# Emergency Care Practitioner **Company**: CSH Surrey **Location**: Ashford **Salary**: £51657.00 to £58785.00 **Category**: Healthcare **Industry**: Healthcare **Apply**: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/B9074-26-0070-2?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_c12a63eb-a00 ## Description We are seeking an Emergency Care Practitioner to join our Urgent Treatment Centre in Ashford, Surrey. The successful candidate will work as an independent, autonomous practitioner providing high-quality, evidence-based, patient-centred care. The Urgent Treatment Centre provides access to urgent care, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. You will utilise expert diagnostic and clinical skills to provide unscheduled medical care and management of a diverse range of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed minor illnesses and injuries. Responsibilities: - Work as an autonomous practitioner, providing completed episodes of care to individuals - Work within agreed guidelines and protocols where they exist and having autonomous decision-making capacity in the absence of guidelines - Prescribe within knowledge and skills, and in accordance with national and local guidelines - Work within scope of practice using specialist knowledge in relation to minor injuries and health problems - Work in partnership with other health and social care providers - Provide service users with the opportunity to contribute to the ongoing development of the service - Undertake prioritisation of service users according to medical need - Interventions are timely and may include emergency and surgical invasive procedures, administration of emergency therapies, and urgent medications - Contribute to the ongoing development of clinical guidelines, reflecting best evidence-based practice - Referrals to both primary and secondary services are made in line with agreed guidelines and with clear, contemporaneous notes - Supply and administer medications in accordance with legislation and organisational policies - Have a working knowledge of child protection, elder abuse, and domestic violence, and refer to services as necessary - Support Lead Nurse in undertaking regular appraisals, exploring opportunities to develop walk-in centre staff to maximise their performance - Managing performance of other team members reporting to Lead Nurse where appropriate - Ensure appropriate skill mix is allocated to each shift in order that the service needs are met efficiently and effectively - Ensuring effective communication with patients offering informed choice - Maintaining effective communication with other team members ensuring all team members are kept involved and informed in the delivery and continued development of the service - Caldicott Guardianship is effective, and consent and confidentiality are maintained in line with data protection and consent policies - Quality controls are performed by all staff, and risk assessments are performed and forwarded for action where appropriate - All team members are aware of health and safety for self and others and attend mandatory training - Demonstrate awareness of own professional development and training needs in accordance with service needs - Promote and support the development and provision of work-based learning to paramedic/nursing students, health care assistants, apprentices, and other care providers - Maintain learning environment to support training for this group - Act as a supervisor for post-registration nurses whose clinical placements are within the Walk-in Centre - Continued professional development through reflective practice is integral to practice; clinical supervision is regularly undertaken - Comply with organisation medicines policy and non-medical prescribing guidance, as well as other relevant organisational policies and procedures - Ensure service is efficient by monitoring and exploring opportunities for savings - Undertake clinical audit to review practice and service, reporting results of audits - Explore opportunities in line with National Health plans to support effective health care for service users Person Specification: - Qualifications: + Registered Nurse Level 1 or HCPC registered paramedic + Post-registration diploma or equivalent in advanced assessment skills for non-medical practitioners + Post-registration diploma or equivalent in managing minor injury for advanced practice + Post-registration diploma or equivalent in managing minor illness/health problems for advanced practice + ILS or willingness to undertake + Evidence of continuing professional development - Experience: + Minimum 4 years post-registration experience in ED or UTC/walk-in centre + Proven track record in relation to research-based practice + Experience with audit + Experience of managing within a healthcare setting + Experience of staff management + Evidence of professional development - Skills: + Organisational skills + Excellent communication and interpersonal skills + Broad range of excellent clinical skills + Ability to lead and manage a team + Ability to organise the workload, able to delegate and prioritise + Good knowledge of health and safety and risk management + Computer literate + Effective written and verbal skills ## Skills ### Required - advanced assessment skills - minor injury management - minor illness management - ILS - organisational skills - communication and interpersonal skills - clinical skills - leadership and management - health and safety and risk management - computer literacy ### Nice to have - non-medical prescribing --- Source: [Apply at jobs.nhs.uk](https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/B9074-26-0070-2?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)