Emergency Practitioner

We seek an experienced & self-directed Emergency Practitioner with a passion and commitment to the care they deliver & who hold patient experience and care at the heart of their practice and share our organisational values. You will need to be motivated and enthusiastic in your role & looking for an opportunity to join our highly skilled team of autonomous Emergency Practitioners who deliver evidence -based clinical care in our Practitioner Led Unit.

Cirencester Hospital has a dedicated minor injury & illness unit (MIiU) open 7 days a week & the post holder will be required to work a full range of shifts.

We are open 0800-2000hrs, pre-covid the unit was open from 08:00-23:00hrs. This is under constant review and will be adjusted throughout our covid-recovery process.

Essential requirements for this role,
- Relevant Professional Registration & clinical experience in MIiU / ED
- Emergency Practitioner qualification

As a member of the Gloucestershire NHS, the unit offers a diverse range of training opportunities and is committed to personal as well as service development. We also offer the opportunity of training with a preceptor to support the transition induction period and ongoing professional development.

Clinical
- To provide advanced, skilled, effective and evidenced based health care.
- To ensure patients are seen in priority order, utilising Manchester triage assessment
- To utilise advanced skills in x-ray request and interpretation to safely manage patients presenting with fractures.
- To utilise advanced clinical assessment and reasoning skills and knowledge to provide a safe service for all age groups including children and babies.
- When appropriate to safely discharge patients, taking into account both physical and social factors.
- To take the opportunity in every patient encounter to offer advice in health promotion and disease prevention and to advise and empower patients to self-care where possible.
- To undertake non-medical prescribing where qualified, or to utilise extensive PGD’s when appropriate.
- To work in partnership with the wider urgent care team, acute trust, SWAST, OOH, social services, local GP’s, ICT
- To have an innovative approach to practice in response to changing service needs and priorities. Acting as a change agent and facilitating the change process.
- To have knowledge of, and be able to effectively refer to local services and resources to promote care.
- To provide and receive sensitive complex information related to patients and relatives. To maintain confidentiality.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust are proud to have been recognised as a ‘Veteran Aware Trust’, evidencing the provision of the best care for Veterans and driving to improve the care for veterans and their families. Find out more about this by clicking on the link at the right-hand side, titled ‘Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance’.

Detailed Job description and main responsibilities are available in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.