Enhanced Clinical Practitioner - Urgent Care Centre (UEC)

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust; Northampton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Northampton seeks an Enhanced Clinical Practitioner for their Urgent Care Centre. Responsibilities include comprehensive patient assessments, managing minor illnesses, and mentoring juniors within a dynamic team. Candidates must possess Level 6 or Level 7 qualifications in Enhanced Practice and demonstrate experience in urgent care. This role offers extensive support for professional development, contributing to a forward-thinking healthcare service.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Supportive work environment

Collaboration with a dynamic team

Qualifications

• Must hold an Enhanced Clinical Practitioner qualification.
• Demonstrable experience in urgent and emergency care.
• Engagement in ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive assessments of patients presenting with urgent care needs.
• Manage minor illness and injury presentations appropriately.
• Engage in clinical supervision, mentorship, and quality improvement initiatives.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Decision-making

Patient assessment

Safeguarding

Documentation

Education

Level 6 Enhanced Clinical Practitioner Apprenticeship

Level 7 PGCert/PGDip in Enhanced Practice

Job description

As an Enhanced Clinical Practitioner (ECP) in urgent care, you will undertake comprehensive assessments of adult patients presenting with a range of urgent and emergency conditions. Working within your scope of practice, you will diagnose and manage minor illness and injury, request and interpret diagnostics, and refer to appropriate services when necessary. You will use enhanced clinical reasoning and decision-making skills, supported by senior clinicians, and issue medications under Patient Group Directives (PGDs).
You will contribute to safe, effective patient flow through rapid assessment and early intervention, ensuring appropriate safety netting and safeguarding referrals. Accurate documentation, patient education, and adherence to clinical standards are essential.
You will engage in clinical supervision, mentorship, and quality improvement initiatives, while completing a structured portfolio aligned with the NHS England Emergency Practitioner Framework. Professional development is supported through CPD, academic learning, and engagement with national networks.
As a clinical role model, you will contribute to service development, governance, and interdisciplinary collaboration. You will also support the education and supervision of learners and junior staff, helping to shape the future of urgent care delivery., Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust is on an exciting journey with all of our divisions committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN). As part of this collaborative approach, there may be a requirement for you to work across both the Kettering and Northampton hospital sites, depending on the needs of the service.
Our Excellence Values
+ Compassion
+ Accountability
+ Respect
+ Integrity
+ Courage
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across UHN and help to unleash everyone's full potential.
UHN encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.
We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Silver Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme.
We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for UHN., Undertake comprehensive clinical assessments of patients (Adults) presenting with urgent and emergency care needs in accordance with scope of practice and competence as a Enhanced Clinical Practitioner (ECP).
Diagnose and manage a range of minor illness and injury presentations, referring appropriately when necessary. This may include direct referral to specialities'.
Work independently within scope of practice, using enhanced clinical reasoning and decision-making skills.
Request and interest appropriate diagnostics to inform decisions.
Seek advice and support from Doctors/ACPs to formulate plans.
Assess clinical risk for adult patients including but not limited to older people, people living with mental health conditions and acute/chronic presentations.
Utilise Patient Group Directives (PGDs) to issue medications relevant to the condition.
Contribute to safe and effective patient flow through rapid assessment and early intervention.
Ensure a safety net for patients who are discharged (examples, referral to General Practitioner, SOS/worsening advice and onward care).
Initiate safeguarding referrals for vulnerable patients.
Provide information to patients in electronic/leaflet form.
Maintain accurate, timely, and comprehensive clinical documentation.
Participate in clinical supervision, mentorship, and peer review.
Engage in quality improvement and service development initiatives
Complete a structured portfolio of competence aligned to the NHSE Emergency Practitioner Framework.
Maintain practice in accordance with regulatory and professional standards.
Adhere to organisational policies, procedures and clinical directives.
Act as a clinical role model and provide visible leadership within the urgent/emergency department.
Contribute to service development initiatives aligned with Trust and national priorities.
Participate in clinical governance activities and departmental meetings.
Lead on clinical audits and quality improvement projects within the urgent/emergency care setting.
Actively contribute to the supervision and development of Nurses.

Enhanced Clinical Practitioner - Urgent Care Centre (Springfield Urgent Care Centre, Initial Assessment Hun & Injuries Unit)
We are seeking a motivated and experienced Enhanced Clinical Practitioner (ECP) to join our dynamic team within the Springfield Urgent Care Centre, part of the wider Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) service.
Working alongside Doctors, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, and fellow ECPs/ENPs, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality, timely care to patients presenting with minor illness and injury. This is a fast-paced, independent role requiring excellent clinical reasoning and decision-making skills.
Applicants must hold either the Level 6 Enhanced Clinical Practitioner Apprenticeship or a Level 7 PGCert/PGDip in Enhanced Practice [60-120 credits at Level 7] (Minor Illness/Injury), with demonstrable experience in urgent and emergency care. You will be supported to develop and evidence your competencies in line with the NHS England UEC Emergency Practitioner Framework, with access to supervision, peer support, and ongoing professional development.
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a forward-thinking, patient-centred service, where your clinical expertise and leadership will help shape the future of urgent care delivery.

At Northampton General Hospital we provide general acute services and hyper-acute stroke, vascular and renal services to people living in Northamptonshire. As well as this we are an accredited cancer centre and provide cancer services to a wider population of Northamptonshire and parts of Buckinghamshire.
We are proud to be the first hospital in the UK to have obtained Pathway to Excellence designated accreditation from the American nurses credentialing centre (ANCC).
We celebrate staff achievements and value the importance of working as one big team. That's why we talk about Team NGH. It's all about working together to provide the best possible care for our patients and supporting each other to grow and develop our skills. We are driven to helping you to be the best you can be.
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities. The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative. We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.