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Job summary

Main area
Emergency Medicine
Grade
Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
275-2411AP-ED1
Employer
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Town
Gillingham
Salary
£26,530 - £29,114 per annum/pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
05/12/2024 23:59

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Associate Practitioner - Emergency Department

Band 4

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.

Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

Job overview

Associate Practitioner - Emergency Department

Division: Medicine and Emergency Care

Care Group: Emergency and Acute

Band:  4                                 

Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 per annum/pro rata

Interview date: Tuesday 17th December 2024

We are recruiting for a Associate Practitioner who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

The Emergency Department is offering the opportunity for experienced SCSWs or existing Associate Practitioners to undertake the Associate Practitioner role. If you would like to undertake this great opportunity, we are offering an exciting environment that will support your developing skills and knowledge. There is no other area in healthcare that will provide the level of support and ongoing development that our team can offer you.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Working for our organisation

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B – Bold

E – Every person counts

S – Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The qualified Associate Practitioner (AP) has knowledge and skills to work at a higher competency level than that of other CSWs.  The   AP  has  responsibility  for  actively  participating  in  and  ensuring  the  maintenance  of  protocol – based  clinical  care.

The AP will work as part of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) within the ED and provide a seamless service to patients with proximal supervision from registered practitioners, within agreed protocols and with clearly defined lines of accountability for delegated work. The AP will provide general and specific care encompassing the skills of assessment, examination, initial planning  and evaluation  of  care   to  patients to  a  high  standard  and  competency  .

The AP will work within all areas of the ED. The  post  holder  will  work  in  support  of  registered  nurses,  doctors  and  allied  health  professionals. APs   will   support  training  and  undertake  informal  teaching,  and  act  as  supervisor  and  mentor  to  CSWs  and  students. The  role  is   flexible  and  adaptable  to  the  changing  needs   of  the  ED  system.

Person specification

Qualification

Essential criteria
  • NVQ level 3 in either “Direct Care”, “Health”, “Health, Social Care”.
  • Qualified Associate Practitioner - Foundation Degree in Health and Social
Desirable criteria
  • Individuals must demonstrate the ability to undertake study at Foundation degree level.

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of ED environment & demands

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience in an acute care setting

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Good communication skills (written and verbal).
  • Can understand and communicate factual information

Values Based Question

Essential criteria
  • Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a ‘can do’ attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzeDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - SilverDisability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgeStep into health

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Alan Woolley
Job title
Matron - ED
Email address
[email protected]