Emergency Nurse/Care Practitioner

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust; Upper Howsell; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days leave plus bank holidays

NHS pension

Flexible working opportunities

Maternity, paternity, adoption support

Staff networks

Health and wellbeing opportunities

Job summary

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Emergency Nurse Practitioner/Enhanced Care Practitioner to join the Minor Injuries Unit at Malvern Community Hospital. The post is for 34.5 hours per week with autonomy to manage referrals, investigations, and patient care within PGD guidelines.

You will work as part of a supportive team, providing expert clinical care, mentoring junior staff, and adapting to changing demands in an ever-evolving emergency care

Qualifications

• Autonomous practitioner responsible for assessing, treating, discharging patients attending with minor injuries.
• Provide expert knowledge to junior team members and support role development in emergency care.
• Willingness to expand scope within the evolving emergency care environment.
• Deputise for MIU Lead in absences to maintain consistent service across units.

Responsibilities

• Be an autonomous practitioner delivering holistic clinical care in Minor Injury Unit.
• Assess physical, psychological and social needs, implement management plans, investigations, prescribing and referrals within PGDs.

Skills

Autonomous practice

Minor injuries assessment

Prescribing within PGD

Mentoring juniors

Tools

PGD prescribing

Job description

If you are a practicing Emergency Clinical/Nurse Practitioner and want another challenge or feel it is time you progressed your career, we would love you to come and join our Team within our Trust., The post holder will: Be expected to be autonomous practitioner, responsible for assessing, treating, discharging patients attending with minor injuries. Be an experienced clinician and as an ENP/ECP be responsible for providing expert knowledge and skills to more junior members of the team with a willingness to professionally develop their role within the everchanging scope of emergency care. Deputise for Countywide MIU Lead in times of absence, ensuring a consistent workforce within all Units, providing equitable care to all patients. Provide a holistic, autonomous, clinical nursing service by attending to all referrals/self-referrals to the Minor Injury Unit. Assessing their physical, psychological and social needs, implementing all agreed management plan with patients including appropriate investigations, prescribing and referral, within PGD's. Be innovative, continually striving for improvement.

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, experienced ENP/ECP to join our Minor Injuries Unit at Malvern Community Hospital part of Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health & Care Trust - the post is for 34.5 hours a week. The ability to use your initiative, work proactively, demonstrate excellent clinical skills and communication skills, be part of the team but at the same time prioritising your own workload and responding flexibly to changing demands are essential requirements of the role. The role will provide you with variety and no two days are the same. You will have autonomy to balance and achieve the demands of the role so will need to demonstrate your ability to be responsive and flexible to be able meet the requirements of the role.

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites. We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer;

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities