Job Introduction
An exciting opportunity to join our Award-winning Emergency Department, as an Emergency Care Advanced Clinical Practitioner. Our New Emergency department offers a bespoke ergonomic space in which to deliver excellent evidence-based Emergency care. We form part of the South East London Kent and Medway Trauma Network (SELKAM) as a level 2 Trauma Unit, seeing a variety of traumatic presentations and work closely with our trauma network including our pre-hospital teams and HEMS to provide the best and efficient care for patients, and excellent learning opportunities for staff.
As a Qualified Emergency Care Advanced Clinical Practitioner, you will utilise advanced clinical skills, leadership and expert knowledge in clinical practice. It is envisaged that at least 80% will be spent working in the Emergency department clinical area as part of an agreed job plan.
The post holder will work in close collaboration as a member of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to contribute to the delivery of safe and effective clinical practice, education and training, practice, service development and research/audit within the Emergency Care service. The post holder is accountable for independent clinical assessment, examination, diagnosis, and treatment utilising advanced practice skills within an agreed scope of practice. This encompasses a comprehensive assessment of patients with un-differentiated emergency, critical acute, and traumatic presentations and developing working diagnosis and treatment plans whilst working without direct supervision.
The post holder will utilise management and leadership skills to contribute to nursing practice to improve the quality of care to patients in line with national guidance and policy for emergency care. The post holder will provide support and advice to MDT colleagues and other professional groups internally and externally as an advocate for the Trust’s Emergency Care service.
About Us
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Important Application Information:
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’.
If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
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