Bank B7 Emergency practitioner

The Emergency Practitioner (EP) is a senior clinician, trained to an advanced level to work autonomously within the Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) to deliver care to patients attending Urgent & Emergency Care Services UTC department without reference to a doctor. The EP has a range of clinical, managerial, leadership and educational responsibilities, including: + Assess, diagnose, treat, and discharge or refer patients without reference to a doctor. + Provide a service that is complementary to GP's. + Encourage and participate in the development of protocols and pathways to improve patient care. + Be an independent prescriber (experienced EP essential), + Act as a clinical expert within own sphere of work + Assess, diagnose, treat, and discharge or refer patients without reference to a doctor and where appropriate prescribe medication. + Ensure the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of evidence based, individualised patient care. + Assist and advise staff, both registered and unregistered in the delivery of patient care. + Maintain and update own clinical expertise and contribute as role model to ensure the delivery of nursing care is at highest possible level to meet patient care. + Ensure all staff maintain accurate clinical observations of the patient and act accordingly. + Have responsibility for the correct administration and custody of medicines according to Trust policy., + Ensure registered nurses monitor patients' progress, work towards safe and timely discharge, and ensure barriers to discharge are identified, escalated, and acted on appropriately. + Deal with concerns raised by patients and visitors in a proactive manner, investigate any complaints and take remedial action as necessary. + Act as the patients advocate for patients attending Urgent and Emergency Care.

• Maintain a very high quality of care for all patients attending Urgent and Emergency Care Act as a role model for staff within the Trust.
Once a sufficient number of applications have been received the vacancy may be closed prior to the published closing down date. All contracts are issued under Agenda for Change Terms & Conditions of employment and all posts are subject to appropriate job matching or evaluation process, where indicated. Applications are welcome from all sections of the community to ensure our workforce is representative of the population. Please note that all candidates at risk in London and going through the NHS London Redeployment scheme are to be given priority as part of the recruitment process where their application meets the essential criteria for the role. Please note: If you do not meet the requirements for the role or have specific registration where required then your application will be automatically rejected. If you do not hear from within 2 weeks of the closing date please assume you are unsuccessful. The Hillingdon Hospital will use the information provided primarily for the purposes of managing your employment within the Trust.