Senior Emergency Nurse/Care Practitioner

Job overview

If you are a qualified Emergency Nurse /Emergency Care Practitioner and want another challenge or feel it is time you progressed in your career, we would love you to come and join our Team within our Trust.

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, qualified ENP/ECP to join our Minor Injuries Unit at the Evesham Community Hospital part of Worcestershire Health & Care Trust, to provide maternity cover of 17.25 hours per week.

The ability to use your initiative, work proactively, demonstrate excellent clinical skills and communication skills, be a part of the team but at the same time prioritising your own workload and responding flexibility to changing demands are essential requirements of the role.

The role will provide you with variety and no two days are the same. You will have autonomy to balance and achieve the demands of the role so you will need to demonstrate your ability to be responsive and flexible to be able to meet the requirements of the role.

If you wish to be considered for a secondment please gain permission from your Substantive Manager before applying

Main duties of the job

The post holder will:

Be expected to be an autonomous practitioner, responsible for accessing, treating, discharging patients attending with minor injuries

Be a highly qualified clinician as an ENP/ECP be responsible for providing expert knowledge and skills to more junior members of the team with a willingness to professionally develop their role within the everchanging scope of emergency care.

Make assessment of patients physical, psychological, and social needs, implementing all agreed management plan with patients including appropriate investigations, prescribing and referral, within PGDs or professional scope of a non-medical prescriber.

Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.