Emergency Practitioner

The Methodist Church in Britain; Yate; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 44,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Diverse training opportunities

Ongoing professional development

Preceptor during transition/induction

Support for CPD

Job summary

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust in The Vale Hospital's minor injury and illness unit seeks a permanent 18-hour-a-week post to assess and treat patients of all ages, interpret x-rays for fractures, and may involve non-medical prescribing. The post sits within a dynamic urgent care team and offers extensive training opportunities.

The role requires registration and an Emergency Practitioner qualification (or APiCA results pending), plus teaching qualifications or willingness

Qualifications

• Nursing or clinical degree required.
• Post-registration qualification in emergency care.
• Emergency Practitioner qualification or APiCA results pending.
• Teaching/assessments Level 3 or willing to undertake.
• Qualification in minor illness management.
• Experience with minor injury/illness in children or willingness to undertake within 18 months.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced, evidence-based clinical care.
• Assess patients with history, exam and planning safe treatment.
• Triage patients in priority order using Manchester triage.
• Request and interpret x-rays for fracture management.
• Treat patients of all ages including children and babies.
• Discharge patients safely considering physical and social factors.
• Offer health promotion and self-care advice at encounters.
• Prescribe as non-medical prescriber or via PGDs where qualified.
• Work with urgent care team and external services.
• Lead innovative practice in response to service needs.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Triage

Fracture interpretation

Patient communication

Education

Nursing degree

Emergency Practitioner qualification

APiCA pending

Level 3 teaching qualification

Minor illness management

Pediatric minor injury experience

Tools

SystemOne

PACS

Job description

This permanent post sits in the minor injury and illness unit at The Vale Hospital, part of Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, open seven days a week. The post holder assesses and treats patients of all ages, including children and babies, and interprets x-rays for fractures. The role covers a full range of shifts across 18 hours a week and may involve non-medical prescribing. Applicants need professional registration and an Emergency Practitioner qualification or pending APiCA results.

What the job involves

• Provide advanced, evidence-based clinical care
• Assess patients thoroughly, including history, examination and clinical decision making, and plan safe treatment
• Triage patients in priority order using Manchester triage
• Request and interpret x-rays to manage patients presenting with fractures
• Assess and treat patients of all ages, including children and babies
• Discharge patients safely, taking account of physical and social factors
• Offer health promotion, disease prevention and self-care advice at every patient encounter
• Prescribe as a non-medical prescriber where qualified, or use patient group directions
• Work in partnership with the wider urgent care team and external services
• Lead innovative practice and change in response to service needsRefer patients effectively to local services and resources
• Share complex information sensitively with patients and relatives while maintaining confidentiality

Qualifications

• Degree in nursing or another relevant clinical degree, such as paramedic, or equivalent experience
• Relevant post-registration qualification such as Emergency Nurse Practitioner, Emergency Care Practitioner or equivalent
• Emergency Practitioner qualification or pending APiCA results
• Teaching and assessment qualification at Level 3 or equivalent experience, or willingness to undertake
• Qualification in minor illness management
• Minor injury and minor illness experience in children, or willingness to undertake within 18 months of appointment unless the Trust prohibits

Registration & licences

• Registration as a registered nurse or allied health professional

Experience

• Clinical experience in a minor injury and illness unit or emergency department
• Experience using patient group directions
• Recent clinical experience
• Portfolio evidence of recent professional development and commitment to CPD

Skills & knowledge

• Experience of clinical software such as SystemOne and PACS

Nice to have

• Evidence of management training or equivalent experience

What’s offered

• Diverse range of training opportunities
• Support for personal and service development
• Training with a preceptor during the transition and induction period
• Ongoing professional development