Job summary
Come and work with us!
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assessment Nurse / Paramedic to join our small friendly clinical team in the Caterham Minor Injuries Unit within Caterham Dene Hospital.
The service is open
8am 8pm; 7 days per week; 365 days per year, serving the
patients of East Surrey and the surrounding areas.
This is a practitioner-led unit, providing
assessment, diagnosis and treatment for adults
and children attending with a wide variety of
minor injury and minor illness conditions.
Main duties of the job
The Assessment
nurse/paramedic role is integral to the Minor Injury unit patient pathway and
is responsible for assessing patients as
they arrive in the service to ensure that the Minor Injury unit is the
right service for the patient and to ensure that they see the appropriate
clinician in a timely fashion.
The assessment nurse/paramedic has
responsibility for the patients in the waiting room and ensures that the Minor
Injury Unit runs smoothly and efficiently.
Experience of
working in an Emergency or
Urgent Care environment would be
preferable but not essential as training will be available for the right
candidate .
Please see job description and person specification document attached for full details.
As a bonus we have free parking
on site.
Preferred
method of contact is by email. Please check your email regularly following the
closing date.
About us
Do you want to be part of an organisation that is committed
to providing first rate care and services to its local community?
First Community is a CQC rated Good staff owned
social enterprise, which delivers NHS community services to residents across East Surrey and in parts of West Sussex.
First Community is a great place to work, everyone here has a voice and is supported to develop their career
to its full potential. We offer all our staff: NHS terms and conditions, high
quality training and development opportunities, flexible working to enable a
good work life balance, an inclusive and friendly work environment, an NHS
pension, flexible retirement options and employee benefits including a car
salary sacrifice scheme.
First Community values diversity and inclusion and is
committed to the recruitment and retention of under-represented minority
groups. We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority
ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.
Sustainability is integral to First Community achieving
the NHS Net Zero target. All staff are therefore actively encouraged and
supported to implement new ways of working within their field of expertise.
Applicants are advised to apply early as we reserve the right to close the advert prior to the advertised closing date should we receive a large number of applications.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To assess patients within 20 minutes of arrival to ensure they are in the right place and its safe for them to wait to be seen. To offer first aid such as analgesia, temporary dressing, sling etc whilst they are waiting.
To be a shift co-ordinator as required.
- To maintain own records in line with legal and departmental procedure.
- To maintain a high standard of clinical work, which will also include teaching, supervision and leadership of junior staff, assistants, and students.
- To participate fully in the unit work rota which will include evening, weekend, and bank holiday shifts.
- To take a role in Service development and promotion
- To participate in Team Meetings, Reflect and Learn and Teaching Sessions.
Please see job description and person specification document attached for full details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To assess patients within 20 minutes of arrival to ensure they are in the right place and its safe for them to wait to be seen. To offer first aid such as analgesia, temporary dressing, sling etc whilst they are waiting.
To be a shift co-ordinator as required.
- To maintain own records in line with legal and departmental procedure.
- To maintain a high standard of clinical work, which will also include teaching, supervision and leadership of junior staff, assistants, and students.
- To participate fully in the unit work rota which will include evening, weekend, and bank holiday shifts.
- To take a role in Service development and promotion
- To participate in Team Meetings, Reflect and Learn and Teaching Sessions.
Please see job description and person specification document attached for full details.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Awareness of performance indicators.
- Awareness of Clinical Governance, clinical effectiveness and evidence based care.
- Understanding of Government policies that impact on the Healthcare provision in the UK
- Knowledge of CQC
Desirable
- Evidence of additional learning and experience
- Demonstrates an awareness of complex issues involved when working across organisations and disciplines
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered First Level Nurse or paramedic
- Current NMC/HCPC Registration
- Demonstrate clear evidence of Professional Development
- Evidence of studying at level 6
Desirable
- Evidence of further post-registration training
- Mentorship Training or equivalent.
Experience
Essential
- RGN/paramedic with minimum of 2 years post qualification experience
- Experience of working in an emergency / Urgent care setting, using triage skills
Desirable
- Experience in line management of staff.
- Experience of working with support workers.
- Supervision of students.
- Experience of developing services which are based on assessed needs of a client group.
Skills
Essential
- Effective communication skills in multi-disciplinary settings
- Organisation/time management skills
- Ability to make decisions, prioritise and organise workload effectively
- Ability to delegate tasks
- Functional IT skills eg word, excel, outlook and electronic patient records
Desirable
- Ability to balance management and clinical work.
- Awareness of management practice including Change management and staff appraisals
- Experience of using research, evaluation and audit and other evidence to inform practice.
Other
Essential
- Ability to cope under pressure
- Assertiveness
- Approachable
- Flexible approach to working
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Awareness of performance indicators.
- Awareness of Clinical Governance, clinical effectiveness and evidence based care.
- Understanding of Government policies that impact on the Healthcare provision in the UK
- Knowledge of CQC
Desirable
- Evidence of additional learning and experience
- Demonstrates an awareness of complex issues involved when working across organisations and disciplines
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered First Level Nurse or paramedic
- Current NMC/HCPC Registration
- Demonstrate clear evidence of Professional Development
- Evidence of studying at level 6
Desirable
- Evidence of further post-registration training
- Mentorship Training or equivalent.
Experience
Essential
- RGN/paramedic with minimum of 2 years post qualification experience
- Experience of working in an emergency / Urgent care setting, using triage skills
Desirable
- Experience in line management of staff.
- Experience of working with support workers.
- Supervision of students.
- Experience of developing services which are based on assessed needs of a client group.
Skills
Essential
- Effective communication skills in multi-disciplinary settings
- Organisation/time management skills
- Ability to make decisions, prioritise and organise workload effectively
- Ability to delegate tasks
- Functional IT skills eg word, excel, outlook and electronic patient records
Desirable
- Ability to balance management and clinical work.
- Awareness of management practice including Change management and staff appraisals
- Experience of using research, evaluation and audit and other evidence to inform practice.
Other
Essential
- Ability to cope under pressure
- Assertiveness
- Approachable
- Flexible approach to 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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).
