Bank Emergency Clinical Practitioner

• The post holder will deliver care in collaboration with Emergency services, other health care professionals, statutory and voluntary agencies.
• To work in association with colleagues in defining standards of care and practice aimed at maintaining, developing or improving quality.
• To work with the senior staff in the operational management and the organisational development of the service.
• Act as the team Leader on a rotational basis assuming responsibility for day to day management of the service.
• Take designated responsibility for discrete areas of operational management/clinical practice.
• Communicate complex and sensitive information to patients, carers and other staff.
• Deliver care within a culturally sensitive framework.
• Implement, carry out disseminate and evaluate service audits

Essential

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration or Registered Health Professional (physio, paramedic) with HCPC.
• Evidence of Minor Injuries Module at Level 6/7

Desirable

• Evidence of Minor illness module at Level 6/7
• Evidence of completion of Level 7 Advanced Clinical Assessment Module
• Independent Prescriber (or on pathway to complete)
• Qualification in prehospital care or community care
• MSC in advanced clinical practice

Essential

• Demonstrable competence in autonomous clinical assessment and management of patients, exercising professional judgement and delivering safe, evidence-based care within scope of practice
• Evidence of consistently delivering high-quality, patient-centred care in accordance with professional standards and best practice
• Experience in working autonomously in an emergency or other unscheduled care environment or working autonomously within a GP surgery.
• Evidence of competence in assessing, managing and escalating care for adults and children at risk of deterioration, with demonstrable experience of timely referral to hospital-based services when clinically indicated
• Experience of effectively working in collaboration, negotiating and liaising across organisational boundaries.

Desirable

• Experience of team / service/ staff management.
• Experience of implementing evidence-based care and developing others to do so
• Experience of change management and implementing change in practice

Essential

• Evidence of comprehensive range of clinical skills and expertise relevant to the role
• Proven ability to prioritise, manage own workload and flexibility in doing so
• Able to deal with conflict and manage appropriately
• Proactive in identifying own and other's learning and development needs, and actively seek ways to meeting those needs
• Specialist knowledge in clinical reasoning, history taking, physical examination, diagnostic skills and prescribing/treatment
• Clinical knowledge across a range of long-term conditions.