# Senior Emergency Care Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-emergency-care-practitioner/5f28dfc7-e6d9-4f21-bea6-449f0d82875e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-emergency-care-practitioner/5f28dfc7-e6d9-4f21-bea6-449f0d82875e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust - **Location:** University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Practitioner - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (Rotational post including days and nights, will be expected to work bank holidays. Will cover University Hospital Coventry, Hospital of St Cross, City of Coventry Health Centre) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-20T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-04T10:14:20.211Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Warwickshire/Coventry/University_Hospitals_Coventry_Warwickshire_NHS_Trust/Urgent_Emergency_Medicine/Urgent_Emergency_Medicine-v8271167 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8271167?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhcw.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust provide emergency services at our purpose built Minor Injuries Unit based at UHCW and also at our Urgent Treatment Centre based at St Cross Hospital in Rugby and City of Coventry Health Centre. All sites have dedicated facilities and allocated staff to provide care 7 days a week 24 hours a day. The practitioner within the Minor Injuries Unit/Urgent Treatment Centre is a clinical expert playing a key role in delivering high quality, timely care to patients presenting with minor illness and injury. This is a fast paced, independent role requiring excellent clinical reasoning and decision making skills. Applicants must hold either a Level 6 or 7 PG Cert/PG diploma in minor injury/illness with demonstratable experience in urgent and emergency care. Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested. Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP. ### Main duties of the job There is an exciting opportunity to join our Emergency Nurse/Care Practitioner team at University hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. We are seeking motivated and experienced Emergency Practitioners who are able to demonstrate that they can see, treat and independently discharge adult patients from our Minor Injuries Unit to join our dynamic team . As a senior member of the team you will be involved in the clinical and managerial aspects of caring for Emergency patients attending our busy department. Main duties as below, - Co-ordinate the care of the UTC/MIU patients throughout the care pathway with the multidisciplinary team and clinical services to ensure the effective management of this group of patients. - Demonstrate specialist skills, knowledge, and expertise in the management of minor injury and minor illness conditions in line with Scope of practice. - Accountable for own actions in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct. Will contribute to corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times. - Using Advanced history taking skills, obtains a patient history in a systematic manner including pertinent physical, social, emotional, psychological, or environmental factors. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Using Advanced physical assessment skills, undertakes physical examination as appropriate, using techniques of look feel and move and observation, inspection, auscultation, palpation, and percussion, including the safe use of diagnostic equipment as appropriate. - Orders and interprets appropriate laboratory and radiology investigations to distinguish between normal and abnormal findings on history and physical examination and relates these findings to possible diagnosis. - Makes clinical decisions using analytical and judgmental skills to reach a diagnosis and effectively communicates the information regarding these decisions, care pathways and policy to the patients/carers and multi professional team. - Develops and implements a plan of healthcare management which will include any necessary treatment and appropriate referral for further evaluation or follow up care to any member of the multidisciplinary team. Takes clinical responsibility for the diagnosis, management and discharge/referral/transfer of the patient and offers health promotion strategies where appropriate. - Utilise and ensure others utilise information and IT systems to secure accurate and timely patient, workforce, and resource data. Responsible for documenting all clinical notes both computerised and paper based. - Communicates effectively and works collaboratively with colleagues and other members of the multidisciplinary and multi professional teams to develop and promote the unique contribution to patient care provided by Emergency Practitioners. - Provide clinical teaching and develop knowledge and skills of junior staff in the Emergency Practitioner team, whilst remaining up to date with clinical and professional developments and own learning. Share knowledge and expertise related to clinical and professional practice within and outside the organisation. - Support the resuscitation and stabilisation of adults and children / young people applying either ILS/ PILS/ EPALS skills and knowledge. - Consider any safeguarding concerns: adult and child and comprehensively acting upon them - Liaising with colleagues and senior teams and the named nurse for adult/ children safeguarding as necessary. For further details of the role please see the attached job description. ### 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 ### Knowledge **Essential** - - A knowledgeable practitioner with the ability to critically analyse research and apply to the practice setting. - Evidence of research/audit of practice - Evidence of knowledge/ understanding of collaborative practice and the Emergency Practitioner role. - A sound knowledge of professional policies and procedures - Knowledge of clinical governance and a commitment to clinical supervision and staff development - Good understanding of NHS issues ### Experience **Essential** - - Experienced Emergency Practitioner with substantial experience as a Band 6 qualified Emergency Practitioner in adult/ children’s emergency care. - Familiarity and quality assurance of nursing audit. - Conflict management - Experience of independently managing patients with minor injury/illness in emergency care setting. - Experience of mentoring and supporting junior staff - Change management experience. **Desirable** - - Experience in research and audit. - Experience of Policy/Service development - Experience of service development and project work - Evidence of conference presentation or journal publication ### Qualifications **Essential** - - Study at level 6 (Degree/Diploma) in healthcare. - Current Professional Registration NMC/HCPC - Evidence of continuing professional development - Recognised academically credited Emergency Practitioner Course (Minor Injury/Minor Illness) - Teaching and assessment qualification and is currently teaching sessions. - PiLs/ ILS course - Advanced Health Assessment - Assessors in date **Desirable** - - Leadership qualification or completion of a leadership course - ALS and EPALS courses - Non-Medical Prescriber ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - - Advanced Assessment and History taking skills. - Practical skills e.g. Plastering, suturing. - Patient focussed. - Excellent communication skills and good interpersonal skills - Effective leadership skills - IT skills - Ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines. - Good management of own and others time - Able to use initiative analysing problems to implement solutions and make decisions. - Approachable and adaptable to team working in a multi-disciplinary setting. - Self-motivated and able to motivate others **Desirable** - - Ability to produce reports and formulate policies. ### Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours **Essential** - - Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s values. (As detailed in UHCW’s Values in Action document below) - Applicants applying for job roles with managerial responsibility will be required to demonstrate evidence of promoting equal opportunities through work experience ## Documents - [candidate guide (pdf, 10.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2471) - [job description and personal specification (pdf, 696.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10586315) ## 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.