Trauma Assessment Unit Enhanced Practitioner | Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 04 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,810 - £54,710 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 04 October 2025 |
| Location: | Aylesbury, HP21 8AL |
| Company: | Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7286459/434-SCS7286459 |
Summary
Todeliveran effective, high-quality TAU enhanced practitioner service to include the management of an identified caseload, exercising a degree of personal and professional autonomy.
To provide professional advice and support to ensure the delivery of safe, effective services for patients undergoing trauma assessments.
To deliver high quality, patient-focused care, acting as a role model for practice across the specialty and the Trust.
Act as a source ofexpertise, advice, and knowledge for patients, carers, and healthcare professionals for an efficient, effective, andtimelypatient pathway.
Work within the multi-professional team,facilitatingoptimalevidenced-based care throughout all aspects of the trauma assessment pathway and in all clinical settings.
Support the planning and scheduling of trauma assessment lists.
Lead the TAU andassistin developing and modernising this service to meet current and future requirements.
Work collaboratively with other acute areas to improve patient flow across the hospital, through both the trauma assessment unit and other departments.
• Support consultants with screening and assessment of virtual fracture clinic patients, emergency patients and GP new patient referrals.
• Coordinate patients suitable for trauma assessment unit, using guidelines and clinic knowledge tofacilitateappropriate care.
• Take the clinical lead in assessing and reviewing patients attending the TAU
• Perform physical examinations asrequired.
• Lead in clinic-related audit activity, providing expert advice and clinical teaching to the orthopaedic ward team.
• Educate, assess, and support patients after trauma assessments, including the aftercare of patients with fragility fractures. Advise patients on the complications of trauma assessment surgery.
• Promote good health practices to improve patients’ recovery time and general health.
• Attend andparticipatein the trauma MDT asappropriate.
• Collaborate with colleagues to review traumatic wounds,x-raysand assessment of trauma patients.
• Support the ward team with post-operative criteria-led discharge.
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
What do we stand for?
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.
We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.
We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact Pam.Daley@nhs.net (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.
We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
Todeliveran effective, high-quality TAU enhanced practitioner service to include the management of an identified caseload, exercising a degree of personal and professional autonomy.
To provide professional advice and support to ensure the delivery of safe, effective services for patients undergoing trauma assessments.
To deliver high quality, patient-focused care, acting as a role model for practice across the specialty and the Trust.
Act as a source ofexpertise, advice, and knowledge for patients, carers, and healthcare professionals for an efficient, effective, andtimelypatient pathway.
Work within the multi-professional team,facilitatingoptimalevidenced-based care throughout all aspects of the trauma assessment pathway and in all clinical settings.
Support the planning and scheduling of trauma assessment lists.
Lead the TAU andassistin developing and modernising this service to meet current and future requirements.
Work collaboratively with other acute areas to improve patient flow across the hospital, through both the trauma assessment unit and other departments.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Key Ares of Responsibility
The post holder will be expected to:
• Practice within the legal and ethical framework for the relevant Professional Code of Conduct, ensuring valid registration.
• Work both independently and as part of a multi-professional team.
• Develop the role of the TAU enhanced practitioner.
• Take responsibility for the management of all trauma assessment patients, processing referrals, coordinating nurse-led clinics, and interpreting results, according to agreed protocols.
• Provide clinicalexpertisein the management of patients undergoing trauma assessments, autonomously managing own caseload.
• Line management of TAU staff
Clinical
• Support consultants with screening and assessment of virtual fracture clinic patients, emergency patients and GP new patient referrals.
• Coordinate patients suitable for trauma assessment unit, using guidelines and clinic knowledge tofacilitateappropriate care.
• Take the clinical lead in assessing and reviewing patients attending the TAU
• Perform physical examinations asrequired.
• Lead in clinic-related audit activity, providing expert advice and clinical teaching to the orthopaedic ward team.
• Educate, assess, and support patients after trauma assessments, including the aftercare of patients with fragility fractures. Advise patients on the complications of trauma assessment surgery.
• Promote good health practices to improve patients’ recovery time and general health.
• Attend andparticipatein the trauma MDT asappropriate.
