Emergency Practitioner

5 months ago

Rochdale, United Kingdom Northern Care Alliance NHS Group Full time

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. Together, we’ve a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore. If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond
- **come and take your place with us.**

**Job overview**:
The post holder will form part of the Urgent Treatment Centre team providing skilled assessment of patients presenting with undifferentiated and undiagnosed health problems, and where necessary refer to other healthcare services/agencies.

**Main duties of the job**:
They will act as an autonomous practitioner within agreed protocols and procedures and in line with scope of professional practice.

Support the Lead Nurse and Senior Practitioners in the day to day clinical management and coordination of the Urgent Treatment Centre

The Urgent Treatment Centre based at Rochdale Infirmary offers a service for adults and children requiring assessment and management of minor injury and minor illness. With over 50,000 attendances annually and one third of the service users are children.

The team in UTC are multidisciplinary; Advanced Clinical practitioners and Emergency Practitioners working alongside General Practitioners, Emergency Consultants and a team of Registered Nurses and Healthcare Support Workers.

The team are diverse in their experience and skills that they can share with you. Amongst our team we have qualified paramedics and both adult and children's nurses practising in advanced roles. Development of staff is a key focus for us and this s achieved with the support and guidance from our in house dedicated practise based educator.

**Working for our organisation**:
Rochdale Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. A place destined to be different. Rochdale puts co-operation and co-design at the forefront of its health and social care. This is the place with community based integrated care at its heart. Rochdale Infirmary, and the adult and children’s community services across Heywood Middleton and Rochdale, consists of professionals from health, social and voluntary sectors. A place leading the way in life-enhancing, integrated care.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
As an Emergency Practitioner you will be able to plan, implement and evaluate an effective programme of care for your patient

You will be able to analyse and interpret information gained during clinical examination and history taking to diagnose an individuals problem or illness

You will accept clinical responsibility for a diverse range of patients presenting with minor injuries and illness

You will exercise clinical autonomy and professional judgement treating your patient independently within the UTC

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- NMC/HCPC Registration
- Completion of Minor Injury and/or Minor Illness Module

**Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Broad post registration experience within speciality of emergency care

**Knowledge**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Knowledge of speciality

**Skills**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Evidence of acquisition of relevant skills associated with the role
- We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

**Employer certification / accreditation badges**:
**Applicant requirements**:

- You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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