Trainee Emergency Nurse Practitioner

Job responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY:

The post holder will be a nurse developing advanced clinical skills and expert knowledge base, providing a high standard of holistic care in the field of minor injuries and minor illness.

The post holder will develop to provide expert, evidence-based, individualistic clinical care in an autonomous capacity to patients attending Warwick Hospital Emergency Department.

The post holder will assess and order appropriate investigations, diagnose and treat patients and discharge or refer to specialist teams, without reference to a doctor.

The post holder will work in partnership with other healthcare professionals to achieve the Clinical Quality Indicators, including waiting time targets.

The post holder will provide specialist advice and management plane for patients with complex care needs and will provide specialist advice to other members of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).

The post holder will promote collaborative working relationships to facilitate the rapid delivery of seamless care.

The post holder will work towards the development of the service in collaboration with the ENP Team A&E Clinical Lead / Manager, clinicians and other service users, assisting the ENP Team with any other duties in support of the ENP role and function.

Organisational:

To monitor, maintain and regularly review acceptable standards of care in conjunction with the ENP Team and other members of MDT, taking appropriate action if standards are not met.

Participate I the development of policies, protocols and clinical guidelines necessary to support the development of the service.

Maintain national and local standards/protocols pertaining to clinical area, taking remedial action as appropriate and reporting deficits to the A&E Clinical Lead / Manager as appropriate.

Contribute to and influence decisions regarding service delivery through the participation in meetings.

Ensure the economical use of all resources.

Recognise and manage areas of potential conflict.

Recognise and manage any complaints from patients/carers, reporting issues to the A&E Clinical Lead / Manager as appropriate.

Participate in the setting, implementing and monitoring of organisational/local objectives.

Clinical:

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual programmes of care based on agreed protocols and in consideration of individual need.

Provide appropriate strategies for health promotion and health education.

Be an effective practitioner with the ability to demonstrate clinical expertise.

Demonstrate holistic assessment, planning, diagnosis, implementation and evaluation of patient care.

Request diagnostic tests and undertake interpretation of results.

Make decisions regarding patient treatment plans independently.

Ensure appropriate referral to hospital specialists or other services within the community, in accordance with locally established clinical guidelines.

Ensure safe discharge home, with appropriate after care and advice.

Provide clinical information and advice to all members of the MDT, other agencies, patients and relatives.

Support the A&E Clinical Lead / Manager and Head of Nursing in processes of continuous quality improvement. Formally evaluate the standards of care and lead in the implementation of required change.

Act as a role model to all members of staff including medical staff.

Demonstrate empathetic interpersonal and communication skills in dealing with patients who present with minor injury or illness, and their carers.

Demonstrate own expertise in appropriate areas of role expansion, and support programmes to facilitate this development in others.

Promote best practice.

Act as patient advocate through the application of ethical, legal and professional knowledge and skills.

Professional:

Be professionally accountable for own actions and advance nursing practice.

Take responsibility for own professional development developing own skills within the Scope of Professional Practice and Trust development programmes. Attending any training/development activities required by the Trust and maintaining own personal development profile.

To abide by Infection Prevention and Control policies relevant to your area of work and undertake the necessary level of training.

Participate in networks and forums to promote sharing / benchmarking of evidence-based practice.

Promote and comply with NMC professional standards and local standards for record keeping.

Promote and support the development of a dynamic and interactive learning environment which meets the needs of learners and trained staff within the department.

Maximise opportunities to promote health education and health promotion to patients and carers.

Qualifications

Essential

• RN Adult
• Current NMC registration
• Willingness to complete post basic qualification, at diploma or degree level, specific to the ENP role.
• Competent in Manchester Triage

Desirable

• Leadership/Management qualification

Experience

Essential

• Minimum 3 years post-registration experience
• Evidence of professional development in the last 12 months

Desirable

• Evidence of implementing research-based practice

Skills

Essential

• Ability to work across professional and organisational boundaries
• Ability to self-manage and prioritise own workload
• Awareness of evidence-based practice, and how to implement
• Understanding of the research process
• Knowledge and understanding of nursing/clinical audit
• Knowledge of change management
• Knowledge of Speciality
• Knowledge of NHS priorities
• Ability to participate in educational programmes
• Able to work within a rapidly changing environment

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Influencing and persuasion skills
• Able to support and develop departmental strategies
• Act as preceptor/mentor as required
• Able to deliver on deadlines
• Able to use computerised patient information systems, e.g. Nervecentre
• Problem solving skills
• Able to prioritise
• Planning skills
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to work independently
• Commitment to personal and professional development
• Commitment to the development of others
• Effective time management skills
• Ability to recognise own limitations
• Flexible and responsive to change
• Reliable and punctual

Desirable

• Able to set and monitor standards
• Understand the issues surrounding nurses role expansion

Other Job Requirements

Essential

• Commitment to ongoing development of ENP service
• Ability to work under pressure, in response to a varied and unpredictable workload
• Ability to work at other sites

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

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

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).