Job summary
- Main area
- Urgent Treatment Centre Lead ECP/Matron
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 344-0746WHH-A
- Employer
- East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Urgent Treatment Centres - Trustwide with base tbc upon appointment
- Town
- 0
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Urgent Treatment Centre Lead Emergency Care Practitioner / Matron
Band 8a
Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic and pro-active qualified Emergency Nurse Practitioner, Allied Health Professional, Advanced Care Practitioner or Paramedic Practitioner to join our caring and progressive Urgent Treatment Centre team. As clinical lead of the Emergency Care Practitioner service you will provide clinical expertise, professional leadership and education, ensuring high standards of evidence-based practice.
You will take lead responsibility, liaise with the clinical teams on the other sites and attend relevant operational meetings and disseminate information to team members. This is a critical role within the organisation as the point of contact for minor injuries. We are looking for an enthusiastic and pro-active qualified Emergency nurse Practitioner, Allied Health Professional, Advanced Care Practitioner
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as an autonomous practitioner at an advanced level demonstrating high levels of clinical decision making, utilising specialist knowledge acquired through post graduate diploma, specialist training, experience and relevant short courses
You will act as a credible role model and be responsible for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care without supervision but within parameters of practice Counsels, advise and provide health education, promotion and protection to patients with acute/chronic problems in order to facilitate effective coping strategies/lifestyle changes and involves relatives/carers as appropriate
The Lead role will line manage the emergency practitioners on 4 sites, the William Harvey hospital in Ashford, the Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother hospital in Margate, the Kent and Canterbury hospital in Canterbury and the Buckland hospital in Dover.
Working for our organisation
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five
hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’.
If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below
Person specification
OTHER
Essential criteria
- • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with good listening skills
- • High level of work organisation, self-motivation drive for performance and improvement, and in approach and attitude.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 5 years senior experience
- Evidence of multi disciplinary working
- Experience of audit and/or evaluation of practice/services
- Supervisory, shift leader and leadership experience and evidence of ability to manage staff
- Highly skilled in-patient assessments
- Registered with NMC or HCPC
- Accredited minor injuries course
- Teaching and Assessing course
Desirable criteria
- Experience of applying evidence based practice to clinical practice
- Non medical prescribing qualification
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Highly skilled in-patient assessments
- • Advanced clinical skills
- • Highly motivated and able to motivate others
- • Educated to degree level, and committed to CPD
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of own continuing professional development
- Emergency care practitioner qualification
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tomislav Canzek
- Job title
- Deputy Head of Nursing for UEC
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07576281026
- Additional information
Charles Steadman, Deputy Head of Nursing for Urgent and Emergency Medicine QEQM
Mobile: 07790 988463
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