Emergency Care Practitioner

Job overview

The Nurse Practitioner (Band 6/7) will play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care within New Dartmoor Urgent Treatment Centre. Working as an autonomous practitioner, the post holder will assess, diagnose, and treat a wide range of minor injuries and illnesses in both adult and paediatric patients. The role supports the effective running of the UTC by promoting timely patient flow, reducing pressure on Emergency Departments and primary care services, and ensuring patients receive the right care at the right time. The successful candidate will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team while maintaining the ability to make independent clinical decisions, contributing to safe, efficient, and responsive urgent care services across a 7-day rota.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities

Following successful completion of the required training and competency assessments, you will practise autonomously as an Emergency Care Practitioner, working within Trust guidelines, local policies, and clinical protocols to deliver safe, effective, and patient-centred care.

You will:

• Take a lead role in the assessment, diagnosis, and management of patients, ensuring the highest standards of clinical care
• Support the development and implementation of Directorate policies, nursing strategy, and ECP competencies
• Act as an expert clinical resource, supporting, educating, and facilitating the development of other healthcare professionals
• Coordinate the day-to-day running of the UTC shift, ensuring efficient patient flow and service delivery
• Contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of minor injury and illness pathways, working closely with the UTC/MIU Modern Matron and Clinical Service Lead

discharge and referral skills

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Works as a competent practitioner, utilising specialist knowledge and decision-making skills to demonstrate clinical skills, to promote clinical excellence and ensure an optimum standard of nursing care is delivered from admission to discharge in a timely manner
• To carry out highly developed medical procedures such as suturing wounds, manipulation of minor bone dislocations and application of Plaster of Paris as part of treatment that includes management of children and vulnerable adults.
• To promote, maintain and monitor the best possible standards of care within the resources available, commensurate with Trust and Department policies and within the framework of NMC Professional Code of Conduct and the emergency nurse practitioner competency framework.
• To administer medicines under Patient Group Directives as appropriate.
• To request and interpret appropriate radiographs/laboratory tests as required as part of ongoing patient care.
• Identifies and manages child protection issues and raises awareness with medical and nursing staff.
• Identifies and manages issues related to mental health and vulnerable adults, raising awareness with medical and nursing staff.
• Work in areas subjected to frequent highly unpleasant conditions such as odours/body fluids and patients showing aggression.
• Liaises with appropriate agencies and members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure care in managed for ‘at risk’ patients on leaving the emergency department and/or hospital.
• To undertake the use of moderate physical effort in controlled restraint of patients undergoing procedures with learning disabilities, the manoeuvring of patients in confined spaces and patients presenting with decreased level of consciousness due to trauma, drugs, alcohol.

For further details please see attached JD&PS.

***Please note that applications from temporary workers who have been engaged with the Trust for a minimum of 3 months are welcome.

Available as a fixed term contract or secondment opportunity. (With current line manager's agreement). ***

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.