About this role
Job summary
We are looking for a Nurse Practitioner or Paramedic Practitioner to join our practitioner team in the Northeast Essex Community Hospitals. This covers both Clacton and Harwich Hospital inpatient wards. Our wards are both modern and spacious and are supported by established nursing and therapy teams.
The team consists of Nurse Practitioners with speciality doctor support. You will be working autonomously to care for patients across our three in-patient wards.
The role includes assessment, diagnosis, treatment, review, discharge support, Advanced Care Planning, Palliative and End-of-Life care.
Main duties of the job
Working autonomously, completing: holistic assessments / interpretation of results / treatment / advice resulting in discharge or onward referral of patients as appropriate. This requires a wide range of expertise underpinned by competency based framework and includes requesting x-rays and liaison with ward doctor or acute hospital for interpretation and prescribing when appropriate.
You will utilise relevant training and experience in the assessment, diagnosis and management of a wide range of health conditions, also to maintain competency and knowledge base.
You will exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy and critical thinking and provide health promotion advice to patients.
You will be expected to contribute to protecting vulnerable children and adults.
You will act as a mentor to junior staff/DPP.
You should show a positive commitment to the training and assessment of all nurse learners / junior staff in the clinical areas and facilitate programmes for learners.
Maintain high standards of care in accordance with NMC/HCPC Code of Professional
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Job description Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
oProven post registration experience oExperience of working autonomously in managing patient care, be able to assess clinical conditions and use correct pathways to obtain an effective outcome
Desirable
oExperience of managing a team
Qualifications Essential
oClinical registration with certified body. E.g NMC, HCPC oNurse Practitioner qualification e.g. Emergency Nurse Practitioner/ Autonomous Practice, and to include Consultation & Diagnostics/Minor Injuries/Minor Illness or equivalent, and include interpretation of x-ray oNon-Medical Prescribing oPreparation for Mentorship [eg ENB 998] or equivalent
Desirable
oIRMER Certificate oEvidence of recent CPD / post-graduate study oAdditional registration [Mental Health] oManagement qualification
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address Clacton/Harwich Hospitals
Clacton
CO15 1LH
Employer's website https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)