ECP

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Accountable for own actions in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct. Will contribute to corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.

2. Using advanced history taking skills, obtains a patient history in a systematic manner including pertinent physical, social, emotional, psychological or environmental factors.

3. Using advanced physical assessment skills, undertakes physical examination as appropriate, using techniques of observation, inspection, auscultation, palpation and percussion, including the safe use of diagnostic equipment as appropriate.

4. Orders and interprets appropriate laboratory and radiology investigations in order to distinguish between normal and abnormal findings on history and physical examination and relates these findings to possible diagnosis.

5. Makes clinical decisions using analytical and judgmental skills to reach a diagnosis and effectively communicates the information regarding these decisions, care pathways and policy to the patients/carers and multi professional team.

6. Develops and implements a plan of healthcare management which will include any necessary treatment and appropriate referral for further evaluation or follow up care to any member of the multidisciplinary team. Takes clinical responsibility for the diagnosis, management and discharge/referral/transfer of the patient and offers health promotion strategies where appropriate.

7. Utilise and ensure others utilise information and IT systems to secure accurate and timely patient, workforce and resource data. Responsible for documenting all clinical notes both computerised and paper based.

8. Communicates effectively and works collaboratively with colleagues and other members of the multidisciplinary and multi professional teams to develop and promote the unique contribution to patient care provided by EPs.

9. Remains up to date with clinical and professional developments and own learning, recognising limitations within own professional knowledge and practice.

10. Participate in an ongoing programme of audit to monitor and evaluate the service and support the implementation of change as appropriate.

11. Support the development and delivery of specialist teaching programmes for the Emergency Practitioner team in relation to their area and practice focus.

12. Manage expected and unexpected clinical events requiring varying levels of physical effort according to patients dependency/clinical need.

13. Support patients, carers and others during difficult and potentially highly distressing and emotional situations arising in the clinical area, e.g. imparting bad news or following an unexpected event.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• - Registered with a professional body.
• - Able and willing to undertake visits to patients homes and care home.
• - Resuscitation - minimum of BLS.
• - Independent prescriber.
• - Excellent interpersonal skills.
• - Driving license and access to a vehicle.

Desirable

• - Advanced clinical practitioner or advanced level functional assessment qualification.
• - Working knowledge of EMIS.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

The Campingland Surgery

Address

Beech Close

Swaffham

Norfolk

PE37 7RD

Employer's website

https://campinglandsurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)