Emergency Care Practitioner

NHS; Coventry; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A large healthcare organisation in Coventry is seeking Emergency Care Practitioners to join their dynamic team. The role involves delivering high-quality care to patients with minor injuries and illnesses in a fast-paced environment. Applicants should hold a relevant PGCert or PGDip and possess excellent clinical reasoning and decision-making skills. Join a committed team focused on patient care and supported professional development.

Qualifications

• Must hold Level 6/7 PGCert/PGDip in minor illness/illness.
• Experience with patient history and physical examination.
• Competence in making clinical decisions.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for own actions based on the Code of Professional Conduct.
• Undertake systematic patient history taking.
• Make clinical decisions and communicate them effectively.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Decision making

Advanced history taking

Advanced physical assessment

Education

Level 6/7 PGCert/PGDip in minor illness/illness

Job description

Overview

The closing date is 07 October 2025

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust provide emergency services at our purpose built Minor Injuries Unit based at UHCW and at our Urgent Treatment Centre based at St Cross Hospital in Rugby and City of Coventry Health Centre. All sites have dedicated facilities and allocated staff to provide care 7 days a week 24 hours a day. We are seeking Emergency Care Practitioners (Adult only) to join our dynamic team within the Minor Injuries Unit/Urgent Treatment Centre. The practitioner will play a key role in delivering high quality, timely care to patients presenting with minor injury and illness. This is a fast paced, independent role requiring excellent clinical reasoning and decision making skills.

Applicants must hold either Level 6/7 PGCert/PGDip in minor illness/illness, and are looking to consolidate your experience. You will be supported to develop in line with NHS England UEC Practitioner framework.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will be working as an ECP within a busy Minor Injury and Illness Unit and Urgent Treatment Centre under a scope of practice; seeing, treating and independently discharging patients as required.
• The post holder will work with Senior EP colleagues to deliver a high quality, effective and sustainable service.
• The post holder will undertake a training post and is supported to complete a Minor Injury and Minor Illness University course with an EP portfolio to work towards to becoming a qualified EP.
• The post holder will work in good partnership with multi-disciplinary team. Teaching and education program for the EP is provided annually. This post will be rotational across two sites.

About us

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation - please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.

Job responsibilities

• Accountable for own actions in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct. Will contribute to corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.
• Using advanced history taking skills, obtains a patient history in a systematic manner including pertinent physical, social, emotional, psychological or environmental factors.
• Using advanced physical assessment skills, undertakes physical examination as appropriate, using techniques of observation, inspection, auscultation, palpation and percussion, including the safe use of diagnostic equipment as appropriate.
• Orders and interprets appropriate laboratory and radiology investigations in order to distinguish between normal and abnormal findings on history and physical examination and relates these findings to possible diagnosis.
• Makes clinical decisions using analytical and judgmental skills to reach a diagnosis and effectively communicates the information regarding these decisions, care pathways and policy to the patients/carers and multi professional team.
• Develops and implements a plan of healthcare management which will include any necessary treatment and appropriate referral for further evaluation or follow up care to any member of the multidisciplinary team. Takes clinical responsibility for the diagnosis, management and discharge/referral/transfer of the patient and offers health promotion strategies where appropriate.
• Utilise and ensure others utilise information and IT systems to secure accurate and timely patient, workforce and resource data. Responsible for documenting all clinical notes both computerised and paper based.
• Communicates effectively and works collaboratively with colleagues and other members of the multidisciplinary and multi professional teams to develop and promote the unique contribution to patient care provided by EPs.
• Remains up to date with clinical and professional developments and own learning, recognising limitations within own professional knowledge and practice.
• Participate in an ongoing programme of audit to monitor and evaluate the service and support the implementation of change as appropriate.
• Support the development and delivery of specialist teaching programmes for the Emergency Practitioner team in relation to their area and practice focus.
• Manage expected and unexpected clinical events requiring varying levels of physical effort according to patients dependency/clinical need.
• Support patients, carers and others during difficult and potentially highly distressing and emotional situations arising in the clinical area, e.g. imparting bad news or following an unexpected event.

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

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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.

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