Description
We are seeking an Emergency Nurse 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.
- 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.
- Manage performance of other team members reporting to Lead Nurse where appropriate.
- Ensure appropriate skill mix is allocated to each shift.
- Ensure effective communication with patients and team members.
- Maintain 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.
- Quality controls are performed by all staff.
- 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.
- Medicines are managed safely within the unit in accordance with policy.
- Demonstrate awareness of own professional development and training needs.
- Promote and support the development and provision of work base learning to paramedic/nursing students, health care assistants, apprentices, and other care providers.
Benefits:
- Agenda for Change pay scheme
- Band 7
- Salary: £51,657 to £58,785 a year inclusive of the 5% HCAS per annum pro rata
- Pension scheme
- Excellent training and development opportunities
Interviews will be held between 30 Nov and 4 Dec 2026.