Clinical Lead – Emergency Care​/Nurse Practitioner | Community NHS Foundation Trust

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Lewes Urgent Treatment centre to work as a motivating Band 7 Clinical Lead Emergency Nurse Practitioner/Emergency Care Practitioner (ENP/ECP) to provide Clinical and Professional Leadership, ensuring effective governance for staff working in allocated area or service. The post holder will be accountable for the direct delivery of care to patients attending the urgent treatment centre.

Responsible for assessing, requesting and interpreting diagnostic radiographs. Diagnosing, treating and discharging or referral to other professionals. The vacancy is a permanent role for 37.5 hours per week.

To ensure staff are clinically competent, services are clinically effective and safe, and an excellent patient experience is delivered. To embed the principles of interdisciplinary working and cross skilling for all staff, including implementing the competency frameworks. To support an audit plan in the appropriate clinical area and participate in research as appropriate, to inform future service development. To ensure services continue to develop in line with Trust transformation programmes and the SCFT Clinical Strategy.

To develop key partnerships, working to ensure effective whole system working, through effective communication and networking with other disciplines and by working across professional boundaries. To work as an Autonomous Practitioner providing complete care packages to patients; ensuring safe and effective management of care for minor injuries and minor medical conditions. Working in association with and in support of the other practitioners in defining standards of care and practice aimed at developing or improving quality of care.

Liaising with other senior staff regarding the management and co-ordination of the Lewes UTC including all staff and consumables.

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays. Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

• Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
• Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast

Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

a) Leads and liaises with members of the multi professional team both within the organisation and with external stake holders, to ensure care is delivered to the patient both effectively and efficiently. Actively involves others in communications between patients, their relatives and the multi-disciplinary team both within the organisation and with external stake holders, and ensures excellent communication. Communicates proactively with all staff on the clinical condition and treatment/discharge plans of patients and ensures accurate nursing records are maintained by self and all other staff.

b) Provides and receives complex, sensitive and contentious information where persuasive, reassurance and empathetic skills are required and where there are barriers to understanding.

c) Actively involves patients, relatives and carers in their…