Mints Major / Minor Injury Practitioner - Hospital @ Home

Nhsscotland; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a dedicated Registered Nurse to join a multidisciplinary team. In this role, you will be responsible for assessing patient care needs, developing treatment programs, and managing junior staff under your supervision. The ideal candidate will have a valid NMC registration, leadership skills, and a strong background in urgent care. This full-time position offers comprehensive benefits, including generous leave and NHS pension membership.

Benefits

27+ days annual leave

NHS Pension Scheme membership

Paid sick leave

Occupational health services

Employee counselling services

Qualifications

• Must possess current revalidation and NMC Registration.
• Leadership skills essential for day-to-day service management.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills necessary.

Responsibilities

• Assess care needs and develop treatment programmes.
• Initiate investigations and determine diagnoses.
• Manage the MINTS Service in the absence of the Team Leader.

Skills

Leadership skills

Excellent listening skills

Communication skills

Effective time management

Team-working skills

Education

Registered Nurse with current revalidation and NMC Registration

Graduate Certificate in Urgent Care or Equivalent

Degree Level Education

Job description

Role Overview

As part of a multidisciplinary team the post holder will have responsibility for assessment of care needs and the development of programmes of care, and / or the implementation and evaluation of these programmes ensuring the delivery of high quality care to patients.

Assessment of presenting conditions, initiation of investigations, determination of differential diagnosis, initiate treatment and where appropriate discharge patients.

Review treatment plans developed by less experienced staff in order to confirm differential diagnosis and advise on discharge/referral.

In the absence of the Team Leader for MINTS the post holder will have responsibility for the management of the MINTS Service including supervision, development and deployment of junior staff.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current revalidation and NMC Registration.
• Educated to/working towards/operating at Degree Level.
• Graduate Certificate in Urgent Care or Equivalent
• Mints Major / Minor Injury practitioner / or Emergency Nurse Practitioner qualification
• Post graduate expertise within speciality / area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge to lead safety, effectively and efficiently.
• Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the speciality / area of Minor injuries.
• Specialist knowledge and experience of relevant conditions, pathology, policies and procedures associated with this speciality/area of practice ensuring that the level of expertise can be utilised to deliver leadership within this speciality / area of practice.
• Leadership skills to ensure optimum day to day management of the service.
• Further education/evidence of Continuous Professional Development in area of speciality including study days/courses/post graduate qualification.
• The post holder will possess excellent team‑working/leadership skills and have the ability to motivate others and work using own initiative.
• Excellent listening, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Effective time management skills
• Working knowledge of basic information technology.

Preferred Qualifications

• Postgraduate expertise within speciality/area of practice that demonstrates required breadth of knowledge to lead safely, effectively and efficiently
• Further education/evidence of CPD in area of speciality
• Extensive experience within area of speciality
• Evidence of audit and evaluation of new initiatives

Contract Details

Contract type: Permanent
Full time
37 hours per week
Location and Working Pattern: Hospital at Home, 4 over 7

Benefits

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
• A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
• Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• Occupational health services
• Employee counselling services
• Work‑life Balance policies and procedures

Contact

Rebecca Wilson, Team Leader (Overnight Nursing Service) – [e-mail]

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Nicole Hetherington, Recruitment Administrator – [e-mail] (Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)

EEO Statement

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent—regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another. Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

Right to Work within the UK

NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. UK Visas & Immigration rules are available at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk. Please note that all Band 1 and Band 2 posts are not eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route.