Emergency Nurse/Care Practitioner Kidderminster MIUNHS
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the team at the Minor Injury Unit at Kidderminster Treatment Centre. Kidderminster MIU is a busy department open from 8am until 10pm, seven days a week, seeing over 26,000 patients a year.
We are seeking an individual to join our friendly well-established team. The job role requires a friendly, knowledgeable and dedicated individual who will work as an Emergency Nurse/Care Practitioner, providing minor injury assessment and treatments to the patients attending MIU.
Full time and part time hours avalible. The shift pattern consists of 7.30am- 8pm and 10am -10.30pm, over weekdays and weekends.
If you need any further information please contact Vic Ellis - Ward Manager on 01562 512319.
Main duties of the job
The Emergency Nurse/Care Practitioner will work as an autonomous clinician within a nurse led Minor Injury Unit without reference to a doctor, providing expert assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management of patients presenting with minor injuries. They will be part of a team of nursing, medical and allied professionals leading in the delivery of a high-quality service to patients presenting with minor injuries.
Job description
Deliver safe, effective and evidence-based care from initial presentation through discharge or referral.
Utilise advanced clinical decision making, diagnostic, and prescribing/PGD skills to ensure high quality patient outcomes.
Act as a clinical leader, providing supervision, mentorship, and education to junior colleagues and students.
Promote high standards of professional practice, safeguarding, and health promotion in line with national and local guidance.
Contribute to service development, audit, research, and quality improvement to enhance patient outcomes and service efficiency.
Undertake autonomous assessment, diagnose, treatment, and management of patients presenting with minor injuries.
Order and interpret appropriate investigations (e.g., X-rays, ECGs)
Prescribe safely and appropriately under independent/non-medical prescribing authority or PGD guidance.
Provide effective patient education, safety-netting, and discharge planning.
Recognise, initiate, and escalate care for patients requiring urgent or emergency intervention.
Ensure accurate documentation and use of clinical IT systems in line with Trust policy.
Will provide clinical support and advice to all members of the Emergency Care team. Will support the key quality indicators ensuring 15-minute triage times and 4 hr breaches are met and assist with initial assessment of all patients in MIU. Will be part of the Kidderminster emergency response team.
About us
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Being open and honest
Ensuring people feel cared for
Showing respect to everyone
We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
DBS Checks and Costs
Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.