Job summary
- Main area
- Emergency Medicine
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 362-A-25-7121224
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Emergency Department, Stepping Hill Hospital
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £37,338 - £52,809 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Emergency Nurse Practitioner / Emergency Care Practitioner
Band 6
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear
Job overview
The Emergency Nurse Practitioner/Emergency Clinical Practitioner will work autonomously within the Emergency Department; ensuring that high standards of clinical care are met through the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of minor injury and illness.
The post holder will have evidence of having successfully completed or be working towards post-registration education in minor injury and illness management at degree or masters level. The post holder will have a portfolio of evidence that clearly demonstrates their competence to independently assess and manage adults and children with a wide range of minor injury and illness presentations.
The post holder will be responsible for providing direct and indirect supervision and mentorship for trainee ENPs/ECPs and junior colleagues.
The role will require the post holder to work flexibly in order to respond to variations in demand within the Emergency Department
Main duties of the job
· The post holder will work autonomously assessing and managing patients presenting with minor injury/illness presentations to the Emergency Department
· The post holder will actively support the development of ENPs/ECPs and trainees in training by providing clinical teaching and supervision
· The post holder will support the development of all grades of clinical staff who are developing clinical skills in the management of minor illness and injury
· The post holder – in conjunction with the Consultant ACP will identify areas where the scope of the service or practice could be expanded
· The post holder will be responsible for contributing to clinical audit and service development within the minor service
· Collaboratively work with colleagues to develop evidenced-based clinical pathways, protocols and guidelines with a view to continuously improving quality and managing clinical risk more effectively.
The post holder will use history-taking, assessment, examination and diagnostic skills within an agreed scope of practice. The post holder will ensure the safe referral or discharge of patients within a range of minor injury and minor illness presentations.
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post-holder will be clinically experienced. They will exercise high levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in clinical care in managing minor injury & illness presentations in both adults & children. They will have ideally completed minor injury, minor illness & non-medical prescribing courses. Those working towards completion of these additional courses will be provided training opportunities to complete these where necessary for successful applicants. Salary will be negotiable depending on experience & current qualifications. The post holder will ensure person-centred care and family carer collaboration. As appropriate, the promotion and maintenance of independence, health and wellbeing will be undertaken. The post holder will be allocated weekly CPD.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse on NMC Register/ Registered Paramedic
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
- Evidence of university accredited qualification in minor injury/illness care
- Willingness to participate in CPD
- Evidence of continuing personal and professional development
Desirable criteria
- Non-medical prescribing
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of developments in the NHS
- Detailed clinical knowledge of the assessment and management required for patients with minor injury and/or illness presentations
- Understanding of current NHS initiatives and targets
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of managing patients independently with minor presentations
- Experience of staff management and undertaking appraisals
- Experience of people management and effective leadership
- Experience of undertaking clinical audit and effecting change
- Experience of clinical and formal teaching and training staff
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Skilled in history taking, clinical examination and diagnostic reasoning
- Ability to undertake clinical skills, teach them and supervise skill development in others
- Effective written communication skills
- Able to give effective oral presentations and deliver clinical teaching
- Leadership and organisational skills
- Ability to work under pressure and manage competing demands
- Logical approach to problem solving
- Able to work independently and as part of a team
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lucy Grimwade
- Job title
- Consultant Advanced Clinical Practitioner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 419 4103
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