Emergency Nurse Practitioner/Streamer

Bolton Nhs Foundation Trust; Royton; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust seeks an experienced Emergency Nurse Practitioner to provide the initial ED triage and assessment at the front door streaming. You will guide patients to Urgent Care, Minors, Paediatrics or Triage and deliver expert nursing care with ENP skills.

The post is a full-time role, 37.5 hours per week, on a fixed term or secondment basis for 12 months, with potential to develop into an Emergency Nurse Practitioner role.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with ENP qualification and UK registration.
• Experience in Accident & Emergency nursing and ED triage.
• Ability to conduct rapid clinical assessments in a busy ED.

Responsibilities

• Provide initial point of contact for ED patients via streaming/triage.
• Perform initial assessment and route patients to Urgent Care, Minors, Paediatrics or Triage.
• Deliver expert nursing care using ENP skills to treat or initiate treatment.
• Act as a non-medical prescriber when appropriate and support other staff.

Skills

Emergency nursing

Triage

Clinical assessment

Communication

Education

Registered Nurse (NMC)

Emergency Nurse Practitioner qualification

Job description

Job summary

Full time 37.5 hours per week. Fixed term or Secondment for 12 months.

Provide the initial point of contact to patients presenting to the Emergency Department at front door streaming or acting as Triage Nurse and be responsible for their initial presentation assessment and streaming to correct area of the Emergency Department: Urgent Care, Minors, Paediatrics, Triage. Responsible for providing an expert nursing service, utilizing Emergency Nurse Practitioner skills such as Minor Injuries Module or equivalent Emergency Nurse Qualification to effectively treat/ initiate treatment to all patients presenting to the Emergency Care Minors unit and when clinically appropriate Paediatric Minor Injuries.

As with all secondment opportunities, interested parties should discuss the opportunity with their line manager before applying.

Main duties of the job

Provide the initial point of contact to patients presenting to the Emergency Department at front door streaming or acting as Triage Nurse and be responsible for their initial presentation assessment and streaming to correct area of the Emergency Department: Urgent Care, Minors, Paediatrics, Triage. Responsible for providing an expert nursing service, utilizing Emergency Nurse Practitioner skills such as Minor Injuries Module or equivalent Emergency Nurse Qualification to effectively treat/ initiate treatment to all patients presenting to the Emergency Care Minors unit and when clinically appropriate Paediatric Minor Injuries.

About us

The Acute Adult Care Division is one of four Clinical Divisions in the Trust that includes Emergency Care, Complex Care and Specialist Medicine. The Division contains the busiest single site Emergency Department in Greater Manchester and has inpatient wards providing acute medicine, rehabilitation and specialist medicine services. It provides a range of specialist out-patient and community services and is committed to providing excellent clinical performance and patient care.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Accident and Emergency nurse with an interest in Emergency medicine to train to work within our Emergency Department Minors area. We have an excellent team of health care professionals in this already established area. The Nurse Led Minors area is supported with Physiotherapy and the ED consultant team.

As an Emergency Nurse Practitioner/Band 6 Trainee, you would be welcomed as part of the team to provide highly skilled nursing assessment, diagnosis and management of patients presenting with both minor injury and illness. The successful candidate will be an experienced A&E nurse and have the opportunity to learn and develop skills and achieve academic competency in order to progress into an Emergency Nurse Practitioner role.

Job responsibilities

• Carrying out a comprehensive and systematic physical examination including: Muscular-skeletal, neurological examination in context with patients presenting with Minor Injury/ Illness.
• Taking and recording a systematic patient history
• Carrying out where appropriate, invasive and noninvasive diagnostic and therapeutic diagnostic procedures
• Making diagnostic decisions based on interpretations of clinical and other findings such as laboratory results and radiology
• Responsible and accountable for clinical decision making through the application of Emergency clinical assessment skills
• Devising an individual care plan.
• As a non-medical prescriber (desirable), or use of PGDs, prescribes safely, appropriately and cost effectively, based on sound knowledge of pharmacology
• Initiates prescribed treatment and medication
• Screening of patients for the early signs of clinical risk factors
• Responsible for both initiating and then terminating an episode of care by either or referring on to another agency or by autonomously discharging the patient
• Responsible for practicing independently.
• Responsible for using the multi-disciplinary team to ensure that patients receive appropriate services
• Act as a resource for other nursing staff for clinical advice
• Will demonstrate expert communication to all members of the multi-disciplinary team
• Accountable for the direct delivery of clinical care to patients within the Emergency Care Unit setting
• Act as a role model, mentor, facilitator and educator
• Can undertake the role of Triage nurse when required.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Professional Registration

• Registered Nurse
• Emergency Nurse Practitioner qualification

Desirable

• Non Medical prescriber
• Teaching Qualification
• ALS provider

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of working as Nurse / ENP on Accident and Emergency
• Clinical skills needed for ENP role

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).

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. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).