Emergency Clinical Practitioner

The Methodist Church in Britain; Royal Borough of Greenwich; Sur place; GBP 42 000 - 56 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Competitive package

Ongoing professional development

Career progression

Access to evidence-based practice

Résumé du poste

Central London Community Health Trust is seeking an enhanced clinical practitioner for its Urgent Care Centres and Walk-In Centres in Central London. The post works autonomously to provide same-day emergency care, handling acute, undifferentiated presentations with rotating shift coordinator duties alongside senior staff.

The role suits nurses and allied health professionals, with structured learning to build adult and paediatric competence.

Qualifications

• NMC registration or HCPC registration is required.
• Level 6/7 minor illness module or Level 7 advanced clinical assessment module must be completed.
• Experience delivering autonomous care in urgent or unscheduled settings is desirable.

Responsabilités

• Provide autonomous, unscheduled care to patients with acute undifferentiated conditions.
• Take on rotating shift coordinator responsibilities and lead day-to-day service operations.
• Collaborate with Emergency Services and other healthcare professionals and agencies.
• Maintain high standards of care and participate in service audits.
• Support senior staff in operational management and staff development.
• Develop adult and paediatric competencies through structured learning with educators.

Connaissances

Autonomous practice

Clinical assessment

Leadership

Communication

Formation

NMC/HCPC registration

Level 6/7 minor illness module

Level 7 advanced clinical assessment module

Description du poste

Enhanced clinical practitioner post in the Urgent Care Centres and Walk-In Centres of Central London Community Health Trust, working autonomously to provide same-day emergency care. The work centres on acute, undifferentiated presentations, with rotating shift coordinator duties alongside senior staff. The post suits nurses and allied health professionals, with structured learning to build adult and paediatric competence. Applicants need NMC or HCPC registration and a Level 6/7 minor illness or Level 7 advanced assessment module.

What the job involves

• Provide autonomous, unscheduled care to patients with acute undifferentiated conditions, using clinical reasoning and diagnostic skills
• Take on rotating shift coordinator responsibilities, leading day-to-day service operations
• Collaborate with colleagues across Emergency Services, other healthcare professionals, and statutory and voluntary agencies
• Contribute to defining and maintaining high standards of care and practice
• Support senior staff in the operational management and development of the service
• Achieve and maintain adult and paediatric competencies through structured learning with the Practice Educator
• Communicate complex and sensitive information clearly and compassionately to patients, carers and colleagues
• Deliver care within a culturally sensitive and inclusive framework
• Take part in implementing, conducting and evaluating service audits

What’s required

Qualifications

• Level 6/7 minor illness module or Level 7 advanced clinical assessment module

Registration & licences

• NMC registration as a registered nurse, or HCPC registration as a health professional such as a physio or paramedic

Experience

• Demonstrable competence in autonomous clinical assessment and management within scope of practice
• Consistent delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care to professional standards
• Autonomous working in an emergency or unscheduled care setting, or autonomously within a GP surgery
• Competence in assessing, managing and escalating care for adults and children at risk of deterioration, including timely referral to hospital services

Skills & knowledge

• Comprehensive range of clinical skills relevant to the role
• Leadership skills
• Proactive identification of own and others' learning and development needs
• Clinical knowledge across a range of long-term conditions

Other

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-pressure clinical environment
• Adherence to the Trust's values of accountability, inclusion, compassion and empowerment

Nice to have

• Evidence of a Minor Injuries Module
• Independent Prescriber, or on pathway to complete
• University-accredited paediatric advanced assessment module
• MSc in advanced clinical practice
• Experience of team, service or staff management
• Experience of change management and implementing change in practice

What’s offered

• Competitive employment package
• Ongoing professional development and career progression
• Access to evidence-based practice and continuous learning
• Opportunity to further develop advanced clinical and diagnostic skillsOpportunity to help shape urgent care services
• Structured, competency-based paediatric programme for those new to paediatrics