Junior Nurse Practitioner

☞ Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

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Update day: 30-04-2024

Location: Newton Abbot South West

Category: Health / Medical Care

Industry: Hospitals Health Care

Position: Mid-Senior level

Job type: Full-time

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Act as an independent, autonomous practitioner, assessing, diagnosing, caring, treating and discharging patients using sound clinical rationale.Work under the direction of the senior practitioner team, in close liaison with interdependent departments
  • Our duties and responsibilities will be undertaken on a shift and rotation basis covering our opening hours 7 days a week, 365 days of the year
  • To provide assessment, treatment management and discharge of adults and children attending the Urgent Treatment Centre
  • Referral of patients to senior clinicians or interdependent departments promoting professional working relationships
  • Actively identify and report any clinical risks
  • Identify educational needs of self and proactively meet these needs
  • Assess, treat and diagnose patients using nationally recognized tools, for example NEWS / sepsis screening
  • Work as an autonomous practitioner using competencies including Patient Group Directives
  • Make clinical decisions using evidence based knowledge
  • Offer health advice and promotion to patients and their families including education on self-management
  • Actively participate in any departmental audit both on national and local basis
  • Undertake ‘link’ role attending relevant meetings and sharing learning with wider team to influence and promote best practice
The UTC is a busy environment, that supports the local sees a wide variety of patients of all ages with minor injuries and illnesses. We work remotely from the local Emergency Department but have close links to ensure the local communities have a high quality service and are ideally placed to support in alleviate pressures on our Emergency Departments relocating patients from the main hospital site.As a team we are enthusiastic and committed to supporting education, sharing of knowledge and developing our service.For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sarah James Job title: ACP Lead for UTC Email address: sarah.james10@nhs.net Telephone number: 07827833224
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Deadline: 14-06-2024

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