Enhanced Care Practitioner Band 7 | University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Lower Blandford St Mary; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Enhanced Care Practitioner (Band 7) to join the fast-paced Surgical Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) team at UHD - Royal Bournemouth Hospital. You will assess, diagnose and formulate treatment plans for a complex patient cohort across General Surgery, Vascular, Urology, Gynaecology, and Head & Neck.

The post involves autonomous decision-making with senior support as required, delivering high-quality care with focus on

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage a distinct caseload of highly complex surgical patients.
• Make autonomous clinical decisions within the SDEC service with appropriate senior support when needed.
• Provide enhanced clinical assessments, diagnostics and interventions.
• Work autonomously to holistically assess patients using advanced skills across five surgical specialties.
• Plan and coordinate care, delegating and referring to optimise outcomes and resources.

Job description

Enhanced Care Practitioner Band 7 | University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Company: Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Interview date: 24th November 2026

Base site: UHD - Royal Bournemouth Hospital

Salary: £49,387 - £56,515 PA

Hours: Full-time

Location: Bournemouth, BH7 7DW

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 4 Nov 2026

Closing date: 4 Dec 2026

Are you an experienced, dynamic, and forward-thinking clinician ready to shape the future of emergency surgical care?

We are seeking an exceptionalBand 7 Enhanced Care Practitionerto join our fast-pacedSurgical Surgical Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC)team.

In this role, you will be at the forefront of avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions by providing rapid assessment, diagnosis, and treatment plans for a diverse and complex patient cohort. This is an incredible opportunity to utilize your advanced clinical skills across five distinct surgical specialties:General Surgery, Vascular, Urology, Gynaecology, and Head & Neck.

• Work with minimal supervision, clinically examining and assessing patients andinitiatinganyappropriate actionfor a distinct caseload ofhighly complexpatients.
• Make independent, autonomoushighly complexclinical decisions across a discrete aspect of patient care in the SDEC service. May require some supervision and will be expected to obtain support from senior members of staff to make decisions, which may be outside scope of clinical knowledge.
• Exercise significant discretion in the delivery of the role, guided by policies and procedures and implementingappropriate actionin order toachieve expected results.
• Care for people withhighly complexconditions using existing knowledge andexpertise, enhanced clinical assessments, diagnostics,interventionsand equipment.
• To work autonomously, using enhanced clinical knowledge and skills, underpinned by theory and experience, to holistically assess patients, using a range of methods across the specialist service.
• To plan and manage care of patients within current level of practice, working in partnership with others,delegatingand referring asappropriate, to optimise health outcomes and resource use, as well as providing direct support to patients and carers.
• To propose and implement service and policy development and redesign,impactingbeyond own area and other disciplines, informed by current best practice and evidence-base,in accordance withvalues-based care of the trust.

UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.

If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.

UHD has active networks including Women’s, BAME, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant interview schemes.

AI tools may be used, but applications must honestly reflect your own skills and experience. Integrity is key to our recruitment process.

See attached Job description and person specification

This advert closes on Monday 16 Nov 2026

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