# Emergency Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/emergency-practitioner/a3a48415-ee44-4ada-b088-1c8f5f1901f5 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/emergency-practitioner/a3a48415-ee44-4ada-b088-1c8f5f1901f5.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Edward Jenner Court - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Practitioner - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum (pro rata) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 18 hours per week (long/short days) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-31T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-20T14:51:00.652Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Gloucestershire/Dursley/Gloucestershire_Health_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Minor_Injury_Illness_Unit/Minor_Injury_Illness_Unit-v8371225 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8371225?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ghc.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This role is offered on a permanent basis, the hours are - 18hours per week We seek a self-directed Emergency Practitioner Nurse/Paramedic with a passion and commitment to the care they deliver & who hold patient experience and care at the heart of their practice and share our organisational values. You will need to be motivated and enthusiastic in your role & looking for an opportunity to join our highly skilled team of autonomous Emergency Practitioners who deliver evidence –based clinical care in our Practitioner Led Unit. The Vale Hospital has a dedicated minor injury & illness unit (MIiU) open 7 days a week & the post holder will be required to work a full range of shifts. Essential requirements for this role, - Relevant Professional Registration & clinical experience in MIiU / ED - Emergency Practitioner qualification - or pending APiCA results As a member of the Gloucestershire NHS, the unit offers a diverse range of training opportunities and is committed to personal as well as service development. We also offer the opportunity of training with a preceptor to support the transition induction period and ongoing professional development. ### Main duties of the job Clinical - To provide advanced, skilled, effective and evidenced based health care. - To ensure patients are seen in priority order, utilising Manchester triage assessment - To utilise advanced, specialist skills to undertake a thorough history, subjective and objective physical examination clinical decision making and safe treatment plan. - To utilise advanced skills in x-ray request and interpretation to safely manage patients presenting with fractures. - To utilise advanced clinical assessment and reasoning skills and knowledge to provide a safe service for all age groups including children and babies. - When appropriate to safely discharge patients, taking into account both physical and social factors. - To take the opportunity in every patient encounter to offer advice in health promotion and disease prevention and to advise and empower patients to self-care where possible. - To undertake non-medical prescribing where qualified, or to utilise extensive PGD’s when appropriate. - To work in partnership with the wider urgent care team, acute trust, SWAST, OOH, social services, local GP’s, ICT - To have an innovative approach to practice in response to changing service needs and priorities. Acting as a change agent and facilitating the change process. - To have knowledge of, and be able to effectively refer to local services and resources to promote care. - To provide and receive sensitive complex information related to patients and relatives. To maintain confidentiality. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our people’s skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey. The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your To support compliance with UK immigration requirements, all applicants who require a visa to work in the UK must disclose their visa history in full. This includes current and previous sponsors, dates of sponsorship, visa category, and any changes of employment. If you are on a Graduate or Dependant Visa, please disclose the expiry date on your application. Incomplete information may mean we are unable to consider your application. The Trust is required to work in line with the Government’s UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit - https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas ### Applicant requirements You 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. ## Person Specification ### QUALIFICATIONS **Essential** - Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional Council - Degree in Nursing (or any other relevant clinical degree such as a Degree in Paramedics) or equivalent experience - Relevant post Registration Qualification i.e. Emergency Nurse Practitioner, Emergency Care practitioner or equivalent. - Teaching and assessment qualification or equivalent experience at Level 3 or willing to undertake - Qualification in Minor Illness Management - Minor injury Minor illness in children or willing to undertake within 18 months of appointment( unless Trust prohibits) **Desirable** - Evidence of management training or equivalent experience. ### LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE **Essential** - Experience in using Patient Group Directions - Recent clinical experience - Portfolio evidence of recent professional development and commitment to CPD - Experience of using clinical software programs e.g. System one ,PACS. ## Documents - [band 6 ep miiu (pdf, 736.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10698990) - [staff benefits - ghc (pdf, 618.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2522) - [additional information for applicants (pdf, 408.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2656) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.