Emergency Nurse Practitioner

CSH Surrey

The closing date is 07 May 2025

Job summary

With an increasing demand for urgent care, we are seeking the right person to join our workforce within our Walk in Centre. We would welcome applications from Emergency Nurse Practitioners and Paramedic Practitioners, all based within our Community Hospital in Woking, Surrey.

The Walk in Centre provides access to urgent care, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. As a clinician within the Walk in Centre, you will work as an independent, autonomous practitioner providing high quality, evidence based, patient centred care. Responsible for utilising 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. This will include children over the age of 2 and adults.

There are excellent opportunities for training, including non-medical prescribing, with support for this by an experienced Clinical Lead who will encourage your personal development. The post offers staff benefits as well as Agenda for Change.

Full and part time hours are available over a 7-day week, 365 days a year, working shifts to cover opening hours of 08:00 20:00hrs.

We are passionate about the service we deliver, ensuring high quality and effective care to our community. If you are looking for an exciting opportunity to join our clinical team , please apply online.

Please read the job description and person specification regarding required qualifications for the post.

Main duties of the job

Please note we do NOT offer UKVI sponsorship, all applicants require right to work in the UK.

To 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.

Where applicable, 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, and drawing on relevant experience, to deliver quality patient care.

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.

To 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.

To 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, which accurately reflect the consultation and reasons for referral.

Supply and administer medications in accordance with legislation and organisational policies.

About us

CSH Surrey are part of the NHS and are Surreys largest and longest established NHS community services provider, so our 1500+ employees get NHS pay and pensions, and also receive the Fringe High-Cost Allowance of 5%.

Our staff enjoy excellent training and development opportunities, including the care certificate, apprenticeships, numeracy and literacy courses, access to the Nursing Associate programme, and a wide variety of management and leadership courses and programmes.

We CARE about our staff though through our values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence. Our active employee council called The Voice, elect employee representatives to ensure colleagues' voices are heard at Board level. CSH is a diverse organisation, if you are a passionate, person-focused individual then apply to join CSH Surrey today!

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds who meet the essential criteria of the job you are applying for and if you require any reasonable adjustments, please contact the named individual for this advert, or our recruitment team.

Date posted

23 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year Plus 5% High Cost Area allowance per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

B9074-25-0030

Job locations

Woking Community Hospital

Heathside Road

Woking

Surrey

GU22 7HS

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the full job description.

If you require any further information about the role, then please do contact our Clinical Lead, Katherine.Sutcliffe@nhs.net or alternatively, please visit: www.cshsurrey.co.uk for more information about CSH Surrey and the services we provide.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the full job description.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

- 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.
- Good sense of humour.
- Self-motivated.
- Reliable and flexible.
- Ability to work well in stressful situations.
- Innovative.
- Assertive.
- Committed and hard working.

Qualifications

Essential

- 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.

Desirable

Non-medical prescriber.

Experience

Essential

- 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.

Desirable

Experience of multi-disciplinary working.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

- 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.
- Good sense of humour.
- Self-motivated.
- Reliable and flexible.
- Ability to work well in stressful situations.
- Innovative.
- Assertive.
- Committed and hard working.

Qualifications

Essential

- 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.

Desirable

Non-medical prescriber.

Experience

Essential

- 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.

Desirable

Experience of multi-disciplinary working.

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.