BANK Emergency Nurse Practitioner

Job responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration or Registered Health Professional (physio, paramedic) with HCPC.
• Evidence of completion of Level 7 Advanced Clinical Assessment Module
• Minor injury and/or minor illness experience at Level 6/7

Desirable

• Independent Prescriber (or on pathway to complete)
• Qualification in prehospital care or community care
• Qualification in teaching or practice-based learning.
• University accredited paediatric advanced assessment module

Experience

Essential

• Proven experience of utilising expert diagnostic and clinical skills to provide autonomous, unscheduled medical care and management of patients presenting with undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions.
• Substantial experience in high quality patient care.
• Experience in working autonomously in an emergency or other unscheduled care environment or working autonomously within a GP surgery.
• Proven ability to prioritise, manage own workload and flexibility in doing so.
• Experience of effectively working in collaboration, negotiating and liaising across organisational boundaries.
• Experience in monitoring clinical standards.
• Experience of clinical and management supervision
• Leadership skills

Desirable

• Experience of team / service/ staff management.
• Experience of implementing evidence-based care and developing others to do so
• Experience of conducting research projects and audit.
• Experience of change management and implementing change in practice.
• Evidence of innovation in practice.

Skills

Essential

• Evidence of comprehensive range of clinical skills and expertise relevant to the role
• Competent and confident in physical examination of patients of all ages.
• Excellent IT skills including use of Microsoft Office package, email, NHS systems
• Specialist knowledge in clinical reasoning, history taking, physical examination, diagnostic skills and prescribing/treatment
• Knowledge of adult and children's safeguarding procedures.
• Knowledge and application of NMC or HCPC Code of Professional Conduct.
• Knowledge of current health care policy and legislation and relevance to the delivery of healthcare services
• Detailed knowledge of Primary Health Care and collaborative working with other care providers, e.g. social care and voluntary services
• Knowledge of clinical governance processes, assessing and managing risk

Desirable

• Able to lead and motivate a team and implement change
• Ability to make formal presentations to a wide range of people
• Knowledge of resource management

Key Attributes

Essential

• Competently able to carry out duties of the post
• Able to work flexible shifts.
• Able to work from more than one work base.
• Able to work in a fast paced, high pressured clinical environment
• Adheres to CLCH values

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).