Emergency Nurse Practitioner

Job summary

Emergency Nurse PractitionerBand 736 hoursPermanent contract

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Urgent Treatment Centre at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust as an Emergency Nurse Practitioner.

The service currently operates between 07:30 - 00:00, 7 days a week.

We have completed a £20m refurbishment of our Emergency Care Village so there has never been a more exciting time to join the Urgent Care Team influencing and shaping the both the Emergency Care our patients receive and the environment our staff work in.

The successful candidate, will have significant Emergency Nurse Practitioner experience and will lead by example using excellent communication skills, manage, prioritise and deliver high quality care to our patients.

You will be expected to provide senior leadership and management, escalating concerns as appropriate to the ED/UTC Matron. Managing staff, reviewing appraisals and supporting health and wellbeing and day to day staffing with support of the multi-disciplinary ED management team.

You will lead and supervise the work of others and manage the emergency care setting.

Both our patients and our staff are important to us - Everyone Matters, so you will be valued, supporting the department and junior staff to develop the workforce in order to deliver exceptional quality care.

Main duties of the job

To practice as an Emergency Nurse Practitioner within his/her own sphere of competence and agreed acceptable limits of practice (such agreement of scope to be regularly reviewed and signed off by the Matron and Specialty Lead Consultant).To assess patients, and order and interpret investigations, diagnose andtreat patients who wish to be seen by an Emergency Nurse Practitioner without reference to a Doctor.To be responsible for the assessment of care needs the development,implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, without supervision, and to teach other nursing and non-nursing staff ion the core skills of adult and children's minor injury and ailment.To take charge of the clinical area if necessary and demonstrate to more junior nurses how this might be done efficiently.Working autonomously whilst working as part of a multidisciplinary team, assessing and managing a caseload of patients within the Emergency Department.Maintain effective communication with patients, carers and professionals to ensure seamless service delivery.

About us

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Excellence

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

Employer details

Employer name

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Tameside Hospital

Fountain Street

Ashton

OL6 9RW

Employer's website

https://www.tamesidehospital.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Tameside Hospital

Fountain Street

Ashton

OL6 9RW

Employer's website

https://www.tamesidehospital.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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