Emergency Practitioner, Band 7

Job overview

The Senior Emergency Practitioner will be registered healthcare professional from a nursing, paramedic or physiotherapy background. They will hold experience and skills in minor injuries and or illness. They maybe a prescriber or have the capability to use our extensive patient group directives.

The Senior Emergency Practitioner will be responsible to the Non-Medical Consultant or their nominated deputy and assist with service delivery within the Emergency Department and Medical division.

The role incorporates a 24-hour clinical care rota promoting safety and quality care to those who present to the Emergency Department. The post holder will be a role model and support direct clinical care by working as an automatous practitioner to patients who present with minor injuries and minor illness.

The post holder is required to hold a professional registration with the NMC or HCPC and maintain standards in accordance.

The Senior Emergency Practitioner will assess, investigate, treat and either refer or discharge patients who present with minor injuries and illness across the age spans (adults and paediatrics). You will be expected to be able to use electronic patient records (Sunrise) and interpret investigations such as X-Rays and pathology results.

Additional working pattern details: Shift working both CGH and GRH

The proposed interview date is: 19th June

Main duties of the job

- Highly visible, accessible, authoritative and influential figure on whom staff, patients, families and carers can rely, to ensure the fundamentals of care are delivered effectively and efficiently.

- Facilitate the assessment, investigation, management and either refer or discharge patients.

- The post holder will be required to take deliver quality and safety in operational clinical practice.

- Provide clear clinical support for Emergency Department team, working flexibly as a member of the Emergency department team to ensure standards are being maintained, evaluated and where necessary improved.

- Using advanced history taking skills, obtain a patient history in a systematic manner including pertinent physical, social, emotional, psychological or environmental factors.

- Undertake routine forensic examination of alleged criminal injuries.

- Contribute to the coordination and effective management of the admission and discharge process.

- Undertake annual audit of prescribing practices.

- To identify and act upon situations which may be detrimental to health and well-being of patients for example identification and management of the vulnerable adult, safeguarding children’s issues, domestic violence

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

- Work as an autonomous practitioner, in urgent and unscheduled care directing and delivering a patient focused service within Gloucester and Cheltenham EDs and the ‘Nurse Led Service’ at Cheltenham General Hospital at night.

- The A&E Emergency Practitioner within the ED and Urgent Care Centre will demonstrate advanced clinical expertise, levels of judgement and decision making in clinical care to independently provide a high standard of care for patients of all ages presenting with undifferentiated and undiagnosed unscheduled care needs.

- The Senior Emergency Practitioner is a clinical expert and accountable for the total episode of care of the patient including assessment, diagnosis, treatment/delegation and referral or discharge.

- The Senior Emergency Practitioner will act as the clinical lead professional to organise and manage the care of patients with minor injuries and illness. You will be required to support junior staff in the department with decision making and take accountability and provide clinical leadership to Cheltenham ED overnight.