Emergency Practitioner

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in London is seeking Emergency Nurse Practitioners to join their Urgent Treatment Centre. Clinicians will deliver high-quality, evidence-based care to a diverse patient population in one of the busiest emergency departments. Candidates must have a Registered Nurse qualification with experience in emergency care. This role offers the chance to work as an independent practitioner in a supportive environment, contributing to top-quality patient outcomes.

Benefits

Investment in staff development

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Ability to provide independent, autonomous medical care.
• Experience working with diverse patient populations.
• Strong skills in acute care management.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality, evidence-based medical care.
• Manage patients with acute undiagnosed illnesses and injuries.
• Utilize expert diagnostic skills for medical management.

Skills

Autonomy in clinical practice

Expert diagnostic skills

Evidence-based patient care

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Emergency care training

Job description

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH), where outstanding care and clinical excellence come together everyday.

UCLH is based in the West End of London and has a friendly, lively and vibrant working atmosphere, with quick and easy transport links. UCLH prides itself on investment in staff both in terms of career and skills development and staff health and wellbeing.

The Urgent Care Centre, co located in the Emergency Department provides access to emergency nursing and medical care 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Clinicians in the Emergency Department treat patients with life threatening, urgent and emergency conditions along with illnesses and injuries in all age groups.

The Emergency Department at UCLH cared for 148,000 patients last year, making it one of the busiest Emergency Departments in London. Over 74,000 of these patients were treated in the Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC).

With an increasing demand for urgent and emergency care we are seeking to expand and develop our Emergency Nurse Practitioner workforce and would welcome applications from Emergency Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Practitioners, Paramedic Practitioners and Advanced Clinical Practitioners to join our clinical team in the Urgent Treatment Centre.

As a clinician within the Urgent Treatment Centre you will work as an independent, autonomous practitioner providing consistent high quality, evidence based, timely, patient centred care. Responsible for utilising expert diagnostic and clinical skills to provide autonomous, unscheduled medical care and management of a diverse range of patients with acute undifferentiated and undiagnosed illnesses and injuries.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
  
  

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Andrea Broughton Job title: Lead ENP Email address: [e-mail]