Senior Nurse Practitioner

Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare. Nursing vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses.

We are looking to recruit additional Senior Nurse / Paramedic Practitioners into our newly developed Urgent Treatment Centres.

• Are you: 1st level nurse with at least 2 years’ experience as a band 6 or 7 Nurse/ Paramedic Practitioner in A&E or MIU.
• Experience of working in an Urgent Treatment Centre
• Do you have a degree or undertaking a degree in advanced practice.
• Do you have A&E radiology (Red Dot) and evidence of specialist courses demonstrating an ability to assess, diagnose and treat patients with Illness or Injury?
• You must have evidence of completing an in-house training module for nurse practitioners or relevant course for an Emergency Care Practitioner.
• We are looking for a band 7 Senior Nurse / Paramedic Practitioner with proven leadership skills who can work within a multidisciplinary team to deliver a high standard of patient focused care within the standards set out by both government and trust policies.

You should have the ability to work autonomously, ‘’think on your feet’’ and take responsibility for the unit, being willing to develop and expand your clinical practice within the service guidelines.

The service opening times in the Minor Injuries is 8am to 8pm seven days a week.

For an informal chat call … Elaine Anderson on 01303 854494

A comprehensive corporate induction programme is provided at the commencement of employment.

The department can be busy and diverse in an ever-changing environment and we are looking for highly motivated members, to join our team, who are adaptable to clinical change on a shift basis.

The post has been developed to cover shift patterns at the Folkestone and Deal Urgent Treatment Centres however sometimes internal rotation across the service as required.

• Autonomous Nurse / Paramedic Practitioner
• Competent and knowledgeable in Minor Illness and Minor Injuries
• Ensuring a supervision framework is in place for colleagues within the team
• Effective budget management and identifying potential cost improvement plans
• Undertaking clinical activities, sharing and supporting each other in differential diagnosis of specific conditions
• Providing and supporting others in clinical leadership
• Responsible as a team for all patient group directives
• Developing and reviewing all clinical guidelines

Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship and therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

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The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Elaine Anderson Job title: Senior NP Deal UTC Email address: ***email_hidden***