Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Emergency Department

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board; Rhyl; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent health organization in Wales is seeking an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to work in the Emergency Department. The role involves providing high-standard holistic care, making critical clinical decisions, and prescribing medications. Applicants require an MSc in advanced clinical practice and experience in emergency settings. Fluency in Welsh is desirable. Competitive salary ranges from £56,514 to £63,623 annually.

Qualifications

• Experience in Emergency department or Minor Injury Units.
• Experience of Managing both adults and Paediatric patients.
• Able to work flexible hours including nights/weekends & bank holidays.

Responsibilities

• Provide holistic care for emergency patients.
• Make clinical decisions on diagnostics and therapeutic interventions.
• Initiate treatments and prescribe complex drug regimes.

Skills

Clinical reasoning skills

Problem-solving abilities

Ability to speak Welsh

Education

MSc in advanced clinical practice

BSc/Grad Dip in relevant discipline

Job description

Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Emergency Department

To work as an autonomous practitioner as part of the Emergency Department, providing holistic care of the highest standard for emergency patients based on current best practice and guidelines.

Working with local and nationally agreed frameworks the Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) will exercise independent judgement to assess, investigate, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate the clinical care and management of patients admitted under the care of Emergency Medicine, historically associated with the role of the senior house officer.

Main duties of the job

The role involves effective history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis and the implementation of a range of care interventions for patients presenting with undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions.

To demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision-making process, to identify gaps within the service and assist with improvement and development in line with national and local strategies.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and 'Proud to Lead' competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the "Disability Confident Employer" scheme.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Job responsibilities

Makes a clinical decision on the appropriate use of diagnostics and therapeutic interventions to determine the differential diagnosis, interpreting the difference between normal and abnormal findings and acting on the results by either further testing or referral as appropriate.

As a licenced autonomous non-medical prescriber makes clinical decisions on appropriate medication required for individual patients, including the restriction of medications that may have contributed to the patients current condition as well as initiating treatments such as analgesics, antibiotics in line with guidelines and pre-operative medications, also the prescribing of complex drug regimes.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience in Emergency department or Minor Injury Units
• Experience of Managing both adults and Paediatric patients

Aptitude and Abilities

• Ability to demonstrate clinical reasoning skills with advanced analytic and problem-solving approach
• Able to prioritise own workload and that of others
• Able to demonstrate situations where effective leadership skills have been used
• Ability to speak Welsh

Other

• Able to work flexible hours to incorporate, nights/weekends & bank holidays

Values

• care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment

Qualifications and/or Knowledge

• MSc in advanced clinical practice
• BSc/ Grad Dip in relevant discipline
• Achieved competency based in areas such as consent, emergency medicine procedures

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.

£56,514 to £63,623 a yearPer annum pro rata