MIU Practitioner

Job summary

Dorset Minor Injuries Needs you!

Would you like to work in a busy, friendly, supportive environment in North Dorset.

Would you like to gain more valuable experience in Minor Injuries?

We would like to welcome an experienced Band 6 Minor Injuries Practitioner to work in our busy, friendly team within our Minor Injuries Unit. This is a part-time post, and will include working some weekends and Bank Holidays.

The unit is open 7 days a week throughout the year

Are you a Registered Nurse or Allied Health Practitioner with at least 2 years' experience of working in emergency and/or minor injury/ailment care?

Working in the Minor Injury Units in our friendly community hospital, the unit serves the local communities in North Dorset, and surrounding area.

You will be working as an autonomous practitioner within the Minor Injuries Unit assessing, treating, referring or safely discharging home any patients both adult and children attending the units.

Recognising and taking appropriate actions in an emergency situation.

Whilst working within Dorset Healthcare there are many opportunities to further your career progression with a wide range of in house and external educational courses enabling you to advance your clinical practise.

Main duties of the job

Applications from candidates that require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position

To work as an autonomous practitioner within the Minor Injuries Unit

To assess, treat, refer or discharge any patient attending the Minor Injuries Unit

To recognise and take appropriate actions in an emergency situation.

To take clinical responsibility for patients, carers, students and other junior health professionals

To be able to provide health promotion to patients

Maintain a high quality of care for all patients attending the unit

Facilitate access of patients into secondary or community care settings as appropriate

About us

At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.