Emergency Care Practitioner

CSH Surrey; Greater London; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

5% HCAS

Staff benefits

Job summary

CSH Surrey, based at Ashford in Surrey, seeks Emergency Nurse Practitioners and Paramedic Practitioners to join the Urgent Treatment Centre. Full and part-time shifts are available across a 7-day week, 365 days a year, with 08:00–20:00 hours.

You will deliver autonomous, evidence-based unscheduled care to both children over 2 and adults, with opportunities for non-medical prescribing and ongoing professional development through an experienced Clinical Lead.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse or HCPC-registered paramedic with advanced practice credentials.
• Non-medical prescribing supported and encouraged.
• Experience in urgent care or emergency settings preferred.
• Eligibility to work in the UK and visa considerations must be met.

Responsibilities

• Provide autonomous episodes of care to individuals.
• Follow guidelines and use autonomous decision-making when absent of protocols.
• Prescribe within knowledge and local/national guidelines.
• Deliver care for minor injuries and illnesses with appropriate referrals.

Skills

Autonomous practice

Non-medical prescribing

Emergency care

Clinical assessment

Education

NMC/HCPC registration

Advanced practice qualification

Job description

With an increasing demand for urgent care, we are seeking the right person/s to join our workforce within our Urgent Treatment Centre . We would welcome applications from Emergency Nurse Practitioners and Paramedic Practitioners, all based within our Hospital in Ashford, Surrey.

The Urgent Treatment Centre provides access to urgent care, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. As a clinician, you will work as an independent, autonomous practitioner providing high quality, evidence based, patient centred care. Responsible for utilising expert diagnostic and clinical skills to provide unscheduled medical care and management of a diverse range of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed minor illnesses and injuries. This will include children over the age of 2 and adults.

There are excellent opportunities for training, including non-medical prescribing, with support for this by an experienced Clinical Lead who will encourage your personal development. The post offers staff benefits as well as Agenda for Change, which include a pension scheme or continuation of an NHS pension scheme.

Full and part time hours are available over a 7-day week, 365 days a year, working shifts to cover opening hours of 08:00 20:00hrs.

We are passionate about the service we deliver, ensuring high quality and effective care to our community. If you are looking for an exciting opportunity to join our clinical team in the Urgent Treatment Centre.

Interviews will be held between 30 Nov and 4 Dec 2026.

Main duties of the job

Please note that Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Candidates must possess valid UK right-to-work documentation

To provide the local community with access to both scheduled and unscheduled care provision, 365 days a year.

Aims are:

• To provide assessment, differential diagnosis, and treatments of acute episodes of minor health and minor injury conditions.
• Work in partnership with service users in agreeing management plans.
• Promote self-care in order that service users are empowered to manage their health needs.

About us

CSHSurrey are part of the NHS and are Surrey's longest established NHS communityservices provider, so our employees get NHS pay and pensions, and also receivethe Fringe High-Cost Allowance of 5%.

Our staff enjoy excellent training and development opportunities, including thecare certificate, apprenticeships, numeracy and literacy courses, access tothe Nursing Associate programme, and a wide variety of management andleadership courses and programmes.

We CARE about our staff though through our values of Compassion,Accountability, Respect and Excellence. Our active employee council calledThe Voice, elect employee representatives to ensure colleagues' voices areheard at Board level.CSH is a diverse organisation, if you are a passionate, person-focusedindividual then apply to join CSH Surrey today!

We welcome candidates fromall backgrounds who meet the essential criteria of the job you are applying forand if you require any reasonable adjustments, please contact the namedindividual for this advert, or our recruitment team.

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Job responsibilities

• To work as an autonomous practitioner, providing completed episodes of care to individuals.
• Work within agreed guidelines and protocols where they exist and having autonomous decision-making capacity in the absence of guidelines.
• Where applicable, prescribe within knowledge and skills, and in accordance with national and local guidelines.
• Work within scope of practice using specialist knowledge in relation to minor injuries and health problems, and drawing on relevant experience, to deliver quality patient care.
• Work in partnership with other health and social care providers.
• Provide service users with the opportunity to contribute to the ongoing development of the service.
• To undertake prioritisation of service users according to medical need.
• Interventions are timely and may include emergency and surgical invasive procedures, administration of emergency therapies, and urgent medications.
• To contribute to the ongoing development of clinical guidelines, reflecting best evidence-based practice.
• Referrals to both primary and secondary services are made in line with agreed guidelines and with clear, contemporaneous notes, which accurately reflect the consultation and reasons for referral.
• Supply and administer medications in accordance with legislation and organisational policies.
• To have a working knowledge of child protection, elder abuse, and domestic violence, and refer to services as necessary.
• Support Lead Nurse in undertaking regular appraisals, exploring opportunities to develop walk-in centre staff to maximise their performance.
• Managing performance of other team members reporting to Lead Nurse where appropriate.
• Ensure appropriate skill mix is allocated to each shift in order that the service needs are met efficiently and effectively, anticipating and addressing shortfalls which may need to be covered.
• Ensuring effective communication with patients offering informed choice. Recognising and addressing patients anxieties and behaviours when managing acute health problems.
• Maintaining effective communication with other team members ensuring all team members are kept involved and informed in the delivery and continued development of the service.
• Caldicott Guardianship is effective. Consent and confidentiality are maintained in line with data protection and consent policies.
• Quality controls are performed by all staff. Risk assessments are performed and forwarded for action where appropriate.
• All team members are aware of health and safety for self and others and attend mandatory training. Due consideration is given to exposure to bodily fluids. All health and safety incidents are managed accordingly through the appropriate reporting mechanism.
• Medicines are managed safely within the unit in accordance with policy.
• Demonstrate awareness of own professional development and training needs in accordance with service needs.
• Promote and support the development and provision of work base learning to paramedic/ nursing students, health care assistants, apprentices, and other care providers.
• Maintain learning environment to support training for this group.
• Act as a supervisor for post registration nurses whose clinical placements are within the Walk in Centre.
• Continued professional development through reflective practice is integral to practice; clinical supervision is regularly undertaken.
• Comply with organisation medicines policy and non-medical prescribing guidance, as well as other relevant organisational policies and procedures, to ensure the safe, legal, and appropriate use of medicines.
• Ensure service is efficient by monitoring and exploring opportunities for savings.
• Undertake clinical audit to review practice and service, reporting results of audits.
• Explore opportunities in line with National Health plans to support effective health care for service users.

Please see the attached job description and specification for the full details.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse Level 1 or HCPC registered paramedic.
• Post-registration diploma or equivalent in advanced assessment skills for non-medical practitioners.
• Post-registration diploma or equivalent in managing minor injury for advanced practice.
• Post-registration diploma or equivalent in managing minor illness/health problems for advanced practice.
• ILS or willingness to undertake.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Non-medical prescriber.

Experience

• Minimum 4 years post-registration experience in ED or UTC/walk-in centre.
• Proven track record in relation to research-based practice.
• Experience with audit.
• Experience of managing within a healthcare setting.
• Experience of staff management.
• Evidence of professional development.
• Experience of multi-disciplinary working.

Skills

• Organisational skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Broad range of excellent clinical skills.
• Ability to lead and manage a team.
• Ability to organise the workload, able to delegate and prioritise.
• Good knowledge of health and safety and risk management.
• Effective written and verbal skills.

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.

£51,657 to £58,785 a yearinclusive of the 5% HCAS per annum pro rata