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Employer London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Northwick Park Hospital Town Harrow Salary £70,396 - £80,837 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 06/08/2025 23:59 London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond. Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people. Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre. We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public. Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more aboutour ambitious strategy We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset. Our vision is driven by ourHEARTvalues and behaviours which were developed together with our staff. H onesty A ccountability T eamwork These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision. LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation , we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you. Job overviewThe lead practitioner for urgent care shall provide professional leadership to the nursing and allied healthcare professional workforce across three sites- Northwick Park Hospital, Ealing Hospital and Central Middlesex Hospital. They will work closely with the departmental teams to ensure the delivery of high quality patient centred care. The lead practitioner shall act as a link between all urgent care centres, both emergency departments, the wider division and organisation. The lead practitioner will lead on the development of new services and patient care processes/pathways ensuring they match the needs of the patient and service and the wider local health population. The lead practitioner will support the wider division and triumvirate to ensure operational performance is maintained and to develop strategies to improve performance and quality of care delivered. The lead practitioner will act as a role model and mentor to staff and will be pivotal in the ongoing development of advanced practice and the emergency nurse/care practitioner service. If you are interested in undertaking this secondment opportunity and wish to develop further in your career this could be the post for you. Main duties of the jobThe post holder will be a recognised expert in the field of emergency and urgent care and act as a resource to both medical, nursing and other associated health care professionals as well as to patients and relatives. To independently practice and lead a team using developed expert knowledge, diagnostic and clinical skills to manage patients presenting with emergency and urgent care needs. Provide expert care and operational leadership ensuring high standards of practice and quality of care to patients. Line manage a team of emergency nurse/care practitioners/advanced clinical practitioners including supervision, recruitment, appraisals, sickness management, disciplinary, grievance and performance monitoring. Ensure the delivery of safe and effective services that are responsive to the changing needs of the local population and sustainable over time. Facilitate stakeholder engagement to negotiate, influence and develop effective partnerships to support transformation of clinical pathways. Accountable for leading various change management projects and programmes in line with service wide improvement and transformation. Act as the patients advocate, supporting them to participate in and influence decisions concerning their care. Working for our organisationLondon North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond. Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people. Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre. We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public. Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesTo view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification. Person specificationEducation and QualificationsFirst Level Registered Nurse/First level Health Care Registered Paramedic Masters Degree/Advanced Nurse/Clinical Practitioner qualification or working towards. ENP Qualification Teaching and Assessing Certificate Leadership and Management Qualification Knowledge and ExperienceExperience leading and managing clinical teams Experience of setting up and running nurse led services Experience of mentoring and developing staff Budgetary management Knowledge of change management Skills, Abilities and AttributesHighly effective communication, facilitation and negotiation skills High level of clinical skills within urgent and emergency care Ability to analyze and interpret data for the purpose of performance management and service improvement The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We promote the wellbeing and safety of all our patients and carers by acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately, according to the standards determined by our policy and procedures. All posts working with vulnerable groups will be subject to an enhanced criminal records check upon appointment and staff will need to give their consent for the Trust to receive regular updates on their criminal records status throughout their employment. Due to the high volumes of applications we receive for certain posts, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.After the closing date we strongly advise you check the email account which is registered. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted. Our employment checking processes require that all shortlisted applicants provide the contact details of their current HR Department. If shortlisted you will be sent an email reminder to present the contact details of your HR Department at the interview. Please note the Trust uses identity checking software for verifying the authenticity of identity documents provided by candidates. As part of our commitment to the Equality and Diversity at LNWUH, we are encouraging applications from BME (Black ,Minority Ethnic) candidates as we seek to ensure our workforce structures are representative of the diversity of the communities we serve. Employer certification / accreditation badgesYou 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.#J-18808-Ljbffr