Emergency Practitioner - Urgent Treatment Centre

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 61,000

Job description

Job ref: 200-6877003-GO-VA

Employer: St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: St George’s University Hospitals

Town: London

Salary: £54,320 - £60,981 per annum inc HCAS (pro rata)

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 07/04/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Band 7

*The pay scales advertised have been confirmed by NHS England, we are awaiting confirmation of when these will be reflected. The new scales can be found here: Pay scales for 2024/25 | NHS Employers

Job overview

1. To work autonomously to assess, diagnose and treat adults and children presenting with minor injuries and minor illness in our new co-located Urgent Treatment Centre with the Emergency Department at St George’s Hospital and the Enhanced Primary Care Hub at Queen Mary’s Hospital.
2. Shifts include unsocial hours, including weekend working and twilight shifts. Practitioners will be expected to work across both UTC and EPCH as required.
3. The job role offers opportunity to also work across site at the Enhanced Primary Care Hub (EPCH) in Roehampton. This is a dedicated practitioner-led unit utilising an appointment-based service for patients with minor injuries and illness.

Main duties of the job

1. St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking experienced Emergency Practitioners from either a nursing, paramedic or physiotherapy background.
2. We are looking for qualified Emergency Practitioners with existing experience looking for a new challenge in a new department managing patients with minor injuries and minor health.
3. The Emergency Department sees over 150,000 patients a year and benefits from an 8 bedded resuscitation area, large Children’s Emergency Department as well as the newly built Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC).
4. The Emergency Practitioner team has the opportunity for high levels of clinical support that can facilitate extending scopes of practice and development of advanced procedural skills.
5. Practitioner development is supported by a work-based learning programme with opportunity to work towards the Emergency Care Advanced Clinical Practitioner Curriculum.
6. We offer ongoing development opportunities in a range of areas including MSc programmes and non-medical prescribing.
7. The Urgent Treatment Centre takes advantage of learning from GP and Emergency Medicine colleagues.

Working for our organisation

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre. Please see the attached job description and person specification which contains more information about the role.

Person specification

Qualification & training

Essential criteria

1. NMC Level 1 registered Nurse or HCPC registered paramedic or HCPC registered physiotherapist.
2. Autonomous practice qualification accredited at Level 6 or above in- Advanced physical assessment - Minor Injuries.
3. Level 6 or above qualification in minor health or willingness to undertake in 1st year of employment.
4. X-ray interpretation (IRMER).
5. Mentorship qualification.

Desirable criteria

1. Management / leadership qualification.
2. MSc Advanced Practice.
3. Independent prescriber or willingness to undertake.

Experience

Essential criteria

1. Recent experience working in an autonomous practice role.
2. Experience at band 6/7 in an acute setting.

Desirable criteria

1. Nurse led clinic management.
2. Experience working in primary care.
3. Service development and audit.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

1. Understanding of clinical governance and risk assessment.
2. Up to date knowledge of evidence based guidelines and policies.
3. Budgetary awareness.

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below. Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email. If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include: - The machine readable zone - An ultra violet image - An infra red image As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.

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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.