Trainee Emergency Nurse Practitioner

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JOB SUMMARY:

The post holder will be a nurse developing advanced clinical skills and expert knowledge base, providing a high standard of holistic care in the field of minor injuries and minor illness.

The post holder will develop to provide expert, evidence-based, individualistic clinical care in an autonomous capacity to patients attending Warwick Hospital Emergency Department.

The post holder will assess and order appropriate investigations, diagnose and treat patients and discharge or refer to specialist teams, without reference to a doctor.

The post holder will work in partnership with other healthcare professionals to achieve the Clinical Quality Indicators, including waiting time targets.

The post holder will provide specialist advice and management plane for patients with complex care needs and will provide specialist advice to other members of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).

The post holder will promote collaborative working relationships to facilitate the rapid delivery of seamless care.

The post holder will work towards the development of the service in collaboration with the ENP Team A&E Clinical Lead / Manager, clinicians and other service users, assisting the ENP Team with any other duties in support of the ENP role and function.

Organisational:

To monitor, maintain and regularly review acceptable standards of care in conjunction with the ENP Team and other members of MDT, taking appropriate action if standards are not met.

Participate I the development of policies, protocols and clinical guidelines necessary to support the development of the service.

Maintain national and local standards/protocols pertaining to clinical area, taking remedial action as appropriate and reporting deficits to the A&E Clinical Lead / Manager as appropriate.

Contribute to and influence decisions regarding service delivery through the participation in meetings.

Ensure the economical use of all resources.

Recognise and manage areas of potential conflict.

Recognise and manage any complaints from patients/carers, reporting issues to the A&E Clinical Lead / Manager as appropriate.

Participate in the setting, implementing and monitoring of organisational/local objectives.

Clinical:

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual programmes of care based on agreed protocols and in consideration of individual need.

Provide appropriate strategies for health promotion and health education.

Be an effective practitioner with the ability to demonstrate clinical expertise.

Demonstrate holistic assessment, planning, diagnosis, implementation and evaluation of patient care.

Request diagnostic tests and undertake interpretation of results.

Make decisions regarding patient treatment plans independently.

Ensure appropriate referral to hospital specialists or other services within the community, in accordance with locally established clinical guidelines.

Ensure safe discharge home, with appropriate after care and advice.

Provide clinical information and advice to all members of the MDT, other agencies, patients and relatives.

Support the A&E Clinical Lead / Manager and Head of Nursing in processes of continuous quality improvement. Formally evaluate the standards of care and lead in the implementation of required change.

Act as a role model to all members of staff including medical staff.

Demonstrate empathetic interpersonal and communication skills in dealing with patients who present with minor injury or illness, and their carers.

Demonstrate own expertise in appropriate areas of role expansion, and support programmes to facilitate this development in others.

Promote best practice.

Act as patient advocate through the application of ethical, legal and professional knowledge and skills.

Professional:

Be professionally accountable for own actions and advance nursing practice.

Take responsibility for own professional development developing own skills within the Scope of Professional Practice and Trust development programmes. Attending any training/development activities required by the Trust and maintaining own personal development profile.

To abide by Infection Prevention and Control policies relevant to your area of work and undertake the necessary level of training.

Participate in networks and forums to promote sharing / benchmarking of evidence-based practice.

Promote and comply with NMC professional standards and local standards for record keeping.

Promote and support the development of a dynamic and interactive learning environment which meets the needs of learners and trained staff within the department.

Maximise opportunities to promote health education and health promotion to patients and carers.