Senior Emergency Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 18
- Posted
- 21/09/2026
- Closes
- 05/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for an experienced and self-directed Senior Emergency Practitioner to deliver evidence-based clinical care in a Practitioner Led Unit. You will provide a high standard of care to adult and paediatric patients with minor injuries and illnesses. The unit operates 7 days a week and handles walk-in patients, 111 booked appointments, and planned returns. The role requires motivation, enthusiasm, and a commitment to patient experience and care.
Key responsibilities
- Provide a high standard of care to Adult & Paediatric patients who present with minor injuries and illness.
- Deliver evidence-based clinical care in a Practitioner Led Unit.
- Work autonomously within the scope of an Emergency Practitioner.
- Organise and prioritise workload to meet service performance requirements.
Essential criteria
- 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
- Qualification in Minor Illness Management
- Non-medical X ray referrer and up to date calrad/ irmer
- Safeguarding adults and children course at appropriate level.
- Resuscitation Level 3 adult and children
- 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.
- Evidence of extended clinical skills relevant to level of practice and recent clinical processes
- Effective clinical leadership
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload and meet service performance requirements
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of management training or equivalent experience.
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.
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Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Emergency Practitioner
The closing date is 05 October 2026
Job summary
This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are 18 hours per week.
07:45 - 20:15 shift and 6 hour shifts, 8-2 and 2-8
We seek experienced & self-directed Senior Practitioners 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.
North Cotswold Hospital has a dedicated minor injury & illness unit (MiiU) open 7 days a week. In addition to patients walking into the unit we also facilitate ledgers for 111 booked appointments and planned returns .
Main duties of the job
Based in the MIiU, you will be required to provide a high standard of care to Adult & Paediatric patients who present with minor injuries and illness.
Essential requirements for this role,
- Relevant Professional Registration & clinical experience in MIiU / ED
- Emergency Practitioner qualification in injury & Illness
- Paediatric Qualification in minor injury & Illness (Paediatric PACR or MIMIC)
- Teaching & Assessing qual
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