Clinical Lead - Emergency Care/Nurse Practitioner

Clinical Lead - Emergency Care/Nurse Practitioner An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Minor Injuries Unit in Uckfield and Crowborough to work as a motivating Band 7 Clinical Lead Emergency Nurse Practitioner/Emergency Care Practitioner (ENP/ECP) to provide Clinical and Professional Leadership, ensuring effective governance for staff working in allocated area or service.

The post holder will be accountable for the direct delivery of care to patients attending Minor Injuries Unit. Responsible for assessing, requesting and interpreting diagnostic radiographs. Diagnosing, treating and discharging or referral to other professionals.

The vacancy is a permanent role for 37.5 hours a week. 50% clinical and 50% managerial.

Main duties of the job To ensure staff are clinically competent, services are clinically effective and safe, and an excellent patient experience is delivered.

To embed the principles of interdisciplinary working and cross skilling for all staff, including implementing the competency frameworks.

To support an audit plan in the appropriate clinical area and participate in research as appropriate, to inform future service development.

To ensure services continue to develop in line with Trust transformation programmes and the SCFT Clinical Strategy.

To develop key partnerships, working to ensure effective whole system working, through effective communication and networking with other disciplines and by working across professional boundaries.

To work as an Autonomous Practitioner providing complete care packages to patients; ensuring safe and effective management of care for minor injuries and minor medical conditions. Working in association with and in support of the other practitioners in defining standards of care and practice aimed at developing or improving quality of care.

Liaising with other senior staff regarding the management and co-ordination of the Crowborough and Uckfield Minor Injuries Unit including all staff and consumables.

About us We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trusto
• Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast

Our values Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

Job responsibilities Communication and working relationships

• a) Leads and liaises with members of the multi professional team both within the organisation and with external stake holders, to ensure care is delivered to the patient both effectively and efficiently. Actively involves others in communications between patients, their relatives and the multi-disciplinary team both within the organisation and with external stake holders, and ensures excellent communication. Communicates proactively with all staff on the clinical condition and treatment/discharge plans of patients and ensures accurate nursing records are maintained by self and all other staff.
• b) Provides and receives complex, sensitive and contentious information where persuasive, reassurance and empathetic skills are required and where there are barriers to understanding
• c) Actively involves patients, relatives and carers in their treatment and encourages others to enable individuals to assist in their own recovery. Leads and supports all professionals in co-ordinating the discharge process and ensures high standards of written and verbal advice is available to patients, relatives and carers.
• d) Is actively involved in the dissemination of information to all staff e.g. Team briefs, Unit meetings.
• e) Accesses regular supervision in line with Trust Policy. Conducts supervision and appraisals for other team members.

Key responsibilities

• a) Takes responsibility for ensuring the maintenance of high standards of nursing care. Leads and participates in Nursing and clinical audit in the Unit collecting and collating information as required
• b) Ensures the application of local standards, policies and philosophies which further the philosophy of patient centred, individual and evidence based care for all patients. In conjunction with other ENPs, ensures that an annual training needs analysis is undertaken, which is communicated to the Clinical Lead.
• d) Ensures evidence based innovative practice in the delivery of nursing care and supports others in the implementation of changes identified to improve care.
• e) Ensures that all medical and emergency equipment is kept in a safe condition, regularly checked and is ready for use when required, and that faulty equipment is reported and/or replaced as necessary.
• f) Management of the care strategy and philosophy through leadership and supportive managerial skill whilst ensuring that all individuals strive to achieve the highest possible standards of care.
• h) Works centrally in the development of the Minor Injuries Unit and its education and training needs. To be a pro-active role model for the Unit in terms of clinical, education and general management quality standards and the nurse professional team leader.

• a) Exercises judgement in identifying, assessing and interpreting complicated conditions, where a range of options require consideration for the treatment and discharge planning for patients attending with minor complaints.
• b) Able to plan and organise a number of activities within the unit with regards to demand of the service and the allocation and re-allocation of staff to ensure clinical safety within the environment and for the discharge of patients
• c) Ensures that all staff including temporary staff and students in the unit are aware of emergency procedures to follow.
• d) Leads others in the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of care of patients in the unit in accordance with Trust ENP Guidelines and departmental protocols prior to discharge home or transfer of the patient to another hospital
• e) When necessary assists others in planning duty rotas to meet the requirements of the clinical area and the needs of the unit and takes into account skill mix requirements in relation to acuity and dependency.
• f) With due regard to Risk Management policies and procedures, ensures that a safe environment for patients, relatives, carers and staff is maintained.
• g) To be familiar with the Major Incident Policy, has the knowledge and skills to assist as directed within that plan, should the need arise.
• h) To ensure provision of professional leadership and supervision to staff within own discipline and facilitation of appropriate professional leadership for other disciplines.
• i) To act as role model for managing difficult and complex behaviours/situations treat others with care and compassion, demonstrate professionalism and uphold the Trust Values at all times.

Person Specification Qualifications and/or professional registration

• Completed and obtained RN and has current live PIN on NMC or HCPC register
• Minor Injuries Module or equivalent.
• Minor ailments module.
• Non-medical prescriber.
• BSc/MSc in clinical nursing or equivalent clinical and leadership experience.

Experience

• Experience of managing a team at minimum band 7 level or equivalent
• Significant experience of emergency nursing at senior level.
• Significant experience in an Emergency Nurse Practitioner role.
• Proven ability to initiate and implement change both clinically and managerially.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrable strong skills in leadership and management.
• Understanding of, and commitment to, achieving clinical governance standards.
• In depth knowledge of the current national nursing agenda within urgent care.
• Experience of managing serious incidents and clinical risks.
• Proven ability to initiate and implement change both clinically and managerially.
• Ability to manage complex situations including conflict management.
• Proven understanding of budgetary management in previous roles.

Skills and knowledge

• Advanced history taking and physical examination.
• Working knowledge of the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations (2000).
• Demonstrate effective and accurate x-ray interpretation.
• IT Literate
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