Job summary
Emergency Nurse Practitioner / Extended Scope Practitioner (ENP/ESP) - Southend
We are seeking highly motivated and experienced Emergency Nurse Practitioners / Extended Scope Practitioners (ENP/ESP) to join our dynamic Emergency and Urgent Care team at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Southend.
This is an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment, delivering high-quality, patient-centred care across a broad range of urgent and emergency presentations. You will use your advanced clinical skills to assess, diagnose, treat, and safely discharge patients, contributing to effective patient flow and service delivery.
We are looking for individuals with excellent communication, organisational, and clinical decision-making skills, who can work confidently both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
You will play a key role in supporting service development, enhancing patient experience, and maintaining high standards of care.
If you are a proactive and dedicated practitioner with a passion for emergency care and continuous professional development, we would welcome your application.
Main duties of the job
Work as a clinically autonomous practitioner delivering high-quality, evidence-based, person-centred care to patients presenting with urgent and emergency conditions.
Independently assess, diagnose, treat and discharge patients within scope of practice, ensuring safe and effective clinical decision-making.
Undertake initial patient assessments in the Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC), managing presentations such as wounds, sprains, fractures, minor head injuries and soft tissue injuries.
Manage an autonomous caseload, formulating working diagnoses for undifferentiated conditions and determining appropriate clinical pathways.
Order, interpret and act upon diagnostic investigations (including X-rays), ensuring timely and safe patient outcomes.
Prescribe and administer medications in line with Patient Group Directions (PGDs), NICE guidance and Trust policy, including Independent Prescribing where qualified.
Maintain accurate, contemporaneous and legally compliant clinical documentation at all times.
Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team, contributing to clinical expertise, audit, quality improvement and service development, and support the Emergency Department during escalation or major incidents as required.
About us
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached Job Description.We look forward to your application!Please be aware that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a high number of applications be received.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registered Nurse OR Relevant HCPC Registration
- Advanced management of Minor injury/illness course
Desirable
- Independent non-medical prescribing
- Emergency Care Course
- Acute Care Course
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Extensive post-registration experience working within an Emergency Department
- Experience in ensuring standards are maintained
- Awareness of Clinical Governance issues
Desirable
- ENP Experience
- Understanding of quality assurance process (i.e complaints/audits)
- Experience of management of datix incident investigation
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Southend
Prittlewell Chase
Westcliff On Sea
SS0 0RY
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
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