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Senior Emergency Clinical Practitioner (ECP)

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Location
Salary
£46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Profession
Nurse practitioner
Grade
Band 7
Deadline
13 Jul 2025
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
24 Jun 2025

Job overview

An exciting opportunity for a dynamic clinician to join the Emergency Department at New Cross Hospital as a Band 7 Emergency Clinical Practitioner. The position requires an experienced Emergency Clinical Practitioner with a minor injuries, minor illness and prescribing qualification.

We are looking to recruit a qualified Band 7 Emergency Clinical Practitioner into the exciting, fast paced evolving Urgent and Emergency Care Centre (UECC). Individuals will work within the see and treat stream autonomously treating patients with minor injuries, there will also be opportunities to support the Urgent Treatment Centre when demand requires (or part of an internal transfer programme). The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of evidence-based care within the UECC,  working alongside the nursing, medical and AHP workforce.

You will require excellent communication skills and be excited about being part of an innovative team. Individuals should be self-driven, take pride in their work, be highly motivated, professional, whilst maintaining a flexible approach,

This role will support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work.

Main duties of the job

The role of the Emergency Care Practitioner (ECP) is to work collaboratively alongside the current medical workforce within the UECC. The postholder will be able to autonomously  assess,  request and interpret appropriate diagnostics and manage patients with minor injury presentations within ED as well as having the ability to review minor illness patients within UECC as required.

The ECP will deliver  high quality clinical care which  encompasses aspects of education, research and management but is firmly grounded in direct compassionate care provision or clinical work with patients, families, caseloads and populations.

The senior ECP will be responsible for providing managerial support to the ECP team as well as supporting the development of trainees within see and treat. They will support the Lead Advanced Clinical Practitioner in the development of the ECP service.

Nurses/AHP's  working at an advanced level will promote public health and well-being using ‘making every contact count’ as an approach to change behaviour through interactions with individuals, carer's and families to support them in making positive changes to their physical and mental health and wellbeing.

To be accountable for :

  • Ensuring safe and effective clinical practice
  • Enhancing the patient’s experience
  • Ensuring effective contribution to the delivery of the organisation’s objectives
  • Efficient and effective use of resources
  • supporting the development of the ECP team

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification Band 7 ECP

Qualifications

Essential criteria

  • Professional Healthcare Registration with a UK Regulatory Body (NMC/HCPC/GPC)
  • Completion of Minor Injuries course at Level 6 or above
  • Completion of Minor Illness course at Level 6 or above
  • Non-medical prescribing qualification at Level 6 or above
  • Evidence of professional updating within last 12 months.

Skills and Experience

  • Experience of autonomous practice seeing patients who present with minor injuries and minor illness to the Emergency Department
  • Complex reasoning,
  • Critical thinking, reflection and analysis to inform their assessments, clinical judgements and decisions.
  • Knowledge and skills of a broad range of clinically and professionally challenging and complex situations
  • Effective leadership
  • Service development
  • Influencing skills
  • Change management
  • Suitability to work with adults/children at risk of abuse
  • Patient/user involvement or advocacy
  • Practice/service development within sphere of practice
  • Data input, collection, analysis, audit and evaluation.
  • Use of databases,
  • Standard keyboard skills and knowledge of a number of IT packages such as excel, Word, PAS, e-rostering etc.
  • Ability to inspire others through value based healthcare
  • Able to work under pressure across competing priorities
  • Ability to utilise research and develop a research aware culture
  • Knowledge of current NHS policy and their implication for services
  • Can act on own initiative
  • Ambition in expectations of self and colleagues in delivering high-quality care.
  • Highly specialised clinical skills requiring accuracy and dexterity