Senior Emergency Practitioner - Swale MIU

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This exciting opportunity is for the right person who is highly motivated and has an interest in minor injuries and illness. The applicant should be a Registered Practitioner with an expanded scope of practice and evidence of professional progression.

This role will play a key role in assessing, diagnosing, treating and discharging patients attending for Urgent and Emergency treatment.

The post holder will liaise with all members of the multidisciplinary team to coordinate safe effective and timely care practices within the MIU.

Provide clinical and professional leadership and supervision to nursing, supporting staff and students within the MIU.

Provide nursing leadership and expert input to ensure effective flow into and out of the Emergency Department (MIU) on a day-to-day basis

To promote an enabling, empowering and equitable culture, thereby ensuring services provided are of a high quality and are managed effectively and efficiently.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Emergency Nursing qualification (199, BSC or MSc) / Minor Injury Illness Course
• Level 1/2 RCN Emergency Nursing Competencies
• Triage and PGD competence
• Paramedic Practitioner

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of quality, standard setting, benchmarking and audit
• Knowledge of NMC/Paramedic Code of Professional Conduct
• Extensive knowledge of speciality

Experience

Essential criteria

• Extensive experience within speciality or other critical care experience
• Extensive experience of primary care and ED/Minor Injuries environments
• Experience of conducting appraisals, managing performance

Skills

Essential criteria

• Organisation and management skills
• Articulate advanced written & oral communication skills
• IT skills including use of email and office packages
• Ability to work effectively under pressure

Values Based Question

Essential criteria

• Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a 'can do' attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome

Please note that we do not accept applications via CV or recruitment agencies.

This post will close before the intended closing date should sufficient number of suitable applications be received. Therefore, if you are interested in applying for this role, we suggest that you do so at the earliest opportunity.

Applications are welcomed from applicants who wish to apply for a position on the basis of a smarter or flexible working arrangement. Where candidates are successful at interview, such requests will be taken under consideration and accommodated where the needs of the service allow.

We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.

All staff no matter where they work or which age group of patients they work with must be aware of their responsibility to act when they feel a child, young person or vulnerable adult has been or is at risk of abuse.

We are a fully non-smoking Trust. Smoking is completely prohibited in all Trust buildings, grounds and car parks for patients, visitors, staff and contractors.

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