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Job summary

Main area
ANP
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
408-25-137
Employer
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Emergency Department - Wirral University Teaching Hospital
Town
Wirral
Salary
£53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
20/03/2025 23:59

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Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Emergency Medicine

Band 8a

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Job overview

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity? Wirral University Teaching Hospital is delighted to offer the opportunity to join out team within Emergency Medicine as a Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP)

The successful applicant must be motivated and enthusiastic about Emergency Medicine. They should be able to demonstrate advanced communication skills, organisational and multi-tasking skills and have the ability to prioritise effectively and efficiently in a busy and fast paced working environment.

The successful applicant must demonstrate an ability to support, teach, develop and educate others and possess good leadership skills. They should be able to work autonomously and work as part of a strong multidisciplinary team in order to maintain and deliver a high quality of care.

Main duties of the job

  • The post holder will be an integral member of the medical team working collaboratively with nursing and allied healthcare professionals undertaking advanced roles and responsibilities traditionally the remit of junior medical staff under the direction of the Consultant in charge of the patients care.

  • Initiate and undertake preliminary investigations, under agreed protocols, following clinical assessment e.g. appropriate blood analysis, Chest x-ray, ECG, GI studies, and cardiovascular investigations.

  • Implement decisions made by senior medical staff.

  • Undertake advanced diagnostic and therapeutic procedures under agreed protocols.

  • Independently perform clinical review and formulate individual care and management plans.

  • Obtain consent for treatment/procedure as require

  • Complete discharge summaries to General Practitioner

  • Make appropriate referrals to specialties and professions allied to medicine both autonomously and on behalf of consultant

  • Undertake research and audit within the service as required.

  • Develop practice-based protocols to lead advanced level of professional practice in care

  • Implement and undertake training programmes for health professionals using specialist knowledge and skill

  • Advocate health promotion strategies and modification of lifestyles/behaviour in terms of prevention of deterioration in disease process.

Working for our organisation

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.

We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Advanced Nurse Practitioner Emergency Medicine position available at WUTH.

Person specification

Qualifications, Specific Expereince & Training

Essential criteria
  • The post holder will be a registered nurse with significant post registration experience
  • Have completed an MSc in Advanced practice
  • Have completed the non-medical Prescriber's Course (V300)
  • Maintain Advanced Life Support provider qualification
  • Attained qualification in clinical examination and clinical diagnostics

Other Requirments

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work effectively as part of the multi-disciplinary team
  • Provide evidence of and demonstrate clinical competencies acute medical management
  • Excellent communication and negotiating skills
  • Able to access and keep up to date with research and critically appraise research findings
  • Skilled to work across multi-agency and professional boundaries
  • Able to implement change and think creatively
  • Exceptional leadership skills
  • Possess a clear vision of the future development of nursing practice
  • Ability to motivate and develop staff and change practice in line with government agenda

Knowledge and skills

Essential criteria
  • Has the ability to influence the strategic long- and short-term goals of the Directorate/Trust
  • Critically analyse research and apply robust evidence-based information to clinical practice
  • Achieve competence in specific clinical skills under medical supervision

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Provide and receive highly complex sensitive or contentious
  • Has the ability to overcome communication barriers utilising highly developed interpersonal skills
  • Possess clinical credibility to influence across both professional and organisational boundaries

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Donna Langton
Job title
Divisional Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0151 604 7115