Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
This post is offering a 10 month fixed term contract to cover maternity leave. The hours are 23 per week which is 2 shifts 08.45 until 21.15 over a 7-day working week. The Unit is open 365 days a year. Join our team at Evesham MIU. We pride ourselves in providing outstanding care to patients across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. We will provide you with resources to develop and progress a long-term career as well as flexibility, continual professional development, and a wide range of wellbeing and support. If you would like to discuss informally if this is the right role for you, get in touch with the Recruiting Manager which can be found on the top right-hand side of the advert. If you wish to be considered for a secondment, please gain permission from your Substantive Manager before applying. Main duties of the job
If you are a practicing Emergency Care/Nurse Practitioner and would like a challenge or feel it is time you progressed your career, we would love you to come and join our Team within our Trust. An excellent opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, experienced ENP/ECP to join our Minor Injuries Unit at the Evesham community Hospital, part of Worcestershire Health & Care Trust. The ability to use your initiative, work proactively, demonstrate excellent clinical skills and communication skills, be part of the team but at the same time prioritising your own workload and responding flexibly 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 will need to demonstrate your ability to be responsive and flexible to meet the requirements of the role. About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites. We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities. What we offer
27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours Flexible and agile working opportunities Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support Wide range of supportive staff networks Health and wellbeing opportunities If you would like to know more, please visit our website. Job responsibilities
The post holder will: Be expected to be an autonomous practitioner, responsible for assessing, treating, and discharging patients attending with minor injuries. Be an experienced clinician and 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. Deputise for Countywide MIU Lead in times of absence, ensuring a consistent workforce within all Units, providing equitable care to all patients. Provide a holistic, autonomous, clinical nursing service by attending to all referrals/self-referrals to the Minor Injury Unit. Assessing their physical, psychological, and social needs, implementing all agreed management plans with patients including appropriate investigations, prescribing, and referral, within PGDs. Be innovative, continually striving for improvement. For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached. Person Specification
Knowledge
High level of clinical knowledge and skill gained from working within a Minor Injury/ Urgent Care or A&E unit or an appropriate setting where these skills may be obtained. Clinical Governance. Good knowledge of Safeguarding. Skills & Abilities
Ability to challenge poor behaviour High level of clinical skills and knowledge Understanding of teamwork Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office packages/IT skills. Advanced assessment skills Qualifications
RN/ECP/AHP OT, Physio, Non-medical x-ray referrer and up to date CALRAD/IRMER ILS/PILS Evidence of ongoing continual professional development. I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer. Independent / supplementary prescriber Teaching and assessing qualification Experience
Significant experience working as an ENP/Care Practitioner within a minor injuries or A&E environment. Broad range of clinical experience including autonomous practitioner skills, specialist skills gained from working in an A&E environment, for example, suturing, infiltration, plaster application. Clinical audit/project work. Previous Acute / Community Hospital experience as ENP/ECP Accident and Emergency experience Additional Criteria
Ability to travel between various sites Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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This post is offering a 10 month fixed term contract to cover maternity leave. The hours are 23 per week which is 2 shifts 08.45 until 21.15 over a 7-day working week. The Unit is open 365 days a year. Join our team at Evesham MIU. We pride ourselves in providing outstanding care to patients across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. We will provide you with resources to develop and progress a long-term career as well as flexibility, continual professional development, and a wide range of wellbeing and support. If you would like to discuss informally if this is the right role for you, get in touch with the Recruiting Manager which can be found on the top right-hand side of the advert. If you wish to be considered for a secondment, please gain permission from your Substantive Manager before applying. Main duties of the job
If you are a practicing Emergency Care/Nurse Practitioner and would like a challenge or feel it is time you progressed your career, we would love you to come and join our Team within our Trust. An excellent opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, experienced ENP/ECP to join our Minor Injuries Unit at the Evesham community Hospital, part of Worcestershire Health & Care Trust. The ability to use your initiative, work proactively, demonstrate excellent clinical skills and communication skills, be part of the team but at the same time prioritising your own workload and responding flexibly 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 will need to demonstrate your ability to be responsive and flexible to meet the requirements of the role. About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites. We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities. What we offer
27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours Flexible and agile working opportunities Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support Wide range of supportive staff networks Health and wellbeing opportunities If you would like to know more, please visit our website. Job responsibilities
The post holder will: Be expected to be an autonomous practitioner, responsible for assessing, treating, and discharging patients attending with minor injuries. Be an experienced clinician and 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. Deputise for Countywide MIU Lead in times of absence, ensuring a consistent workforce within all Units, providing equitable care to all patients. Provide a holistic, autonomous, clinical nursing service by attending to all referrals/self-referrals to the Minor Injury Unit. Assessing their physical, psychological, and social needs, implementing all agreed management plans with patients including appropriate investigations, prescribing, and referral, within PGDs. Be innovative, continually striving for improvement. For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached. Person Specification
Knowledge
High level of clinical knowledge and skill gained from working within a Minor Injury/ Urgent Care or A&E unit or an appropriate setting where these skills may be obtained. Clinical Governance. Good knowledge of Safeguarding. Skills & Abilities
Ability to challenge poor behaviour High level of clinical skills and knowledge Understanding of teamwork Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office packages/IT skills. Advanced assessment skills Qualifications
RN/ECP/AHP OT, Physio, Non-medical x-ray referrer and up to date CALRAD/IRMER ILS/PILS Evidence of ongoing continual professional development. I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer. Independent / supplementary prescriber Teaching and assessing qualification Experience
Significant experience working as an ENP/Care Practitioner within a minor injuries or A&E environment. Broad range of clinical experience including autonomous practitioner skills, specialist skills gained from working in an A&E environment, for example, suturing, infiltration, plaster application. Clinical audit/project work. Previous Acute / Community Hospital experience as ENP/ECP Accident and Emergency experience Additional Criteria
Ability to travel between various sites Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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