Registered Nurse​/Paramedic

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Band 5 registered nurse or paramedic to its minor injury and illness unit. The work centres on Manchester Triage, keeping waiting patients safe and working alongside Emergency Practitioners to see around 50 to 65 patients a day. The post is 36 hours a week across a full rota of shifts, with the service open seven days from 08:00 to 20:00.

Recent acute experience is desirable, though transferable skills can be considered.

• Triage patients using Manchester Triage
• Maintain the safety of patients waiting to be assessed
• Work alongside Emergency Practitioners to deliver care to around 50 to 65 patients a day
• Work a full range of shifts across a seven-day service running 08:00 to 20:00
• Put patient experience at the centre of clinical practice

• Professional registration

• Acute or urgent care experience
• Post-registration clinical experience in an ED, minor injury and illness unit or urgent care setting

• Use of patient group directions (PGDs)
• Team working and communication skills

• Full visa history disclosed where a visa is needed to work in the UK

• Evidence of professional development
• Demonstrates the Trust's core values

• Experience in a minor injury and illness unit or emergency department
• Manchester face-to-face triage experience
• Teaching and assessing qualification
• Experience of caring for deteriorating patients

• Training opportunities for personal and service development
• Preceptor support during transition and induction
• Multi-professional preceptorship programme aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing
• Option to enrol on the level 7 (Masters) 15-credit module Preceptorship for Healthcare (AP7026)