Mints Major/Minor Injury Practitioner - Hospital @ Home

NHS National Services Scotland; East Kilbride; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave 35 days incl. holidays

NHS pension scheme

Incremental salary progression

Sick leave increasing with service

NHS discounts

Job summary

NHS Lanarkshire is seeking a Registered Nurse to assess care needs and lead programmes of care within a multidisciplinary team. The role involves assessment, investigations, treatment initiation and discharge planning, with supervision in the absence of the Team Leader for MINTS.

The post includes responsibility for supervising junior staff, and requires NMC registration, degree-level education, and a relevant urgent care qualification, plus a full UK/EU/EEA driving licence. 4 over 7 shifts.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with current NMC registration and revalidation.
• Educated to/working towards/operating at degree level.
• Graduate Certificate in Urgent Care or equivalent.
• MINTS Major/ Minor Injury practitioner or Emergency Nurse Practitioner qualification.
• Full UK/EU/EEA driving licence required.

Responsibilities

• Assess care needs and develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care for patients to ensure delivery of a high standard of care.
• Assess presenting conditions, initiate investigations, determine differential diagnosis, initiate treatment and where appropriate discharge patients.
• Review treatment plans developed by other less experienced staff to confirm differential diagnosis and advise discharge/referral.
• Initiate and maintain effective communications with patients, carers and multidisciplinary team to ensure advice is shared and patient needs are met.

Skills

NMC Registration

Degree level

Urgent Care Cert

MINTS/ENP

Driving Licence

Education

Degree level education

Graduate Certificate in Urgent Care

Job description

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

As part of a multidisciplinary team the post holder will have responsibility for assessment of care needs and the development of programmes of care, and / or the implementation and evaluation of these programmes ensuring the delivery of high quality care to patients.

Assessment of presenting conditions, initiation of investigations, determination of differential diagnosis, initiate treatment and where appropriate discharge patients.

Review treatment plans developed by less experienced staff in order to confirm differential diagnosis and advise on discharge/referral.

In the absence of the Team Leader for MINTS the post holder will have responsibility for the management of the MINTS Service including supervision, development and deployment of junior staff.

The working pattern for this role is 4 over 7.

In this key role, you will:

• Responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for patients to ensure delivery of a high standard of care.
• Assessment of presenting conditions, initiation of investigations, determination of differential diagnosis, initiate treatment and where appropriate discharge patients.
• Review treatment plans developed by other less experienced staff in order to confirm differential diagnosis and advise discharge/referral.
• To initiate maintain effective communications with patients / carers and other members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure that the appropriate advice information is shared, and patient needs are met.

What You'll Bring:

• Registered Nurse with current revalidation and NMC Registration.
• Educated to/working towards/operating at Degree Level.
• Graduate Certificate in Urgent Care or Equivalent.
• Mints Major / Minor Injury practitioner / or Emergency Nurse Practitioner qualification.
• A driving licence is required; this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

What we Offer

As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

For informal discussion, please contact Laura Anne Simpson, H@H Team Leader on [e-mail].

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Lynn Deas, Recruitment Administrator on [e-mail].

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Interested?

Full details about the role are provided in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Please review our Application Guidance which explain key information including closing dates, amendments, right‑to‑work requirements, sponsorship eligibility and important points to be aware of before submitting your application.

You can also learn more about working with NHS Lanarkshire by viewing our Information Pack.

Unless otherwise stated, the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.