Emergency Clinical Practitioner

Are you an experienced Nurse or AHP Emergency Clinical Practitioner passionate about working in urgent care services? Do you want to work in a forward thinking, diverse and rewarding environment? Opportunities have arisen for Emergency Clinical Practitioners across our Central London Urgent Care/ Walk in Services based at: + Soho Centre for Health and Care This is an exciting time to join our Enhanced Clinical Practitioner Led Walk-In service that delivers high quality unscheduled care; our service is undergoing exciting changes as we transform to best meet the needs of patients and local communities. As a highly valued member of our team, the quality of care we provide starts with you. There is opportunity for flexible working, with a variety of shift patterns across the week and opportunity to work across services. We pride ourselves on our ACP/ENP's being up to date with the latest evidenced-based practices as well as being supportive of our staff in their professional development., + Soho Centre for Health and Care delivers high quality evidence-based care to patients attending with injuries and undifferentiated health problems. The post holder will be expected to work autonomously as an Emergency Clinical Practitioners delivering care to our patients. + Utilising expert diagnostic skills and clinical reasoning to provide autonomous, unscheduled care for patients presenting with acute undifferentiated conditions (most commonly minor injuries and ailments although some patients attending may present with complex health needs and / or acute on chronic conditions). + The post holder will deliver care in collaboration with Emergency services, other health care professionals, statutory and voluntary agencies. + To work in association with colleagues in defining standards of care and practice aimed at maintaining, developing or improving quality. + To work with the senior staff in the operational management and the organisational development of the service. + Act as the Shift Leader on a rotational basis assuming responsibility for day to day management of the service. + Take designated responsibility for discrete areas of operational management/clinical practice. + Communicate highly complex and sensitive information to patients, carers and other staff. + Deliver care within a culturally sensitive framework. + Implement, carry out disseminate and evaluate service audits., · To provide high quality evidence-based care to patients attending with injuries and undifferentiated health problems. The post holder will be expected to work autonomously as an Emergency Clinical Practitioner.

• Utilising expert diagnostic skills and clinical reasoning to provide autonomous, unscheduled care for patients presenting with acute undifferentiated conditions (most commonly minor injuries and ailments although some patients attending may present with complex health needs and / or acute on chronic conditions).
• The post holder will deliver care in collaboration with Emergency services, other health care professionals, statutory and voluntary agencies.
• To work in association with colleagues in defining standards of care and practice aimed at maintaining, developing, or improving quality.
• To work with the senior staff in the operational management and the organisational development of the service.
• Work shifts within the service during the operating hours.
• Prioritise and manage own workload with minimal supervision.
• Act as the Shift Leader on a rotational basis assuming responsibility for day-to-day management of the service.
• Take designated responsibility for discrete areas of operational management/clinical practice.
• Communicate highly complex and sensitive information to patients, carers, and other staff.
• Deliver care within a culturally sensitive framework.
• Implement, carry out disseminate and evaluate service audits.
Please refer to Job description and personal specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required. Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job. Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date. At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability. We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks: Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN) Race Equality Network Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff. Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH. The CLCH Equal opportunities statement is on our Website Equal opportunities :: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (clch.nhs.uk)

Just as we care about our patients' well-being, we care about yours! We can offer you: + A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role + Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up) + Flexible working options + Annual travel card loan + Training, support and development in your career To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits