Emergency Clinical Practitioner Band 7

HCRG Care Group; Trowbridge; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

My Reward Hub discounts

Wages on demand (Earned Wage Access)

Wellbeing support & coaching

Learning & development

Innovation funding support

Good ratings by Care Quality comm.

Job summary

HCRG Care Group seeks an Emergency Clinical Practitioner (Band 7) to join the Minor Injury Unit at Trowbridge Hospital. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team delivering urgent minor injuries and illness care within a supportive AFC environment.

The role offers Band 7 salary with NHS Pension and APC terms; CPD and career development via The Learning Enterprise, plus wellbeing and financial support services. Based at Trowbridge MIU with flexible location within BSW.

Qualifications

• Registration with professional body
• Ongoing professional development
• Includes APiCA and non-medical prescribing

Responsibilities

• Autonomous assessment, examination and discharge planning.
• Manage staffing and MIU operations in absence of clinical lead.
• Coordinate care across primary/secondary interfaces in BSW.
• Deliver evidence-based care within professional scope.

Skills

Assess & prioritise

Autonomy

Decision making

Communication

Team collaboration

Staff training

Education

Current professional registration

APiCA

Independent Non-Medical prescribing

Job description

The following content displays a map of the jobs location - Trowbridge Integrated Care Centre (TICC)

£49,387 - £56,515 FTE AFC Terms and Conditions

Weekly contracted hours:

34.5

Location:

Trowbridge Integrated Care Centre (TICC)

Closing Date:

08/11/2026

Job Category:

HCRG - Nursing and Midwifery Registered

Service type:

HCRG - Community Services P1

Business Unit:

HCRG - BSW - MIU, Wards & Inpatients

Job Introduction

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Emergency Clinical Practitioner (ECP) - Band 7 you’ll be part of our valued team at our Trowbridge Hospital Minor Injury Unit.

You will feel valued as an Emergency Clinical Practitionerwithin HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• AFC Band 7 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions (Salary within banding, discussed and agreed based on previous salary with evidence provided)
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Job Introduction

As an Emergency Clinical Practitionerwithin HCRG Care Group, you will be part of a multi-disciplinary team made up of Nurses, Paramedics and support staff. You will deliver a service of both minor injury and illness support to the local community, working in collaboration with partner organisations including the Royal United Hospital Bath (RUH), other specialist units across the BSW region and HCRG Care Group internal services.

Based in Trowbridge minor injury unit but maybe required to work in MIU across BSW at times

Hours are usually 8am – 8.00pm 7 days a week.

Main Responsibilities

TheEmergency Clinical Practitioner (ECP) carries out autonomous responsibility for the assessment, examination, documentation, prescription, implementation and evaluation of evidence-based care and the appropriate discharge of patients attending the MIU.

The ECP also has responsibility for the safe staffing and management of the Minor Injuries Unit in the absence of the clinical lead .

The successful band 7 nurse/paramedic would have completed APiCA and Non medical prescribing and would process advanced triage/assessment skills and knowledge in minor injury and illness within professional scope of practice.

You will be working as part of a practitioner led team and across the primary and secondary care interfaces in BSW. You will be responsible for co-ordinating the provision of specialist interventions to meet the urgent health care needs of people who would have traditionally been seen in ED, or those requiring facilitated timely discharge from emergency departments or primary care.

A full list of responsibilities can be found in the attached job description.

The Ideal Candidate

Education & Qualifications

• Current professional registration
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Relevant minor injuries or emergency department experience and qualifications e.g. APICA
• Independent Non-Medical prescribing

Knowledge & Experience

• Knowledge of multi-disciplinary team working
• Acute and/or community experience
• Knowledge of evidence-based practice
• Experience of working with other agencies
• Current practical clinical skills

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to assess, prioritise and co-ordinate care for people with complex needs
• Ability to make decisions, delegate, take responsibility and work autonomously
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Willingness to participate and contribute to staff training and development
• Ability to work in a changing environment
• Good communication skills – verbal and written
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good problem-solving skills
• Ability to motivate others
• Evidence of teaching/mentoring in current role
• Mental Health First Aider
• ILS
• Recognition of deteriorating patient training
• Extended Clinical Skills / assessment skills:
• PACR
• PADRAP

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do .

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone .

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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