Associate Practitioner - Emergency Department

The Emergency Department is offering the opportunity for experienced SCSWs or existing Associate Practitioners to undertake the Associate Practitioner role. If you would like to undertake this great opportunity, we are offering an exciting environment that will support your developing skills and knowledge. There is no other area in healthcare that will provide the level of support and ongoing development that our team can offer you.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Working for our organisation
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
B - Bold
E - Every person counts
S - Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust., The qualified Associate Practitioner (AP) has knowledge and skills to work at a higher competency level than that of other CSWs. The AP has responsibility for actively participating in and ensuring the maintenance of protocol - based clinical care.
The AP will work as part of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) within the ED and provide a seamless service to patients with proximal supervision from registered practitioners, within agreed protocols and with clearly defined lines of accountability for delegated work. The AP will provide general and specific care encompassing the skills of assessment, examination, initial planning and evaluation of care to patients to a high standard and competency .
The AP will work within all areas of the ED. The post holder will work in support of registered nurses, doctors and allied health professionals. APs will support training and undertake informal teaching, and act as supervisor and mentor to CSWs and students. The role is flexible and adaptable to the changing needs of the ED system.

We are recruiting for a Associate Practitioner who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.