Job vacancy: Specialist Emergency Practitioner - Abingdon, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Abingdon

Job summary

Main area

Community Health Services

Grade

Band 7

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time
Part time

37.5 hours per week (Weekends, Bank Holidays)

Job ref

267-CH6476147

Employer: Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Abingdon Community Hospital
Town: Abingdon
Salary: £43,742 - £50,056 per annum, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 08/08/2024 23:59

Specialist Emergency Practitioner - Abingdon

Band 7

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.

We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more details please refer to the attached Job Description and person specification or get in touch with us.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

Significant experience at Band 6 equivalent in autonomous assessment of minor illness and injury presentations
Experience of mentoring students
Competent in using Evidence Based Practice

Desirable criteria

Experience working in MDT

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Registered General Nurse or Allied Healthcare Professional
Post Registration Qualification in both Minor Illness and Injury (Level 6/7)
Mentorship qualification or equivalent

Desirable criteria

Independent prescribing

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Excellent interpersonal skills
Motivational skills
Committed to personal growth

Desirable criteria

Able to facilitate professional growth in colleagues

All new starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process, aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale
Candidates not currently employed by the Trust who attend an interview for non-qualified Band 1-5 posts are required to undertake numeracy and literacy assessments.
Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing

Mindful employer. Being positive about mental health.

Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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

Rachel Caira

Job title

Clinical Lead

Email address

[email protected]

Telephone number

01865903476

Additional information

At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.

Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.

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Job summary

Employer heading

Specialist Emergency Practitioner - Abingdon

Band 7

Job overview

Main duties of the job

Working for our organisation

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact