Job summary
- Main area
- Medical/surgical
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Secondment: 8 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (9.5 hours/week Mondays-Saturdays)
- Job ref
- 337-NP-7690KS
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northwick Park Hospital
- Town
- Harrow
- Salary
- £40,701 - £48,054 PA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Band 6 SPA
NHS AfC: Band 6
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
The post holder will work both independently and alongside other health care professionals in the Single Point of Access (SPA) service based on the Medical SDEC/Ambulatory Emergency Care Unit at Northwick Park Hospital. This is a service which aims to coordinate all urgent internal and external medical referrals via a single number for Northwick Park Hospital . We have expanded the service to incorporate Ealing Hospital working as one team. The service will expand to include surgical, gynecology, frailty, London Ambulance Service (LAS), 111 and Rapid Response calls.
Main duties of the job
The post holder under direct supervision of a Band 7 Advanced Nurse Practitioner will undertake the following:
- Identify patients for the Acute Medical Take list and record the patient's details on CERNER/AMT.
- Identify patients suitable for SDEC by possessing in-depth knowledge of local pathways and SDEC admission criteria. All patients should be considered suitable for SDEC with the aim of admission avoidances were clinically appropriate.
- Identify patients who are suitable for other streams such has Rapid Response/lDAR/Frailty etc.
- Work closely with the Medical Consultant and refer calls onward for those referrers who are seeking specialist advice regarding medical conditions and ongoing management.
- Accept/Reject CERNER referrals on the Service Provider List for Medical SDEC and coordinate all appointments/follow up.
- Identify patients suitable for Medical SDEC through active streaming of patients from UCC/ED/Acute Medical Wards.
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Registered Nurse NMC.
- • Mentorship.
Desirable criteria
- • Additional relevant qualifications such as advanced medical assessment /History taking
- • Basic leadership and management course.
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- • Experience within emergency nursing or acute medicine nursing.
- • Leadership experience.
Desirable criteria
- • Ambulatory care experience/Emergency/Acute Medical experience
- • Management skills.
- • More than 5 years experience
Skills, abilities and attributes
Essential criteria
- • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills..
- • Advanced patient assessment skills.
- • Able to work effectively within the multidisciplinary team.
- • Able to work under pressure/Achieve trust targets.
- • Good IT skills.
Desirable criteria
- • Knowledge of evidence based practice.
- • Knowledge of latest developments in AECU/SDEC.
HEART values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate commitment to Trust HEART values: honesty, equity, accountability, respect, and teamwork.
- Demonstrate commitment to place Quality at our HEART
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jayini Rodrigues
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07816581297
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