Emergency Clinical Practitioner

Enhanced clinical practitioner post in the Urgent Care Centres and Walk-In Centres of Central London Community Health Trust, working autonomously to provide same-day emergency care. The work centres on acute, undifferentiated presentations, with rotating shift coordinator duties alongside senior staff. The post suits nurses and allied health professionals, with structured learning to build adult and paediatric competence. Applicants need NMC or HCPC registration and a Level 6/7 minor illness or Level 7 advanced assessment module.

• Provide autonomous, unscheduled care to patients with acute undifferentiated conditions, using clinical reasoning and diagnostic skills
• Take on rotating shift coordinator responsibilities, leading day-to-day service operations
• Collaborate with colleagues across Emergency Services, other healthcare professionals, and statutory and voluntary agencies
• Contribute to defining and maintaining high standards of care and practice
• Support senior staff in the operational management and development of the service
• Achieve and maintain adult and paediatric competencies through structured learning with the Practice Educator
• Communicate complex and sensitive information clearly and compassionately to patients, carers and colleagues
• Deliver care within a culturally sensitive and inclusive framework
• Take part in implementing, conducting and evaluating service audits

• Level 6/7 minor illness module or Level 7 advanced clinical assessment module

• NMC registration as a registered nurse, or HCPC registration as a health professional such as a physio or paramedic

• Demonstrable competence in autonomous clinical assessment and management within scope of practice
• Consistent delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care to professional standards
• Autonomous working in an emergency or unscheduled care setting, or autonomously within a GP surgery
• Competence in assessing, managing and escalating care for adults and children at risk of deterioration, including timely referral to hospital services

• Comprehensive range of clinical skills relevant to the role
• Leadership skills
• Proactive identification of own and others' learning and development needs
• Clinical knowledge across a range of long-term conditions

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-pressure clinical environment
• Adherence to the Trust's values of accountability, inclusion, compassion and empowerment

• Evidence of a Minor Injuries Module
• Independent Prescriber, or on pathway to complete
• University-accredited paediatric advanced assessment module
• MSc in advanced clinical practice
• Experience of team, service or staff management
• Experience of change management and implementing change in practice

• Competitive employment package
• Ongoing professional development and career progression
• Access to evidence-based practice and continuous learning
• Opportunity to further develop advanced clinical and diagnostic skills
  
  Opportunity to help shape urgent care services
• Structured, competency-based paediatric programme for those new to paediatrics