Minor Injuries Unit Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 03/09/2026
- Closes
- 16/09/2026
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 is a fixed-term, part-time Band 6 MIU Practitioner role at Liskeard Community Hospital, covering maternity leave for twelve months. The post involves working in a practitioner-led Minor Injuries Unit, including minor illness and paediatrics. The successful candidate will need to be passionate about minor injury care, possess good communication skills, and be committed to providing excellent care as part of the MIU team. Flexibility for evening and weekend shifts is required.
Essential criteria
- Professional qualification relevant to post
- Current professional registration
- Post graduate specialist training to degree level in relevant subject area which must incorporate minor illness
- Substantial post registration practice in MIU, ED/Emergency Care or similar; education and training including mentorship
Desirable criteria
- Non-Medical Prescribing qualification
- Experience/Skills and Aptitude
- An ability to act calmly in emergencies and to respond in a professional manner
- Budget management skills
- Confident in working autonomously and delivering high quality care
- Education & Qualifications
- Professional qualification relevant to post
- Current professional registration
- Post graduate specialist training to degree level in relevant subject area which must incorporate minor illness
- Substantial post registration practice in MIU, ED/Emergency Care or similar; education and training including mentorship
- Non-Medical Prescribing qualification
- Experience/Skills and Aptitude
- An ability to act calmly in emergencies and to respond in a professional manner
- Budget management skills
- Confident in working autonomously and delivering high quality care
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 2d ago · Closes in 12d
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Job summary
Liskeard Minor Injuries Unit has a rare opportunity covering maternity leave for a fixed term contract of twelve months for an MIU Practitioner, to work in a practitioner-led Minor Injuries Unit (MIU). The MIU currently operates 8am-8pm.
This is a Band 6 post and we are looking for a Practitioner who is able to work in an advanced practice role which includes minor illness and paediatrics at band 6 level .
You need to have a passion for minor injury care, good communication skills, and a commitment to providing excellent care as part of the MIU team. You must be responsive to change and flexible in your approach as we are in an exciting period of development for the MIU service. A sound knowledge of professional issues will be required.
It is an expectation of the role that the post is offered on the basis of regular rotation shifts to cover evenings and weekends. We are a small team and flexibility is vital to ensure service provision.
Main duties of the job
You need to have a passion for minor injury care, good communication skills, and a commitment to providing excellent care as part of the MIU team. You must be responsive to change and flexible in your approach as we are in an exciting period of development for the MIU service. A sound knowledge of professional issues will be required.
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