Senior Emergency Care Practitioner, SDEC Expansion

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing

Job summary

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is expanding its Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) services across St Mary's and Charing Cross. The post seeks energetic practitioners with at least 1 year in emergency or acute medicine to contribute to service improvement and education while delivering high-quality patient care.

Postholders will have time for personal development, study leave, and opportunities to work in the Emergency Department on development-aligned shifts, with access to the Trust's

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year experience in emergency or acute medicine.
• Willingness to develop improvement, research and education skills.
• Ability to work with MDT and other specialties.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment for patients presenting to the SDEC services.
• Empower patients to make informed choices by applying evidence-based practice.
• Use clinical reasoning to manage complex presentations and inform diagnoses.
• Utilise service-related information to make evidence-based judgments.
• Initiate and modify interventions including prescribing medicines, therapies and lifestyle advice.
• Exercise professional judgment to manage risk in complex events and support the team for patient safety.
• Collaborate with the MDT and healthcare system to manage risk across settings.
• Communicate effectively with patients, carers and relatives, explaining complex information and breaking bad news when needed.

Skills

Emergency medicine

Job description

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is expanding its Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) services across St Mary's and Charing Cross. The post seeks energetic practitioners with at least 1 year in emergency or acute medicine to contribute to service improvement and education while delivering high-quality patient care.

Postholders will have time for personal development, study leave, and opportunities to work in the Emergency Department on development-aligned shifts, with access to the Trust's