Job summary
Exciting Opportunity for Advanced Clinical Practitioners in Urgent Care!
Join our dynamic Urgent Care Team at Newark Hospital, part of the prestigious Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS, and take your career to the next level. We are currently seeking experienced and qualified practitioners who are ready to make a real impact.
If you're a passionate professional with a deep interest in Urgent Care, specifically in dealing with Minor Injuries, Minor Illnesses, and the management of Acute presentations, this role is tailor-made for you.
We welcome both Adult and Paediatric presentations to our state-of-the-art Urgent Care Centre (UCC). As a registered professional with a Masters in Advanced Clinical Practice, you will bring with you a wealth of clinical experience. Your expertise will be crucial in assessing, treating, and managing a diverse caseload of patients in need of urgent care.
The successful applicant must:
- Have considerable, demonstrable experience in an emergency care setting
- Be clinically competent to manage Adult and Paediatric presentations across the spectrum of illness to injury.
- Hold an MSc qualification in Advanced Clinical Practice including anon-medical prescribing qualification.
- Hold a teaching qualification
- Hold relevant qualifications in Minor Illness and Minor Injuries.
- Be an ALS and EPALS provider and hold a relevant Trauma Qualification. The UEC Division has recently been rated as outstanding for 'well lead' in a recent CQC visit.
Main duties of the job
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.
About us
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood Forest Hospitals is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Possess a broad and advanced knowledge of clinical pathophysiology
- Has a sound level of knowledge in relation to invasive and non invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
- Ability to take a full systematic focused history
- Ability to make a diagnosis based on interpretation of imaging and pathology results
- Has the knowledge to support safe clinical decision making in relation to discharge
- Excellent communication skills with clear written and oral skills.
- Organisational abilities
- Supervisory skills
- Leadership skills
- Change management skills
- Clinical governance knowledge
- Knowledge of current health service priorities and national and local nursing and allied health agendas
- Undertake work and projects across all four pillars of advanced practice in order to meet the capabilities of the Multi -professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice for England
Desirable
- Knowledge of more than one area of clinical practice - i.e surgery, medicine, orthopaedics, ITU
- Health and safety
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse or allied health professional (NMC or HCPC)
- Previous degree level qualification
- MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice (or working towards) Evidence of substantial advanced level clinical practice demonstrated in a clinical portfolio
- Evidence of ongoing CPD
- ALS provider
- Non-medical prescriber
- Mentor/teaching qualification
- Evidence of ongoing personal and professional development
- Evidence of managing acute presentations
- Clinical diagnostic skills including the ability to interpret as a minimum CXR, and laboratory investigations
Desirable
- Evidence of research and audit
- ALS Instructor
- EPLS provider
- ATLS provider
- Ability to perform basic interpretation of skeletal X-ray and CT brain
Qualities
Essential
- Self-directed practitioner
- Highly motivated
- Flexible
- Enthusiastic
- Team player
- Ability to work across boundaries
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 5 years post registration experience, most recent of which should be in a senior position
- Substantial broad experience relative to clinical area
Desirable
Contractual
Essential
- Regular attendance
- Work 37.5hours
- Ability to work flexibly to include weekend and out of hours work
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Possess a broad and advanced knowledge of clinical pathophysiology
- Has a sound level of knowledge in relation to invasive and non invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
- Ability to take a full systematic focused history
- Ability to make a diagnosis based on interpretation of imaging and pathology results
- Has the knowledge to support safe clinical decision making in relation to discharge
- Excellent communication skills with clear written and oral skills.
- Organisational abilities
- Supervisory skills
- Leadership skills
- Change management skills
- Clinical governance knowledge
- Knowledge of current health service priorities and national and local nursing and allied health agendas
- Undertake work and projects across all four pillars of advanced practice in order to meet the capabilities of the Multi -professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice for England
Desirable
- Knowledge of more than one area of clinical practice - i.e surgery, medicine, orthopaedics, ITU
- Health and safety
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse or allied health professional (NMC or HCPC)
- Previous degree level qualification
- MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice (or working towards) Evidence of substantial advanced level clinical practice demonstrated in a clinical portfolio
- Evidence of ongoing CPD
- ALS provider
- Non-medical prescriber
- Mentor/teaching qualification
- Evidence of ongoing personal and professional development
- Evidence of managing acute presentations
- Clinical diagnostic skills including the ability to interpret as a minimum CXR, and laboratory investigations
Desirable
- Evidence of research and audit
- ALS Instructor
- EPLS provider
- ATLS provider
- Ability to perform basic interpretation of skeletal X-ray and CT brain
Qualities
Essential
- Self-directed practitioner
- Highly motivated
- Flexible
- Enthusiastic
- Team player
- Ability to work across boundaries
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 5 years post registration experience, most recent of which should be in a senior position
- Substantial broad experience relative to clinical area
Desirable
Contractual
Essential
- Regular attendance
- Work 37.5hours
- Ability to work flexibly to include weekend and out of hours work
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).
