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Essential
13 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Tust Values and Behaviours
Patients First
- Tust Values and Behaviours
Always Improving
- Tust Values and Behaviours
Working Together
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Qualified Nurse, Midwife (Degree/Diploma) or Allied Health Professional
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Current NMC or HCPC registration
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Evidence of supporting learners in practice
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
To undertake and gain WECC Minors Emergency Practitioner qualification or equivalent (Minor injury and Minor Illness)
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Experience working in an emergency care setting
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
ILS and PILS
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Up to date knowledge of current guidelines relating to emergency care
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Experience of supervising/mentoring staff in an emergency care setting
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Evidence of on-going personal and professional development
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Broad awareness of wider Trust initiatives / pressures
Desirable
6 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Independent Non Medical Prescribing Qualification
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Registered on MSc Pathway as an experienced practitioner
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Further study at Level 7 within relevant pathway
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Leadership qualification (RCN, LDC, Edward Jenner, Elizabeth Garret Anderson, Nye Bevan)
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Completion of Wessex minor injury and illness training and portfolio
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Current IRMER Certificate
Job overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Job Title: Trainee Emergency Practitioner - Urgent Treatment Centre
Contract Type: Permanent
Main duties of the job
The emergency practitioner team within the Urgent Treatment Centre has an exciting opportunity for an individual as an experienced or trainee emergency practitioner in minor injury and illness.
As a band 6 trainee Emergency practitioner you will be enrolled in the fully funded successful regional minor injury and illness programme to teach you how to manage minor injury and illness in adults and paediatric patients.
Furthermore, clinically you will be supervised, assessed and supported by very experienced emergency practitioners to to give on the job training assessment, investigation and procedural advice.
Upon qualifying you will become a band 7 emergency practitioner. The expectation is that you will then commence you masters pathway or apprenticeship to help aid you in your future practitioner pathway.
The emergency practitioner pathway is a great introduction into the clinical practitioner pathway in your career. there are many options available to complete masters and apprenticeship pathways once the right candidate has qualified as an emergency practitioner to develop your practitioner skills and clinical practice.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Working closely with members of the clinical, nursing, consultant and advanced clinical practitioner team the successful candidate should have significant emergency nursing experience. A high level of competency in emergency skill including but not limited to wound closure and care, plastering, triage, health promotion and patient group directives.
Evidence of involvement of quality improvement, education and change management within their job role.
It is expected that the right candidate is flexible to work a range of shifts covering the hours between 07:30 to 22:30 including weekends and public holidays.
For an overview of the position, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification document. This includes a detailed breakdown of the key responsibilities, role expectations, and the qualifications we are looking for.
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.
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This advert is for Trainee Emergency Practitioner - Urgent Treatment Centre with University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust in Southampton, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Practitioner role. The advertised salary is £39,959 to £48,117 per annum, pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 04 Oct 2026.
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