Developing Emergency Practitioner

Job summary

Are you a qualified nurse, paramedic or Physio looking to take a new step in your career?

This opportunity is for a trainee emergency practitioner in community urgent care. Somerset Foundation Trust has 6 Urgent Treatment Centres and 1 Minor injury Unit all across Somerset. You will be supported through our training program which includes both university courses including APICA, non medical prescribing, x-ray interpretation and MIMIC. The successful candidate will have a mentor and also the support of the clinical leadership team.

As a fully integrated trust, we can offer a collaborative approach to your career with us, meaning if you so choose, there would be opportunities to rotate across all sites and directorates to ensure your skills and knowledge are as broad as they possibly can be. You are the greatest investment we can make.

We value our staff highly, so development and training within this role will be offered and prioritised. There is an expectation that hours are worked flexibly over a rota basis which does include weekends.

You will require good communication skills, a team work approach and be able provide a high standard of nursing care with the support of your team.

Informal visits/chats always welcome - contact us today to discuss the position in more detail or organise for you to come and visit!

Main duties of the job

To provide and maintain a high standard of evidence based, patient centred care. To demonstrate good interpersonal skills and to develop practical skills required within the speciality, whist reflecting the philosophy of care.

The trainee will work alongside registered health care colleagues under the mentorship and clinical supervision of Emergency Nurse Practitioners and Emergency Practitioners. Final year (second year) trainees will be competency assessed and thereafter approved to independently manage agreed groups of patients. On successful completion of the full training programme, the trainee will become an approved autonomous clinical decision-maker, practicing in the field of urgent care. The relevant professional regulatory body, the Nursing Midwifery Council, or the Health & Care Professions Council, will formally amend the trainee's primary registration status to reflect this.

About us

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, fantastic pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.

The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.

There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will to experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan, there is truly something for everyone!