Job summary
Join Southmead Hospital's Minor Injuries Unit as an Emergency Practitioner. Whether you're from a nursing, Paramedic or ESP background, you will independently assess, investigate, diagnose, and treat patients providing timely, effective care for the local community.

Offering a balance of clinical autonomy and supportive team environment, you'll work alongside experienced colleagues in a service that values innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement.

This is an exciting time to join the service as our Minor Injuries Unit moves into a new, dedicated clinical space, creating opportunities to expand our service, increase patient access and further develop our models of urgent care.

Benefitting from the close proximity to one of the region's leading emergency departments, you'll enjoy a varied caseload, opportunities for professional development and the satisfaction of seeing the immediate impact of your care.

Bringing with you substantial experience in ED, MIU or urgent care, you should demonstrate the ability to manage a fast paced and constantly changing environment without compromising essential standards of care and professionalism.

Every day will be different, busy but never dull.

Main duties of the job
As part of this role, you will provide clinical and operational leadership across the Emergency Department, Ambulatory Unit and Minor Injuries Unit, with responsibility for shift management, patient flow, and the delivery of safe, high-quality, evidence-based care.

You will independently assess, investigate, diagnose and treat patients, using advanced clinical decision-making skills while ensuring effective clinical governance and maintaining high standards of practice.

Working closely with senior nursing and medical colleagues, you will oversee resources, support staff development, promote patient safety, and contribute to audit and service improvement activities to ensure the department delivers efficient and effective care.

Working patterns include 12 hour shifts between 07.00 and 23.00, 7 days a week.

About us
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Job responsibilities

• To provide clear and effective leadership.
• To participate in assessment, planning and delivery of direct patient care across the Emergency Department, Ambulatory Unit and Minor Injuries Unit (referred to as the department throughout this document) in the Trust.
• To be fully accountable and responsible for shift management.
• Independently assess, investigate, diagnose and treat patients in specific client groups.
• Manage see and treat environment safely, ensure safe and effective practice at all times from all key personnel working within that area.
• To work in collaboration with the Ward manager and Clinical Matron to ensure the delivery of high calibre of evidence based patient care, and to encourage and develop a flexible work force through the efficient use of facilities, manpower and other resources.
• To initiate, promote and maintain high standards of practice within the team in line with departmental requirements.
• To provide clinical expertise both on shift and when representing the department.
• To manage all resources effectively and within budget parameters.
• To actively participate in audit.

Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential

• ENP or APiCA qualified

Desirable

• Prescribing qualification or willingness to work towards one

Experience
Essential

• Significant experience at band 6
• Experience of working in ED, Minor Injury Unit or urgent care

Desirable

• Area of particular interest within department service development

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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