Job summary
HCRG Care Group are recruiting to the Nurse led Minor Injuries unit at Paulton, near Bath and Bristol.
As a Clinician with professional registration and advanced practice skills, you will be part of a multidisciplinary team made up of Nurses, Paramedics and support staff. You will deliver a service of both minor injury and illness support to the local community, working in collaboration with partner organisations including the Royal United Hospital Bath (RUH) and BaNES Enhanced Medical Services (BEMS), other specialist units across the region and HCRG Care Group internal services.
We are looking for Advanced/Emergency Care Practitioners (ANP/ACP/ENP/ECP) in both Band 6 developmental and Band 7 roles to join us in a fantastic opportunity to be part of our Minor Injury and Illness service.
We also have HCRG care group Bank opportunities as the same rate of pay as the RUH Emergency department.
We are offering colleagues access to the UWE Bristol Advanced Clinical Practitioner Degree Apprenticeship. This development model combines on-the-job training with study, allowing apprentices to develop specialist skills and knowledge. It is a flexible training model where colleagues can select the most appropriate modules for their development.
You will be based in Paulton Memorial Hospital in a Practitioner led MIU, with flexible hours between 8am-8pm, 7 days a week.
As an Advanced/Emergency
Main duties of the job
As an Advanced/Emergency Care Practitioners, you will report to the Clinical Lead for MIU and be responsible for supporting, mentoring and training colleagues.
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Delivering evidence based advanced practice skills to ensure the appropriate management of patients needs.
- Using skills of assessment, diagnosis, interpretation of tests, forward planning of care & treatment.
- Timely recognition of deteriorating patients, appropriate response, escalation & documentation.
- Supervision, support, professional development, appraisals, rota management to ensure delivery of an effective and progressive service.
- Participate in, initiate, and deliver audit & research to identify current practice, drive continuous improvement & contribute to the development of new knowledge, theory & practice to benefit patients & colleagues.
- Identifying poor practice & supporting improvement opportunities as part of a Just Culture based on reflection, learning & improvement through SBAR completion and thematic review.
For a full list of responsibilities please see the attached Job Description.
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Job description
Job responsibilities
As an Advanced/Emergency Care Practitioners for our Minor Injuries Unit youll be part of our valued team at Paulton Memorial Hospital
You will feel valued as an Advanced/Emergency Care Practitioners within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- AfC Band 7 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
We are open to Band 6 progression opportunities for this role too!
The ideal candidate for this role will:
- Passionate about emergency care outside a secondary care setting
- Be registered with the NMC or HCPC and educated to degree level or above
- Recognised teaching or mentorship qualification and experience
- Registered current Non Medical Prescriber qualification or willing to undertake
- Significant previous experience in emergency or urgent care speciality
- Proven significant experience in working as part of a multi-professional team
We are open to Band 6 development opportunities!
Job description
Job responsibilities
As an Advanced/Emergency Care Practitioners for our Minor Injuries Unit youll be part of our valued team at Paulton Memorial Hospital
You will feel valued as an Advanced/Emergency Care Practitioners within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- AfC Band 7 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
We are open to Band 6 progression opportunities for this role too!
The ideal candidate for this role will:
- Passionate about emergency care outside a secondary care setting
- Be registered with the NMC or HCPC and educated to degree level or above
- Recognised teaching or mentorship qualification and experience
- Registered current Non Medical Prescriber qualification or willing to undertake
- Significant previous experience in emergency or urgent care speciality
- Proven significant experience in working as part of a multi-professional team
We are open to Band 6 development opportunities!
Person Specification
General Requirements
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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.
