Job summary
London Central & West UCC are looking for Emergency Care Practitioners to join our team at West Middlesex Urgent Treatment Centre.
LCW are currently working in partnership with Chelsea & Westminster
Hospital Trust to provide clinical care at the UTC.
We are looking for ECPs who wish to work full time or part time to join our skilled
clinicians and build a career, not just
a job. You should be either NMC or HCPC registered, with experience working in urgent care.
Main duties of the job
Working Pattern:
12 hours shifts, 3 days per week across 7 days
As an ECP in the Urgent Treatment Centre, you will be part
of the team delivering excellent care to one of the most diverse populations in
Northwest London. You will be responsible for the autonomous clinical
assessment, treatment and/or referral or giving advise as appropriate. You will
be responsible for handling a wide case mix, supporting GPs and ANPs within the
scope of a typical ECP at an Urgent Treatment Centre.
You will be working autonomously in a fast-paced environment
and part of a multi-disciplinary team which is supportive and open. ECPs play a
vital role in the shaping of our UTC services, and you will be part of a team
which is encouraged to be innovative and shape patient flow and streamline
efficiencies.
In exchange, we offer a generous benefits package and you can opt
in/remain in the NHS pension scheme. We also offer an employee assistance program, and flexible working opportunities.
About us
LCW is a clinically-led, social
enterprise provider of integrated urgent and primary care services to the NHS.
We provide services across North West, North Central and North East London. We
are committed to constantly improving our services to meet the needs of our
patients and do this by working collaboratively with system partners to
innovate and develop robust and effective clinical pathways.
We put patients and commissioners
first, not profits. For over 25 years, LCW has been supporting Londons health
system by working in partnership with other care providers to deliver value for
money, responsive urgent and unscheduled care, ensuring patients get the best
possible care in the right place, at the right time.
Our staff make a real difference in the lives of local
communities, join us to see for yourself.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To participate in assessment, planning and delivery of direct patient
care across the Urgent Treatment Centre
- Must be able to clearly demonstrate specialist knowledge and skills at
an advanced level
- Will practice autonomously and within a defined multidisciplinary team
in accordance with local guidelines and protocols
- Provide initial history taking clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment
and 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 and
managing workload during shift
- Independently assess, investigate, diagnose and treat patients within
competency.
- Manage see and treat environment safely, ensure safe and effective
practice at all times from all key personnel working within that area.
- To initiate, promote and maintain high standards of practice within the
team in line with departmental requirements.
- To provide clinical expertise both on shift and when representing the
department.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To participate in assessment, planning and delivery of direct patient
care across the Urgent Treatment Centre
- Must be able to clearly demonstrate specialist knowledge and skills at
an advanced level
- Will practice autonomously and within a defined multidisciplinary team
in accordance with local guidelines and protocols
- Provide initial history taking clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment
and 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 and
managing workload during shift
- Independently assess, investigate, diagnose and treat patients within
competency.
- Manage see and treat environment safely, ensure safe and effective
practice at all times from all key personnel working within that area.
- To initiate, promote and maintain high standards of practice within the
team in line with departmental requirements.
- To provide clinical expertise both on shift and when representing the
department.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC registered Nurse or HCPC registered Paramedic
- Evidence of relevant CPD
- Qualifications to support emergency and/or urgent care practice
Desirable
- Advanced Life Support Instructor
- Advanced practice qualifications
Experience
Essential
- 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
Essential
- Strong clinical decision maker
- 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
- Excellent computer/IT skills.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC registered Nurse or HCPC registered Paramedic
- Evidence of relevant CPD
- Qualifications to support emergency and/or urgent care practice
Desirable
- Advanced Life Support Instructor
- Advanced practice qualifications
Experience
Essential
- 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
Essential
- Strong clinical decision maker
- 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
- Excellent computer/IT skills.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
