Job summary
To work as a senior member of
the nursing team within ESNEFT Urgent Treatment service, providing a holistic
approach to the care of individuals presenting to the Urgent Treatment Centres.
To include skilled
assessment, diagnosis and treatment of minor injury, minor illness and urgent
presentations as appropriate, working within the scope of professional practice
and agreed guidelines and protocols. This post will cover the UTC at Clacton
and Minor Injuries Unit at Harwich
Work
with colleagues across health, social care, mental health and voluntary sector
to ensure holistic and joined up delivery of care.
Empower
patients to make decisions about their own care and encourage them to exercise
their rights and choices, signposting them to relevant community and voluntary
services and supporting patients carers and members of the integrated team with
management of urgent presentations
Working
as an autonomous practitioner you will undertake a differential diagnosis
procedure i.e. you will distinguish a particular disease or condition from
others that present similar clinical features and determine a specific
diagnosis and subsequent treatment options
Main duties of the job
To
utilise advanced clinical expertise, function as an experienced clinician
managing the assessment, diagnosis and treatment for patients with a range of
urgent care presentations.
Develop
programmes of specialist nursing/therapeutic activities, weighing options and
delegating aspects of care across the integrated team as appropriate
To
have clinical autonomy regarding the clinical diagnosis and future clinical
management of presenting patients through
clinical assessment and the requesting and interpretation of the results
of specific medical investigations
Support
patients with advice, information, persuasion and direction to community
resources to encourage self-management and ongoing independence.
Provide
support, training and advice to patients, parents and carers.
Direct
the work of more junior staff, students, assistants and volunteers
Manage the work of the team, deputising for more
senior managers as required
About us
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.
Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges
Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave
Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see full Job Description and Person Specification attached in the Supporting Documents section.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see full Job Description and Person Specification attached in the Supporting Documents section.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Nurse:
- Registered nurse recorded on NMC register
- Professional knowledge and skills underpinned by theory and experience, acquired through degree supplemented by specialist training, experience in specialist field
- Advanced diagnostics/Prescribing relevant to area of practise with evidence of appropriate qualification and registration
- Evidence of ongoing CPD
- Paramedic:
- Registered Paramedic with HCPC
- Professional knowledge and skills underpinned by theory and experience, acquired through degree supplemented by specialist training, experience in specialist field
- Advanced diagnostics/Prescribing relevant to area of practise with evidence of appropriate qualification and registration
- Evidence of ongoing CPD
Experience
Essential
- 2 Years working with relevant care group.
- Advanced competencies relevant to care group
- Experience of managing complex and/or highly specialist cases
Desirable
- Experience of managing and supervising the work of others
Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Advanced and specialist skills relevant to care group
- Work as part of an integrated team
- Supervise the delivery of care to patients presenting with a range of urgent care conditions
- Prioritise own and others workload, delegating appropriately
- Good communication skills both written and verbal
- Reflect on own practise and direct own learning
- Maintain sensitivity at all times to the emotional needs of clients and their carers.
- Advanced analytic and judgement skills
- Work independently using own initiative
- Use Word, Powerpoint, email, excel and access (or similar spreadsheet or database packages)
- Ability to manage a team.
- Ability to act as care coordinator
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced knowledge of a broad range of assessments including specialist relevant to the specialist care group and the relative benefits of each.
- Excellent knowledge of a range of advanced therapeutic interventions relevant to the care group including the relative benefits of each and the comparative outcomes.
- Awareness of national guidance relevant to own specialities, including, consent issues, and other legal frameworks relating to care group
- Understanding of the roles of other professionals.
- Knowledge of standards of record keeping.
- Excellent knowledge of the current evidence based practice
- Awareness of strategic direction of ESNEFT
Other qualities
Essential
- Understanding and commitment to ESNEFTs mission and values
- Professional and empathetic manner
- Ability to deal with distressing and unpleasant circumstances
- Ability to deal with difficult personnel issues
Desirable
- Car owner/driver/access to a motor vehicle (role will involve travel to other sites that cannot be easily accessed by public transport means)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Nurse:
- Registered nurse recorded on NMC register
- Professional knowledge and skills underpinned by theory and experience, acquired through degree supplemented by specialist training, experience in specialist field
- Advanced diagnostics/Prescribing relevant to area of practise with evidence of appropriate qualification and registration
- Evidence of ongoing CPD
- Paramedic:
- Registered Paramedic with HCPC
- Professional knowledge and skills underpinned by theory and experience, acquired through degree supplemented by specialist training, experience in specialist field
- Advanced diagnostics/Prescribing relevant to area of practise with evidence of appropriate qualification and registration
- Evidence of ongoing CPD
Experience
Essential
- 2 Years working with relevant care group.
- Advanced competencies relevant to care group
- Experience of managing complex and/or highly specialist cases
Desirable
- Experience of managing and supervising the work of others
Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Advanced and specialist skills relevant to care group
- Work as part of an integrated team
- Supervise the delivery of care to patients presenting with a range of urgent care conditions
- Prioritise own and others workload, delegating appropriately
- Good communication skills both written and verbal
- Reflect on own practise and direct own learning
- Maintain sensitivity at all times to the emotional needs of clients and their carers.
- Advanced analytic and judgement skills
- Work independently using own initiative
- Use Word, Powerpoint, email, excel and access (or similar spreadsheet or database packages)
- Ability to manage a team.
- Ability to act as care coordinator
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced knowledge of a broad range of assessments including specialist relevant to the specialist care group and the relative benefits of each.
- Excellent knowledge of a range of advanced therapeutic interventions relevant to the care group including the relative benefits of each and the comparative outcomes.
- Awareness of national guidance relevant to own specialities, including, consent issues, and other legal frameworks relating to care group
- Understanding of the roles of other professionals.
- Knowledge of standards of record keeping.
- Excellent knowledge of the current evidence based practice
- Awareness of strategic direction of ESNEFT
Other qualities
Essential
- Understanding and commitment to ESNEFTs mission and values
- Professional and empathetic manner
- Ability to deal with distressing and unpleasant circumstances
- Ability to deal with difficult personnel issues
Desirable
- Car owner/driver/access to a motor vehicle (role will involve travel to other sites that cannot be easily accessed by public transport means)
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).
