Emergency Care Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 25/08/2026
- Closes
- 15/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an Emergency Care Practitioner to join an established team at Shotley Bridge or UHND Urgent Treatment Centre, with shifts including days and nights. The role requires advanced clinical, leadership, and organisational skills, with a commitment to service development. Candidates will work autonomously, assessing, diagnosing, treating, or referring patients of all ages with minor illnesses and injuries. The successful applicant will also mentor and develop junior practitioners and HCAs.
Essential criteria
- Evidence of working as an autonomous practitioner (having the authority to make decisions and the freedom to act in accordance with ones professional knowledge base).
- The ability to manage the patients journey independently from assessment to discharge or onward referral.
- Broad understanding of the knowledge and skills required to assess manage minor illness and injury in adults and children
- Ability to manage a caseload of patients taking into consideration clinical priority / staff skills and experience and the dynamic nature of urgent and unscheduled care.
- Ability to work collaboratively with Team Managers to ensure compliance with Clinical Governance and best practice, including appraisal, audit and deputising as appropriate
Desirable criteria
- Computer literate with ability to use relevant systems e.g. Systm One , Excel, Word, Teams.
- Evidence of relevant clinical experience, e.g. Urgent, Primary or unscheduled Care or similar
- Special Requirements
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Positive and enthusiastic attitude
- Flexible and adaptable with regard to shift patterns and working across other UTC bases as required
- Registered Nurse who holds a NMC registration or AHP who hold a HCPC registration with relevant post registration experience
- First degree in health related subject
- Masters level qualification in clinical assessment
- Paediatric clinical skills
- Non-Medical Prescribing qualification or commitment made to undertake this. Have experience with use of a wide range of PGDs
- Self-motivated with inspirational leadership skills.
- Minor Injuries Structured Learning and experience with commitment to Degree or above level Qualification. (Depending on centre)
- Mentorship / Supervisor Qualification
- Working in high pressured dynamic situations
- advanced communication with all disciplines
- Evidence of budgetary control
- Evidence of inspirational leadership
- Statutory Registration
- NMC or HCPC registration
- Special Skills & Knowledge
- Evidence of working as an autonomous practitioner (having the authority to make decisions and the freedom to act in accordance with ones professional knowledge base).
- The ability to manage the patients journey independently from assessment to discharge or onward referral.
- Broad understanding of the knowledge and skills required to assess manage minor illness and injury in adults and children
- Ability to manage a caseload of patients taking into consideration clinical priority / staff skills and experience and the dynamic nature of urgent and unscheduled care.
- Ability to work collaboratively with Team Managers to ensure compliance with Clinical Governance and best practice, including appraisal, audit and deputising as appropriate
- Computer literate with ability to use relevant systems e.g. Systm One , Excel, Word, Teams.
- Evidence of relevant clinical experience, e.g. Urgent, Primary or unscheduled Care or similar
- Special Requirements
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Positive and enthusiastic attitude
- Flexible and adaptable with regard to shift patterns and working across other UTC bases as required
- Registered Nurse who holds a NMC registration or AHP who hold a HCPC registration with relevant post registration experience
- First degree in health related subject
- Masters level qualification in clinical assessment
- Paediatric clinical skills
- Non-Medical Prescribing qualification or commitment made to undertake this. Have experience with use of a wide range of PGDs
- Self-motivated with inspirational leadership skills.
- Minor Injuries Structured Learning and experience with commitment to Degree or above level Qualification. (Depending on centre)
- Mentorship / Supervisor Qualification
- Working in high pressured dynamic situations
- advanced communication with all disciplines
- Evidence of budgetary control
- Evidence of inspirational leadership
- Statutory Registration
- NMC or HCPC registration
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 13d ago · Closes in 9d
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County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Emergency Care Practitioner
The closing date is 15 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Emergency Care Practitioner to join
an established team working from nominal bases of Shotley Bridge or UHND Urgent
Treatment Centre and as required across other UTC's in County Durham and
Darlington.
The Centres operate as
follows:
24/7 and Shift patterns include day and nightshifts.
Advanced clinical,
leadership and organisational skills are required as is a commitment to service
development and excellence in practice.
This appointment will be
made at Band 7 if the successful applicant meets all of the essential criteria.
Please note, dependent
on qualifications and experience, you may be appointed under Band 7 Annex 21
conditions, as per Agenda for Change once you have successfully completed all
of the essential qualifications within an agreed timeframe, you will progress
to permanent Band 7 banding, (The contract ends if an applicant does not
successfully complete the essential qualifications within this time frame under
the Annex 21 scheme)
If
you are a confident, enthusiastic positive, team orientated Registered NMC or
HCPC professional seeking a new challenge and you fulfill the requirements
above please apply for this role.
Main duties of the job
Candidates will work
autonomously, asse
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