Emergency Care Practitioner

London Central & West UCC are looking for Emergency Care Practitioners to join our team at West Middlesex Urgent Treatment Centre.

LCW are currently working in partnership with Chelsea & Westminster Hospital Trust to provide clinical care at the UTC.

We are looking for ECPs who wish to work full time or part time to join our skilled clinicians and build a career, not justa job. You should be either NMC or HCPC registered, with experience working in urgent care.

Working Pattern:

12 hours shifts, 3 days per week across 7 days

As an ECP in the Urgent Treatment Centre, you will be partof the team delivering excellent care to one of the most diverse populations in Northwest London. You will be responsible for the autonomous clinical assessment, treatment and/or referral or giving advise as appropriate. You willbe responsible for handling a wide case mix, supporting GPs and ANPs within thescope of a typical ECP at an Urgent Treatment Centre.

You will be working autonomously in a fast-paced environment and part of a multi-disciplinary team which is supportive and open. ECPs play avital role in the shaping of our UTC services, and you will be part of a teamwhich is encouraged to be innovative and shape patient flow and streamline efficiencies.

In exchange, we offer a generous benefits package and you can optin/remain in the NHS pension scheme. We also offer an employee assistance program, and flexible working opportunities.

LCW is a clinically-led, social enterprise provider of integrated urgent and primary care services to the NHS.We provide services across North West, North Central and North East London. Weare committed to constantly improving our services to meet the needs of our patients and do this by working collaboratively with system partners to innovate and develop robust and effective clinical pathways.

We put patients and commissioners first, not profits. For over 25 years, LCW has been supporting Londons health system by working in partnership with other care providers to deliver value formoney, responsive urgent and unscheduled care, ensuring patients get the best possible care in the right place, at the right time.

Our staff make a real difference in the lives of local communities, join us to see for yourself.

• To participate in assessment, planning and delivery of direct patient care across the Urgent Treatment Centre
• Must be able to clearly demonstrate specialist knowledge and skills atan advanced level
• Will practice autonomously and within a defined multidisciplinary teamin accordance with local guidelines and protocols
• Provide initial history taking clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care
• Demonstrate critical thinking in the decision-making process
• Deliver a professional approach to the provision of high-quality care
• To be fully accountable and responsible for own patient list and managing workload during shift
• Independently assess, investigate, diagnose and treat patients with incompetency.
• Manage see and treat environment safely, ensure safe and effective practice at all times from all key personnel working within that area.
• To initiate, promote and maintain high standards of practice within theteam in line with departmental requirements.
• To provide clinical expertise both on shift and when representing the department.

• NMC registered Nurse or HCPC registered Paramedic
• Evidence of relevant CPD
• Qualifications to support emergency and/or urgent care practice
• Advanced Life Support Instructor

• Extensive experience in relevant field in current clinical practice in an emergency or urgent care environment
• Relevant transferable skills
• Ability to demonstrate advanced clinical skills e.g. history taking, physical assessments and clerking of patients presenting with undifferentiated diagnoses
• Evidence of innovative practice developments and significant achievements gained

• Demonstrates excellent leadership, organisational, time management and motivational skills
• Advocate to service users
• Ability to identify training needs of self
• Ability to request relevant investigations and interpret findings
• Ability to…