Senior Emergency Care Practitioner

NHS; Coventry; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Coventry is seeking a Senior Emergency Care Practitioner to provide high-quality care for patients with minor illnesses and injuries. You will be responsible for clinical decision-making, coordinating patient care in the Minor Injuries Unit, and mentoring junior staff. This is a full-time position requiring advanced clinical skills and independent practice. Competitive compensation is offered.

Benefits

Access to learning and development opportunities

Competitive salary

Health benefits

Qualifications

• Must be able to see, treat, and independently discharge adult patients.
• Experience in emergency care is essential.
• Must be a registered nurse or paramedic qualified to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate care of patients in the Minor Injuries Unit.
• Make clinical decisions regarding patient diagnosis.
• Provide clinical teaching to junior staff.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Decision making

Advanced physical assessment skills

Communication

Education

UK registered clinical qualification

Job description

Overview

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust provides emergency services at our Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) and Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC). The Senior Emergency Care Practitioner (Adults Only) is a clinical expert who delivers high quality, timely care to patients with minor illness and injury in a fast-paced, independent role requiring excellent clinical reasoning and decision making.

The closing date is 07 October 2025.

Main duties

There is an exciting opportunity to join our Emergency Nurse/Care Practitioner team at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. We are seeking motivated and experienced Emergency Practitioners (Adults Only) who can see, treat and independently discharge adult patients from our MIU/UTC to join our dynamic team. As a senior member of the team you will be involved in the clinical and managerial aspects of caring for Emergency patients attending our busy department.

• Coordinate the care of the UTC/MIU patients throughout the care pathway with the multidisciplinary team and clinical services to ensure effective management of this group of patients.
• Demonstrate specialist skills, knowledge, and expertise in the management of minor injury and minor illness conditions in line with scope of practice.
• Be accountable for own actions in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct. Contribute to corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.
• Using advanced history taking skills, obtain a patient history in a systematic manner including pertinent physical, social, emotional, psychological, or environmental factors.

About us

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation. Pathway To Excellence - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.

Job responsibilities

• Using advanced physical assessment skills, undertakes physical examination as appropriate, using techniques of look, feel and move and observation, inspection, auscultation, palpation, and percussion, including the safe use of diagnostic equipment as appropriate.
• Orders and interprets appropriate laboratory and radiology investigations to distinguish between normal and abnormal findings on history and physical examination and relates these findings to possible diagnosis.
• Makes clinical decisions using analytical and judgmental skills to reach a diagnosis and effectively communicates the information regarding these decisions, care pathways and policy to the patients/carers and multi professional team.
• Develops and implements a plan of healthcare management which will include any necessary treatment and appropriate referral for further evaluation or follow up care to any member of the multidisciplinary team. Takes clinical responsibility for the diagnosis, management and discharge/referral/transfer of the patient and offers health promotion strategies where appropriate.
• Utilises and ensures others utilise information and IT systems to secure accurate and timely patient, workforce, and resource data. Responsible for documenting all clinical notes both computerised and paper based.
• Communicates effectively and works collaboratively with colleagues and other members of the multidisciplinary and multi professional teams to develop and promote the unique contribution to patient care provided by Emergency Practitioners.
• Provide clinical teaching and develop knowledge and skills of junior staff in the Emergency Practitioner team, whilst remaining up to date with clinical and professional developments and own learning. Share knowledge and expertise related to clinical and professional practice within and outside the organisation.
• Support the resuscitation and stabilisation of adults and children/young people applying ILS/PILS/EPALS skills and knowledge.
• Consider safeguarding concerns: adult and child and comprehensively acting upon them; liaising with colleagues and senior teams and the named nurse for adult/child safeguarding as necessary.

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

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Experience

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Knowledge

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Skills and Abilities

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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.

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