Job summary
- Main area
- NMC
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: Band 6
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 388-7059505-NMC
- Employer
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Urgent Treatment centre Newton Abbot Community Hospital
- Town
- Newton Abbot
- Salary
- per annum
- Closing
- 10/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Junior Nurse Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, motivated, dynamic nurse who can demonstrate commitment to the provision of high-quality person-centred care.
You will participate in the delivery of high standards of care to patients and their families. In particular take responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of evidenced-based nursing care to a group of patients
Acting as an independent, autonomous practitioner, assessing, diagnosing and discharging patients using sound clinical rationale and work under the direction of the senior practitioner team, in close liaison with interdependent departments.
Our philosophy is 'together we can make things better', if this aligns with your ambition, passion and beliefs, we will welcome an application from you.
Main duties of the job
- Duties and responsibilities will be undertaken on a shift and rotation basis covering our opening hours 7 days a week, 365 days of the year
- To provide assessment, treatment management and discharge of adults and children attending the Urgent Treatment Centre or minor injury units
- Referral of patients to senior clinicians or interdependent departments promoting professional working relationships
- Actively identify and report any clinical risks
- Identify educational needs of self and proactively meet these needs
- Assess, treat and diagnose patients using nationally recognized tools, for example NEWS / sepsis screening
- Work as an autonomous practitioner using competencies including Patient Group Directives
- Make clinical decisions using evidence based knowledge
- Offer health advice and promotion to patients and their families including education on self-management
- Actively participate in any departmental audit both on national and local basis
- Undertake ‘link’ role attending relevant meetings and sharing learning with wider team to influence and promote best practice
Working for our organisation
The UTC is a busy environment, that supports the local sees a wide variety of patients of all ages with minor injuries and illnesses. We work remotely from the local Emergency Department but have close links to ensure the local communities have a high quality service and are ideally placed to support in alleviate pressures on our Emergency Departments relocating patients from the main hospital site.
We also operate and our team rotates into 2 satellite units providing our communities with a local service keeping many patients closer to home.
As a team we are enthusiastic and committed to supporting education, sharing of knowledge and developing our service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
Person specification
shortlisting
Essential criteria
- NMC HCPC registration (3)
- Minor injury and illness modules (3)
- Clinical experinence such as WIC/ED/UTC (3)
- evidence of autonomous patient asessments (3)
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of autonomous decision making (3)
- Evidence of advanced skills such as suturing plastering digital nerve blocks (3)
shortlisting
Essential criteria
- NMC HCPC registration
- Minor injury and illness modules
- Clinical experinance such as WIC/ED/UTC
- Evidence of autonomous patient assessments
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of autonomous decision making
- Evidence of advanced skills such as suturing plastering digital nerve blocks
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
- Sarah James
- Job title
- ACP Lead for UTC and MIU's
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07827833224
- Additional information
Please note if no suitable experienced candidate available we may consider an a trainee position as a Band 5 Please discuss with Sarah James or our practitioner in charge on 07798 810506
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