Emergency Nurse Practitioner (Secondment/Fixed Term Contract)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Job share
- Posted
- 03/09/2026
- Closes
- 15/09/2026
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 involves providing advanced autonomous nursing practice to assess, investigate, diagnose, treat, and refer patients with minor injuries and illnesses in the Emergency Department. The post holder will act within NMC guidelines, provide holistic healthcare for undifferentiated presentations, and may take managerial control when required. It also includes providing clinical advice, leadership, and acting as a role model for the nursing team.
Essential criteria
- Professional registration
- Advanced physical assessment qualification (BSc/MSc level)
- Minor injury qualification (BSc/MSc level)
- Teaching qualification
- IRMER
- ILS/PILS
Desirable criteria
- Higher level qualification in at least one accredited emergency care course e.g. ALS
- BSC Emergency Nursing
- Minor illness qualification
- Independent Non medical Prescribing
- ALS/APLS/EPALs
- Experience working as an established ENP within ED/UTC/WIC
- Wound management
- Competent in suturing
- Competent in advanced plastering skills
- Management of fractures and dislocations
- Experience of teaching
- Evidence of undertaking research and audit
- Primary care experience
- In depth understanding of change management
- Able to use NHS IT systems
- Risk management and governance
- Proven competency with high level interventional skills regarding minor injuries/illness
- Professional registration
- Advanced physical assessment qualification (BSc/MSc level)
- Minor injury qualification (BSc/MSc level)
- Teaching qualification
- IRMER
- ILS/PILS
- Higher level qualification in at least one accredited emergency care course e.g. ALS
- BSC Emergency Nursing
- Minor illness qualification
- Independent Non medical Prescribing
- ALS/APLS/EPALs
- Experience working as an established ENP within ED/UTC/WIC
- Wound management
- Competent in suturing
- Competent in advanced plastering skills
- Management of fractures and dislocations
- Experience of teaching
- Evidence of undertaking research and audit
- Primary care experience
- In depth understanding of change management
- Able to use NHS IT systems
- Risk management and governance
- Proven competency with high level interventional skills regarding minor injuries/illness
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 2d ago · Closes in 11d
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Job summary
To provide advanced levels of autonomous nursing practice to assess, investigate, diagnose, treat and refer patients by acting within the parameters of the NMC code of professional conduct and trust guidelines. To provide a service that meets the needs of patients attending the Emergency Department with acute minor injuries and minor illnesses. This will involve the provision of holistic healthcare for patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations using advanced nursing skills. The post holder may take managerial control of the department when required and will take responsibility for specific senior management roles.
If you are applying for a secondment opportunity please speak to your Line Manager first and visit your Trust's Secondment Policy.
Main duties of the job
- Using an evidence based approach, assess, diagnose, treat or refer patients with minor injuries and illnesses as an autonomous practitioner, including prescribing where necessary.
- Work in a collaborative manner with other members of the multi-disciplinary team ensuring seamless service delivery for patients.
- Be able to plan own workload in an organised and effective manner whilst having an overall awareness of departmental need and adjusting working needs accordingly
- To provide clinical advice and leadership to the relevant nursing teams, colleagues and managers as reque
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