Senior Emergency Practitioner

Job summary
This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are part-time, 22.5 hours per week.

We seek experienced and self-directed Senior Practitioners with a passion and commitment to the care they deliver and who hold patient experience and care at the heart of their practice and share our organisational values. You will need to be motivated and enthusiastic in your role and looking for an opportunity to join our highly skilled team of autonomous Emergency Practitioners who deliver evidence-based clinical care in our Practitioner Led Unit.

Stroud Hospital has a dedicated minor injury and illness unit (MIiU) open 7 days a week and reopened in 2023 following a refurbishment.

This post is eligible for the Trust's Recommend a Friend scheme. If you have been recommended to apply for this role by an employee of the Trust you should include a short statement to this effect in your supporting information, including the name of the person who recommended you. If you are successful with your application the employee who recommended you needs to access the relevant forms to process this from the Trust's intranet or the HR Recruitment Team.

Main duties of the job
Based in the MIiU, you will be required to provide a high standard of care to Adult and Paediatric patients who present with minor injuries and illness.

Essential requirements for this role

• Relevant Professional Registration and clinical experience as B6 or B7 in MIiU / ED
• Emergency Practitioner qualification in injury and Illness (APiCA)
• Paediatric Qualification in minor injury and Illness (Paediatric PACR or MIMIC)
• Teaching and Assessing qualification

As a member of the Gloucestershire NHS, the unit offers a diverse range of training opportunities and is committed to personal as well as service development. We also offer the opportunity of training with a preceptor to support the transition induction period and ongoing professional development.

A valid UK driving licence plus the use of own transport for business purposes is essential. For qualifying staff the Trust has a Lease Car Scheme in place and also offers a popular Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme with our partner Tusker.

The qualification, training and experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Details
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum (pro rata)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 327-26-841
Location: Stroud Hospital, Trinity Road, Stroud, GL5 2HY

Job responsibilities
Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.

Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.

The Trust is required to work in line with the Governments UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit - https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

To support compliance with UK immigration requirements, all applicants who require a visa to work in the UK must disclose their visa history in full. This includes current and previous sponsors, dates of sponsorship, visa category, and any changes of employment. If you are on a Graduate or Dependant Visa, please disclose the expiry date on your application. Incomplete information may mean we are unable to consider your application.

Person Specification
Qualifications (Essential)

• Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional Council
• Degree in Nursing (or any other relevant clinical degree such as a Degree in Paramedics) or equivalent experience
• Relevant post Registration Qualification i.e. Emergency Nurse Practitioner, Emergency Care practitioner or equivalent
• Teaching and assessment qualification or equivalent experience at Level 3
• Qualification in Minor Illness Management
• Safeguarding adults and children course at appropriate level.

Qualifications (Desirable)

• Evidence of management training or equivalent experience.

Length and / or nature of experience (Essential)

• Experience in using Patient Group Directions
• Recent clinical experience
• Portfolio evidence of recent professional development and commitment to CPD
• Experience of using clinical software programs e.g. System one, PACS.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Stroud Hospital, Trinity Road, Stroud, GL5 2HY, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Team Lead Alison Hicks, alison.hicks@nhs.net, 03004218052

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