Emergency Care Practitioner - Bank

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust; Oswestry; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Other

Job summary

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is recruiting for a Minor Injury Unit professional in Oswestry for bank shifts across four MIUs. The role involves autonomous patient assessment, urgent care, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to deliver care closer to home.

The post emphasizes professional development, adherence to NMC/HCPC standards, and experience in urgent and emergency care, including X-ray interpretation.

Qualifications

• Current professional registration with HCPC or NMC.
• Degree or diploma in nursing, paramedicine or physiotherapy.
• Evidence of ongoing clinical development beyond initial qualification.
• Postgraduate level studies in minor injury assessment or X-ray interpretation.

Responsibilities

• Support development of care pathways and multi-disciplinary working within the MIU network.
• Promote a proactive, dynamic MIU service delivering best practice and consent within legal frameworks.
• Act in accordance with professional codes and Trust values.
• Autonomously assess, investigate, diagnose and manage MIU patients with common injuries.
• Work as ENP/ECP with broad urgent and emergency care experience.

Skills

Triage

Documentation

Physical assessment

Plastering

Suturing

X-ray interpretation

IT systems (EPR)

Wound assessment

Education

HCPC or NMC registration

Degree/Diploma in nursing/paramedicine/physiotherapy

Evidence of recent clinical development

Masters level education or equivalent

Postgraduate study in minor injury/physical assessment/paediatrics/x-ray interpretation

Job description

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Main area MIU Grade Band 7 Contract Bank Hours

• Flexible working
• Other

0 hours per week (Bank shifts as required, 7 day service - shifts vary from unit to unit, opportunities to work across all 4 MIUs in Shropshire) Job ref 825-8221421-OPS

Site Oswestry Minor Injuries Unit Town Oswestry Salary per annum/pro rata Closing 03/09/2026 23:59

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Job overview

Do you enjoy working in a busy environment where no two shifts are the same?

Would you like to work in a highly supportive team with excellent opportunities for development and progression?

If so, our Minor Injury Units are the place for you!

Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin have four Nurse/Paramedic led Minor Injury Units, in Whitchurch, Oswestry, Bridgnorth and Ludlow, that treat approximately 3000 patients across the service per month, making a real difference, providing care closer to home and avoiding admission to hospital wherever possible and appropriate. Our aim is to closely integrate with the Primary Care Network and acute hospitals to widen the conditions we are able to support within our units.

Main duties of the job

• To work with other Emergency Practitioners, the Team Lead and Clinical Service Manager and other team leaders/managers within the Trust to proactively support the development and redesign of care pathways, embracing the concept of care closer to home and expanding/enhancing multi-disciplinary/multi agency working for people with minor injuries.
• Promotes a can-do attitude and a determination to develop and sustain a dynamic operational MIU service which delivers best practice.Gain valid informed consent and work within legal frameworks with patients.
• Act at all times in accordance with NMC/HCPC Codes of Conduct and standards of proficiency in a manner that is consistent with Trust values.
• Be responsible and accountable for autonomous assessment, investigation, diagnosis and management of those presenting to an MIU to include a variety of previously undiagnosed and frequently complex acute injuries where a range of treatment options may be appropriate.
• As a bank team member you will be expected to be up and running as an ENP/ECP with a vast experience in urgent and emergency care, including x-ray interpretation.

Working for our organisation

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification attached for further information on the role.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications are received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

Person specification

Qualifications & Training

• Current professional registration (HCPC or NMC).
• Degree / diploma educational level training (Nursing, Paramedicine or Physiotherapy).
• Evidence of recent clinical development beyond qualification.
• Possess professional knowledge acquired through degree level study supplemented by advanced education and clinical experience at Masters level or equivalent.
• Post graduate level studies in: o Minor injury assessment and management or equivalent o Physical Assessment or equivalent o Paediatric module or equivalent o Xray interpretation or equivalent

Experience

• Substantial experience in a Minor Injuries Unit / Urgent Treatment Centre / Accident and Emergency Department.
• Competent as an Autonomous Practitioner.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Current knowledge of emergency care issues and NHS reforms.
• Mentorship and teaching of others.

Knowledge & Skills

• Wide range of clinical skills including but not limited to: o Triage skills o Documentation skills using a medical model o Physical assessment of musculoskeletal injuries o Plastering o Suturing o Xray interpretation o Use of IT systems to include EPR and other clinical management systems o Wound assessment and management o Use of Patient Group Directions
• An ability to work independently
• An ability to show commitment to team working

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and above all, values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicants who require this in order to have the right to work in the UK, providing that the role you have been offered meets the requirements set by the Home Office.

Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) will need to meet the salary threshold of £41,700. For a limited number of clinical posts (listed here ), applications to the Health and Care Visa route will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the minimum salary threshold of £25,000 (whichever is higher ). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying.

Further guidance on eligible roles can be found here.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.