Band 6 Junior/7 Emergency Practitioner- (Development Opportunity)
Job summary
An exciting opportunity to grow your career in Urgent and Emergency Care! Are you an enthusiastic and motivated clinician looking to develop your skills as an Emergency Practitioner? Join us at an exciting time as we launch our brand-new Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, home to a major trauma centre.
Opening on 12th October, our UTC offers a fantastic opportunity to become part of a new, dynamic service, helping to shape the future of urgent care while developing your own clinical expertise. This is a developmental post, designed to support practitioners who are keen to learn, build confidence and progress their clinical skills within a supportive multidisciplinary team.
We are passionate about developing our workforce and will provide clinical supervision, mentorship and opportunities to consolidate your minor injury competencies, alongside further development through Minor Illness and Non-Medical Prescribing modules. You don't need to have all the answers from day one. We are looking for individuals with enthusiasm, commitment and a genuine passion for delivering excellent patient care.
Join us from the beginning, develop your potential and grow with our team!
Main duties of the job
As a developing Emergency Practitioner, you will join our new Urgent Treatment Centre, delivering high-quality, compassionate care to patients presenting with a range of minor injuries and urgent illnesses. This role offers a supported clinical development pathway, allowing you to consolidate existing minor injury knowledge and competencies while progressively developing the skills required to practise with greater confidence and autonomy.
Your responsibilities will include: -Assessing, examining and managing patients presenting with minor injuries, working within your level of competence. -Developing clinical assessment, diagnostic and decision-making skills through supervised practice. -Consolidating minor injury competencies, including relevant clinical assessment and practical procedures. -Developing skills in the assessment and management of minor illnesses through further education and training. -Undertaking investigations and developing appropriate treatment plans within your scope of practice. -Providing patient education, safety-netting advice and appropriate onward referrals. -Working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, effective and timely care. -Participating in clinical supervision, reflective practice and ongoing professional development. -Working towards additional qualifications, including Minor Illness and Non-Medical Prescribing, as part of your agreed development pathway.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people.
As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Qualifications · Essential
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Experience · Essential
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Desirable
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) . From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
