Emergency Nurse/Care Practitioner - Minor Injuries Unit

Integrated Care System; Bromsgrove; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable health service provider in Bromsgrove is seeking an enthusiastic Emergency Nurse/Care Practitioner for the Minor Injuries Unit. This full-time role offers a diverse range of responsibilities, including assessing and treating patients autonomously, and providing support to junior staff. Candidates should have significant experience in a similar role and a range of clinical skills. Various employee benefits are offered, including generous leave and a supportive working environment.

Benefits

27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days

Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay for unsocial hours

Flexible working opportunities

Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support

Wide range of supportive staff networks

Health and well-being opportunities

Qualifications

• Significant experience working as an ENP/Care Practitioner within a minor injuries or A&E environment.
• Evidence of ongoing continual professional development is required.
• Ability to travel between various sites.

Responsibilities

• Assess, treat, and discharge patients with minor injuries autonomously.
• Provide expert knowledge and skills to junior team members.
• Deputise for Countywide MIU Lead when necessary.

Skills

High level of clinical skills and knowledge

Advanced assessment skills

Ability to challenge poor behaviour

Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office packages/IT skills

Education

RN/ECP/AHP qualification

Independent / supplementary prescriber

Teaching and assessing qualification

Job description

Go back Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Emergency Nurse/Care Practitioner - Minor Injuries Unit

The closing date is 17 August 2025

If you are a practicing Emergency Clinical/NursePractitioner and want another challenge or feel it is time you progressed yourcareer, we would love you to come and join our Team within our Trust.

An excellent opportunity has arisen for anenthusiastic, experienced ENP/ECP to join our Minor Injuries Unit at thePrincess of Wales Community Hospital part of Worcestershire Health & CareTrust.

The ability to use your initiative, workproactively, demonstrate excellent clinical skills and communication skills, bepart of the team but at the same time prioritising your own workload andresponding flexibly to changing demands are essential requirements of the role.

The role will provide you with variety and notwo days are the same. You will have autonomy to balance and achieve thedemands of the role so will need to demonstrate your ability to be responsiveand flexible to be able meet the requirements of the role.

This is a full time post.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will:

Be expected to be autonomous practitioner,responsible for assessing, treating, discharging patients attending with minorinjuries.

Be an experienced clinician and as an ENP/ECPbe responsible for providing expert knowledge and skills to more junior membersof the team with a willingness to professionally develop their role within theeverchanging scope of emergency care.

Deputise for Countywide MIU Lead in times ofabsence, ensuring a consistent workforce within all Units, providing equitablecare to all patients.

Provide a holistic, autonomous, clinicalnursing service by attending to all referrals/self-referrals to the MinorInjury Unit. Assessing their physical, psychological and social needs,implementing all agreed management plan with patients including appropriateinvestigations, prescribing and referral, within PGDs.

Be innovative, continually striving forimprovement.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust,we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitalsand community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental healthand learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people ofall ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexibleworking options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions,and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We valuediversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures,and ethnicities.

What we offer;

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you workunsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit ourwebsite.

We encourage you to read the attached applicant guidance notes.

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Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteria for the roleplease refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• RN/ECP/AHP OT, Physio, S< Non-medical x-ray referrer and up to date CALRAD/IRMER ILS/PILS Evidence of ongoing continual professional development I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
• Independent / supplementary prescriber
• Teaching and assessing qualification

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to challenge poor behaviour
• High level of clinical skills and knowledge
• Understanding of teamwork
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office packages/ITskills.
• Advanced assessment skills
• Following Computer skills Sunrise, Ulysses, ESR, E Roster, NHSP

Knowledge

• High level of clinical knowledge and skill gained from working within a Minor Injury/ Urgent Care or A&E unit or an appropriate setting where these skills may be obtained.
• IRMER requestor and Imaging interpretation skills.
• Clinical Governance.
• Good knowledge of Safeguarding

Additional Criteria

• Ability to travel between various sites.

Experience

• Significant experience working as an ENP/Care Practitioner within a minor injuries or A&E environment.
• Broad range of clinical experience including autonomous practitioner skills, specialist skills gained from working in an A&E environment, for example, suturing, infiltration, plaster application.
• Clinical audit/project work.
• Previous Acute / Community Hospital experience as ENP/ECP
• Accident and Emergency experience

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.

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust