Emergency Nurse Practitioner Isleworth

Meeveem Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension

Employee assistance program

Flexible working

Job summary

London Central & West UCC at West Middlesex Urgent Treatment Centre is seeking an Emergency Care Practitioner for part‑time night shifts (19:00–07:00). You will join a multidisciplinary UTC team delivering autonomous clinical assessment, treatment and appropriate referrals in a busy North West London setting.

You must be NMC or HCPC registered with urgent care experience and CPD evidence. We offer NHS pension, an employee assistance program, flexible working and a supportive environment focused

Qualifications

• NMC registered Nurse or HCPC registered Paramedic.
• Evidence of relevant CPD.
• Qualifications to support emergency and/or urgent care practice.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan and deliver direct patient care in the Urgent Treatment Centre.
• Work autonomously within a multidisciplinary team in line with local guidelines.
• Provide initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment.

Skills

NMC/HCPC registration

Emergency care

CPD evidence

Clinical decision making

Leadership

Job description

Job summary

London Central & West UCC are looking for Emergency Care Practitioners to join our team at West Middlesex Urgent Treatment Centre. LCW are currently working in partnership with Chelsea & Westminster Hospital Trust to provide clinical care at the UTC.

We are looking for an ENP who wish to work part time, Night Shifts to join our skilled clinicians and build a career, not just a job. You should be either NMC or HCPC registered, with experience working in urgent care.

Main duties of the job

Working Pattern: 2 night shifts per week from 19:00 to 07:00, covering 7 days a week, including weekends and public holidays.

As an ENP in the Urgent Treatment Centre, you will be part of the team delivering excellent care to one of the most diverse populations in Northwest London. You will be responsible for the autonomous clinical assessment, treatment and/or referral or giving advise as appropriate. You will be responsible for handling a wide case mix, supporting GPs and ANPs within the scope of a typical ENP at an Urgent Treatment Centre.

You will be working autonomously in a fast-paced environment and part of a multi-disciplinary team which is supportive and open. ENPs play a vital role in the shaping of our UTC services, and you will be part of a team which is encouraged to be innovative and shape patient flow and streamline efficiencies.

In exchange, we offer a generous benefits package and you can opt in/remain in the NHS pension scheme. We also offer an employee assistance program, and flexible working opportunities.

About us

LCW is a clinically-led, social enterprise provider of integrated urgent and primary care services to the NHS. We provide services across North West, North Central and North East London. We are committed to constantly improving our services to meet the needs of our patients and do this by working collaboratively with system partners to innovate and develop robust and effective clinical pathways.

We put patients and commissioners first, not profits. For over 25 years, LCW has been supporting Londons health system by working in partnership with other care providers to deliver value for money, responsive urgent and unscheduled care, ensuring patients get the best possible care in the right place, at the right time.

Our staff make a real difference in the lives of local communities, join us to see for yourself.

Job responsibilities

• To participate in assessment, planning and delivery of direct patient care across the Urgent Treatment Centre
• Must be able to clearly demonstrate specialist knowledge and skills at an advanced level
• Will practice autonomously and within a defined multidisciplinary team in accordance with local guidelines and protocols
• Provide initial history taking clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care
• Demonstrate critical thinking in the decision-making process
• Deliver a professional approach to the provision of high-quality care
• To be fully accountable and responsible for own patient list and managing workload during shift
• Independently assess, investigate, diagnose and treat patients within competency.
• Manage see and treat environment safely, ensure safe and effective practice at all times from all key personnel working within that area.
• To initiate, promote and maintain high standards of practice within the team in line with departmental requirements.
• To provide clinical expertise both on shift and when representing the department.

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC registered Nurse or HCPC registered Paramedic
• Evidence of relevant CPD
• Qualifications to support emergency and/or urgent care practice

Desirable

• Advanced Life Support Instructor
• Advanced practice qualifications

Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience in relevant field in current clinical practice in an emergency or urgent care environment
• Relevant transferable skills
• Ability to demonstrate advanced clinical skills e.g. history taking, physical assessments and clerking of patients presenting with undifferentiated diagnoses
• Evidence of innovative practice developments and significant achievements gained

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Strong clinical decision maker
• Demonstrates excellent leadership, organisational, time management and motivational skills
• Advocate to service users
• Ability to identify training needs of self
• Ability to request relevant investigations and interpret findings
• Ability to apply critical thinking/independent judgement to identify solutions to variable problems
• Ability to organise and delegate appropriatelyAdvanced theoretical and practical knowledge of a wide range of approaches to the management of the patient caseload, demonstrated by advanced clinical reasoning, specialist knowledge and experience
• Excellent communicator of complex matters at all levels
• Ability to communicate complex or sensitive information about wellbeing to anxious patients and relatives
• Ability to build effective working relationships with clinicians and Managers at all levels
• Effective partnership with the wider multidisciplinary team
• Excellent computer/IT skills.

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.