referral requirements
• IT and typing skills
• Use of computerised system for accessing patient records
• Able to work with rotating shift patterns within the operational hours of the unit, over 7 days a week
• Enthusiastic, motivated and able to maintain a positive attitude
• Ability to work at short notice
• Ability to be flexible according to departmental needs

Desirable

• X-ray interpretation
• Plastering skills or willingness to develop

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Claremont Medical Practice

Address

Exmouth Minor Injuries Unit

Exmouth Hospital

Exmouth

Devon

EX8 2JN

Employer's website

https://www.claremontmedicalpractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)