Emergency Nurse/Care Practitioner Kidderminster MIU

Job description

Job responsibilities

Deliver safe, effective and evidence-based care from initial presentation through discharge or referral.

Utilise advanced clinical decision making, diagnostic, and prescribing/PGD skills to ensure high quality patient outcomes.

Act as a clinical leader, providing supervision, mentorship, and education to junior colleagues and students.

Promote high standards of professional practice, safeguarding, and health promotion in line with national and local guidance.

Contribute to service development, audit, research, and quality improvement to enhance patient outcomes and service efficiency.

Undertake autonomous assessment, diagnose, treatment, and management of patients presenting with minor injuries.

Order and interpret appropriate investigations (e.g., X-rays, ECGs)

Prescribe safely and appropriately under independent/non-medical prescribing authority or PGD guidance.

Provide effective patient education, safety-netting, and discharge planning.

Recognise, initiate, and escalate care for patients requiring urgent or emergency intervention.

Ensure accurate documentation and use of clinical IT systems in line with Trust policy.

Will provide clinical support and advice to all members of the Emergency Care team. Will support the key quality indicators ensuring 15-minute triage times and 4 hr breaches are met and assist with initial assessment of all patients in MIU. Will be part of the Kidderminster emergency response team.

Person Specification

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Demonstrate compassion, professionalism, and commitment to patient centred care.
• Acts with integrity and promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion.
• Flexible and adaptable to changing service needs.
• Assertive, enthusiastic, dynamic
• Works well under pressure
• Team player
• Time management and organisational skills

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (NMC) or equivalent professional registration (paramedic).
• Post-registration qualification in Minor Injuries and/or Minor illness.
• Teaching/Mentorship qualification or NHS Trust Assessor/Supervisor training.
• Non-medical Xray referrer and up to date IRMER.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.

Desirable

• Independent/Non-medical Prescriber (V300).
• Evidence of management training or equivalent experience.
• Manchester Triage Training.
• Qualification in Minor Illness management.

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• Advanced assessment, history-taking, and diagnostic reasoning skills.
• Competent in clinical decision-making and safe prescribing.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to prioritise, work under pressure, and manage competing demands.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, governance, and risk management.
• IT literacy, including use of electronic patient record systems.
• Evidence of extended skills: suturing & wound closure.
• Application of plaster casts. Manipulation of fractures.
• Relocation of subluxation .
• Venepuncture/cannulation.
• ECG recording & interpretation.
• X-ray requesting and interpretation.
• Knowledge of person-centred care. Awareness of Equality, Diversity and Cultural differences.
• Knowledge of the individuals responsibility towards health and safety. Aware of infection control measures.
• In-depth knowledge and awareness of safeguarding for adults and children. Able to produce written reports and articulate concerns regarding patient care/safety issues.

Desirable

• Following computer skills: Sunrise, PAS, ICE, PACS, Summary Care Records.

Experience

Essential

• Significant post registration experience in Emergency/Urgent Care/Minor Injury unit.
• Demonstrable experience in autonomous decision-making and patient management.
• Experience supervising and supporting junior staff or students.
• Evidence of involvement in audit, service development, or quality improvement.

Desirable

• Previous leadership or management experience within urgent/emergency care.
• Experience in research or guideline development.
• Complaints handling.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Kidderminster MIU

Kidderminster Treatment Centre

Bewdley Road

Kidderminster

Worcestershire

DY11 6RJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/

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