• Collaborate with colleagues to review traumatic wounds,x-raysand assessment of trauma patients.
• Support the ward team with post-operative criteria-led discharge.
• Engage with and support digital innovationpertaining topatient tracking processes for TAU patients.
• Support the consultants with developing guidelines and enhance services for patients within TAU.
• With the trauma assessment lead consultant, audit model hospital trauma assessment data, sharing findings at relevant meetings/forums.
• Review the patient-related outcome measures (PROMS), supporting the MDT team with reporting, planning, and the ongoing use of data.
• Critically evaluate current practice using Care Quality Indicators as agreed with the multi-professional team.
• Use clinical knowledge and professional judgment to act on patients’ urgent health concerns and test results, liaising with theappropriate clinician.
• Develop new processes and policies for TAU patients, which will guide practice.
• Toparticipatein investigations into complaints and incidents, including those relating to surgical site infection, as requested by Lead Nurse for Surgery.
Communication
• Demonstratehigh levelsof customer care and be an ambassador for customer care within the Trust.
• Demonstrate a sound understanding of clinical governance, including PSIRF, and clinical risk,demonstratingthis daily.
• Act as a role model to promote andfacilitatehigh standardsof clinical practice.
• Act as an information source on trauma care both within and outside the organisation.
• Be an empathetic, accessible, and responsive point of contact for patients and carers, ensuring positive patient experience is central to the patient pathway.
• Facilitate a robust andtimelycommunication pathway for TAU patients, including those with complex needs.
• Promptly answer phone and email queries and concernsin a timely manner.
• Take responsibility fortimelyverbal and written communications with patients, carers, and colleagues.
• Ensure all information provided to patients and carers isaccurateand up to date.
• Ensure all documentation is complete and up to date, in line with professional body and Trust guidelines.
• Challenge decisions made by others if they contravene policy or are not in the best interest of the patient.
Research, Audit, and Education
• Ensure all provided care is evidence-based.
• Participate in and develop audits to support the TAU service.
• Monitor standards of care using data to improve, develop, and promote the TAU service.
• Undertake continuing professional development, including mandatory and statutory training,maintaininga portfolio of evidence to support clinical supervision, critical reflection, and achievement of appraisal goals.
• Facilitate and deliver educational sessions to a wide range of audiences.
• Use external resources to keep up to date with the latest national evidence and research.
• Develop resources for patients and carers.
• Undertake research projects for the trauma and orthopaedic service.
• Participate in Quality Improvement projects as requested by the Lead Nurse for Surgery.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Trust Values
Health and Safety at Work Act
The post holderis required totake responsible care for the health and safety of him/herself and other persons who may be affected by his/her acts or omissions at work. The post holderis also required toco-operate with Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust to ensure that statutory and departmental safety regulations are adhered to.
Confidentiality
The post holder has a responsibility to maintain confidentiality and ensure the principles of theData Protection Act 2018(DPAand all applicable laws andregulations relating to Processing of Personal Data and privacy, including where applicable the guidance and codes of practice issued by the Information Commissionerare applied to patient, staff and Trust business/information.
Equal Opportunities
The Trust welcomes all persons without regard to age, ethnic, or national origin, gender or sexual orientation, religion, lifestyle, presenting illness, marital or parental status or disability. We aim toprovide a non-judgemental service at all times.
Managing Risk:Maintainingskills and learning from problems
Reducing risk is everyone's responsibility. All staff in the Trust must attend trainingidentifiedby theirmanager, orstated by the Trust to be mandatory. The Trust uses risk assessments to predict and control risk and the incident reporting system to learn from mistakes and near misses and so improve services for patients and staff. All staff are expected to become familiar with these systems and use them The Trust hasdesignatedthe prevention and control of infection as a core issue in the organisation's clinical governance, managing risk and patient safety programmes. In consequence, all employees are expected to:
1. Follow consistentlyhigh standardsof infection control practice, especially with reference to hand hygiene and aseptic techniques,
1. Be aware of all Trust infection control guidelines and procedures relevant to their work.
ORGANISATION CHART
CHIEF NURSE
DIRECTOR OF NURSING
LEAD NURSE
MATRON
This advert closes on Thursday 18 Sep 2025