Job Description

Are you a qualified Enhanced Care Practitioner, currently under taking your ECP course or looking for a new exciting challenge?
We are looking for two dynamic and enthusiastic individuals to join the advanced practice nursing team to support the gastrointestinal surgical team with the management of both elective and emergency surgical patients.
You will need to demonstrate the necessary skills to deliver services to acute and elective gastrointestinal surgical patients.
The service is currently predominantly Monday-Friday however this may be extended to cover a 7 day service in the future.
Please note the following
This post is for 2 jobs. 1x 37.5hrs and 1x 30 hrs / week. Please specify in your supporting statement which one you are applying for.
If you are a qualified ECP, you will be offered a band 7 position at either full or part time as per your request if successful.
If you are currently a trainee ECP, we welcome your application. If you are successful we will offer you a band 6 position, and on completion of the course you will be upgraded to a band 7 as hospital policy.
For applicants who want to commence their career in advanced practice this post comes with funding for the PG Cert ECP Apprenticeship course. If successful you will be offered a band 6 tECP post. On completion of the course you will be upgraded to a band 7 as hospital policy.
There are two job descriptions and personal specifications, please ensure you refer to the correct documents
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail please carefully read the job description and person specification documents attached.
About us
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define howwe treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and theNew Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managersinterviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excessmileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normalcommute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or Nationalterms and conditions.
Details
Date posted
23 May 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
xc2xa337,338 to xc2xa352,809 a year pa/ pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
153-SU04588
Job locations
RBH
Bournemouth
BH7 7DW
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the job in more detail, please read the full job description and person specification carefully. Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the job in more detail, please read the full job description and person specification carefully.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Current registration with relevant professional body
• Enhanced Clinical Practice qualification, level 6 or equivalent experience
• Current trainee Enhanced Clinical Practitioner at level 6 or 7

• Level 7 Post Registration/post gratulation qualification

• Demonstrable experience of managing a discrete aspect of a patient's care at an enhanced level of practice with specific knowledge and skills in a field of expertise within Surgical specialities.
• Experience of managing change as part of service and practice development.
• Minimum 3 years post registration experience

• Teaching, supervising and assessing staff

• Venepuncture and cannulation
• Nasogastric tube insertion

• Male / female catherisation

• Current registration with relevant professional body
• Enhanced Clinical Practice qualification, level 6 or equivalent experience
• Current trainee Enhanced Clinical Practitioner at level 6 or 7

• Level 7 Post Registration/post gratulation qualification

• Demonstrable experience of managing a discrete aspect of a patient's care at an enhanced level of practice with specific knowledge and skills in a field of expertise within Surgical specialities.
• Experience of managing change as part of service and practice development.
• Minimum 3 years post registration experience

• Teaching, supervising and assessing staff

• Venepuncture and cannulation
• Nasogastric tube insertion

• Male / female catherisation