Emergency Nurse Practitioner

Job summary

A fantastic opportunity has become available to join the Urgent Treatment Centre at PAH for an Emergency Nurse Practitioner.

As part of a multi-professional team, led by the lead Emergency Department Consultant and Lead ENP you will practice autonomously as an ENP within an acute setting to provide patient-centred quality care.

You will provide assessment, examination, diagnosis and treatment within an agreed scope of practice within the Urgent Treatment Centre whilst being accountable and self-directed in line with the relevant code of professional conduct.

You will support an efficient and patient-focused service and will ensure safe referral and discharge of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations in any area of the Urgent Treatment Centre working with both adults and children.

We will also consider applications from people with either emergency care experience and/or those who have completed a minor injury course. If successful then we can either provide the appropriate University based training or offer clinical support to consolidate a current course holder however this will be at a Band 6 until the NHSE UEC - Emergency Practitioner Framework competencies have been achieved. The post holder will then progress into a Band 7 once completed.

Main duties of the job

As part of a multi-professional team, led by the lead Emergency Department consultant, lead ENP and Head of Nursing, the post holder will practice autonomously as an Emergency Nurse Practitioner (ENP) within an acute setting to provide patient-centred quality care. This will encompass the skills of assessment, examination, diagnosis and treatment within an agreed scope of practice within the Emergency Department whilst being accountable and self-directed in line with the relevant code of professional conduct. The post holder will support efficient and patient focused service and will ensure safe referral and discharge of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations in any area of the Emergency department or Urgent Treatment Centre.

About us

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.

Employer details

Employer name

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Princess Alexandra Hospital

Hamstel Road

Harlow

CM20 1QX

Employer's website

https://www.pah.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Princess Alexandra Hospital

Hamstel Road

Harlow

CM20 1QX

Employer's website

https://www.pah.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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