Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Emergency Practitioner - Emergency Department - band 7

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Job summary

We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Emergency Practitioner to join our well-established team in the Emergency Department.

You will be primarily assessing, managing and treating adults and children presenting with minor injuries and illnesses; you will also get the opportunity to manage more complex cases and undertake complex procedures whilst working as part of a large multi-professional team. We provide the opportunity to support those aspiring ACPs to complete their Masters, with the EP role providing an excellent clinical springboard for your journey into advanced practice. We believe in investing in our staff, we organise regular teaching sessions and support training courses to maximise your potential. As a result, we have a committed workforce with one of the highest staff retention rates in the country.

On joining our friendly and enthusiastic team, you will benefit from opportunities to develop your own and other's practice through clinical supervision, lead change, and develop and implement new guidelines or procedures. Additional benefits include: CPD time as part of your rostered hours, Induction programme and Self-rostering pattern, to cover a service from 0800 - midnight, 7 days a week.

Interview date: 23rd May 2022

Main duties of the job

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

About us

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as 'Outstanding' and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

  • Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021
  • National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do
  • We are in the top 20% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment
  • Our staff rate us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts when asked if they would recommend the Trust as a place to work and when asked whether care of patients is the organisation's top priority
  • Our workforce are amongst the most motivated in the country; we achieved the top acute hospital score in the country for staff engagement in the last national staff survey

Details

Date posted

22 April 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£41,902 to £47,684 a year per annum, inclusive of high cost allowance

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

326-4022230-SL

Job locations

East Surrey Hospital

Canada Avenue

Redhill

RH1 5RH


Job description

Job responsibilities

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them. For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them. For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Education and experience

Essential

  • Professional registration
  • Reasons for applying for post
  • Degree level of education
  • Advanced Physical Assessment & Clinical Reasoning Module
  • Minor Injury Module
  • Red Dot / IRMER
  • Minor Illness Module
  • Mentorship / SLIP
  • 5 years post grad experience
  • 1 year Practitioner Experience
  • Autonomous Practice experience

Desirable

  • Paediatric Care experience or module
  • Pharmacology Module
  • Masters Level of Education
  • Patient Group Directives experience
  • Managing / Leading others experience
  • Wound care & Suturing
  • Teaching others
Person Specification

Education and experience

Essential

  • Professional registration
  • Reasons for applying for post
  • Degree level of education
  • Advanced Physical Assessment & Clinical Reasoning Module
  • Minor Injury Module
  • Red Dot / IRMER
  • Minor Illness Module
  • Mentorship / SLIP
  • 5 years post grad experience
  • 1 year Practitioner Experience
  • Autonomous Practice experience

Desirable

  • Paediatric Care experience or module
  • Pharmacology Module
  • Masters Level of Education
  • Patient Group Directives experience
  • Managing / Leading others experience
  • Wound care & Suturing
  • Teaching others

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

East Surrey Hospital

Canada Avenue

Redhill

RH1 5RH


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

East Surrey Hospital

Canada Avenue

Redhill

RH1 5RH


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Emergency Practitioner

Miranda Murphy

mirandamurphy@nhs.net

01737768511

Details

Date posted

22 April 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£41,902 to £47,684 a year per annum, inclusive of high cost allowance

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

326-4022230-SL

Job locations

East Surrey Hospital

Canada Avenue

Redhill

RH1 5RH


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