Trainee ENP/ECP

Job summary

Are you an experienced ED Nurse or Paramedic? Do you want to train and become an expert practitioner? We have the perfect opportunity for you. The successful candidates will be fully supported to train as an ENP/ECPs on successful completion of the course they will be fully supported to consolidate their practice.

The role of the Trainee ENP/ECP is a practitioner training to work autonomously within the Urgent Treatment Centre to deliver care to patients under clinical supervision of a trained qualified practitioner. The role consists of clinical, managerial and educational components.

To work under the supervision of a qualified designated practitioner and be developed into an independent practitioner who can assess, diagnose, treat and discharge or refer patients.

To support Professional Development Nurse (PDN) and Lead Nurse as needed in delivering local and national audits.

To actively participate in the departmental teaching programme.

To assist in achieving quality and performance indicators by ensuring timely review/transfer/discharge of patients

Successful candidates must be available to start 14-Oct-2024

Main duties of the job

Roles and responsibilities

• Clinical Responsibilities
  • To be trained as clinical expert within the remit of an ECP / ENP.
  • To work under the supervision of a designated practitioner and be developed into an independent practitioner who can assess, diagnose, treat and discharge or refer patients.
  • Ensure the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of evidence based, individualised patient care.
  • Maintain and update own clinical expertise and contribute as role model to ensure the delivery of care is at highest possible level to meet patient care.
  • Ensure all staff maintain accurate clinical observations of the patient and act accordingly
  • Have responsibility for the correct administration of medicines according to Trust policy
  • Monitor patients' progress, work towards safe and timely discharge and ensure barriers to discharge are identified, escalated and acted on appropriately.
  • Deal with concerns raised by patients and visitors in a proactive manner and take remedial action as necessary.
  • Act as the patients advocate for patients attending UTC including safeguarding/ health visitor referral.
  • To maintain a very high quality of care for all patients attending UTC.
  • To act as a role model within the Trust.
  • To ensure patient records and clinical documentation are maintained in line with the NMC standards and Trust's policy using the current patient electronic record i.e. Symphony, CERNER etc.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.