Job summary
- Main area
- Nurse
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 247-A&E-PHP-C&P-0324
- Employer
- East of England Ambulance Service Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cambridgeshire
- Town
- Cambridge and Peterborough
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/04/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Pre-Hospital Nurse Practitioner - Cambridgeshire
Band 6
Great healthcare requires great people. That’s why we are doing everything we can to recruit committed, skilled people – and to make sure we support our new and existing employees, so they choose to stay with us.
#WeAreEEAST
We encourage you to ensure that your application relates to the Person Specification (provided as part of the Job Description or as a separate attachment).
Please visit our recruitment support page for advice on completing your application.
Job overview
This advert is for vacancies in Cambridge and Peterborough
Do you possess expertise in high-intensity settings like ED, Primary & Urgent Care, or Critical Care?
Is your clinical judgement marked by a high degree of autonomy, adept at managing a spectrum of complex patient cases?
If so, we believe this position is perfect for you!
PHNP Induction Programme:
- 3-week face-to-face induction (8.30am-4.30pm, Mon-Fri)
- 2-week on-the-job training with professional guidance (75 hours in total, round-the-clock shifts)
- An additional 3 weeks of face-to-face induction.
- Another 2 weeks of guided placement.
- 8-week integration period, inclusive of Driver Training.
- Achieve Module 5 competency while leading as a clinician (under supervision).
While part-time roles are available, please note that full-time commitment is required throughout the induction phase.
Main duties of the job
Following an initial period of transition with our education teams the Clinical Practitioners will support delivery of our frontline service working alongside Paramedics and other pre-hospital clinicians. Key responsibilities of the role include:
Be accountable for the assessment, treatment, diagnosis, supplying and administering of medicines, managing, discharging, and referring patients in a range of urgent, emergency, critical or out of hospital settings.
Provide effective clinical leadership, development and mentorship to operational personnel, including newly qualified paramedics and students to support the delivery of a high-quality patient centered service.
Contribute to the development of an integrated approach to the delivery of unscheduled/out of hours care involving all relevant stakeholders including health and social care organisations.
A shift on an ambulance is like no other workplace. You will operate in a wide range of environments, across both urban and rural areas managing everything from birth to end of life, chronic conditions to critical illness or injury.
Working for our organisation
Our Vision: Delivering outstanding care by exceptional individuals, every single moment.
EEAST employs over 5,000 staff with a further 1,000+ volunteers who between them cover 7,500 square miles and care for a population of more than 6 million.
Our three control rooms in Bedfordshire, Norfolk and Essex handle more than 1 million 999 calls every year, over 2,500 calls a day.
We manage a fleet of over 1,000 vehicles including double staffed ambulances, rapid response cars, operational commander response vehicles, patient transport and support service vehicles.
The East of England works alongside 17 Acute Trusts with Accident & Emergency services and a Major Trauma Centre in Cambridge. Access is available to neighbouring MTCs such as those in London.
Our core values:
Care - We value warmth, empathy and compassion in all our relationships
Teamwork - Together as one, we work with pride and commitment to achieve our vision
Quality - We strive to consistently achieve high standards through continuous improvement
Respect - We value individuals, including our patients, our staff and our partners in every interaction
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Nurse registered with Nursing & Midwifery Council
- Hold Full UK manual driving licence for 12 months (up to 3 points may be considered dependant on point code)
- C1 category license to be obtained within 6 months of joining EEAST C1.
- Mentorship qualification or willing to obtain within the first 12 months
Desirable criteria
- Pediatric Immediate Life Support (PILS) or equivalent
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- IT Literacy Skills.
- Able to complete clinical and other records to a high standard.
- Ability to lead a team in and lead in an emergency situation.
- Experience in dealing with a diverse range of people in a customer/patient environment
- Substantial Post registration experience in an acute setting e.g., emergency department, acute medical unit, acute assessment unit, critical care; or experience in an alternative setting where autonomous clinical decision making and urgent care planning was required i.e., primary and urgent care, specialist assessment and treatment units or relevant pre-hospital voluntary experience.
- Experience working with a level of autonomy.
- Experience of performing invasive procedures such as Intramuscular IM injections and Intravenous IV cannulation
- Experience in making complex patient care decisions / treatment plans.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of managing patients’ medication needs using patient group directives (PGDs).
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Recruitment Team
- Job title
- Recruitment Team
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01234 243 200
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