Senior Emergency Practitioner

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Swindon; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 54,000; Part time

Job summary

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Senior Emergency Practitioner for the Cirencester MIiU. The role is permanent, 24 hours per week across two posts, with shifts 07:30–20:30 and 9–5 or 12–8, based in the Minor Injury and Illness Unit, delivering high-quality care to adults and children.

You will bring registration, MIiU/ED experience, and qualifications in minor illness management, with opportunities for professional development and training under

Qualifications

• Registered professional with MIiU/ED experience.
• Post-registration qualification in emergency care or minor illness.
• Teaching or assess-ment qualification is desirable.
• CPD portfolio and ongoing professional development encouraged.
• Non-medical X-ray referrer knowledge is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard of care to adult and paediatric patients with minor injuries/illness.
• Work within the MIiU unit delivering evidence-based care.
• Engage in teaching, supervision and clinical assessment activities.
• Participate in training and development opportunities.

Skills

Emergency care experience

Paediatric minor illness care

Teaching & assessment

Clinical leadership

Time management

Education

Registered Nurse or AHPC

Nursing degree

Emergency Nurse Practitioner / ENP

Teaching & assessment qualification

Minor Illness Management qualification

Tools

System One

PACS

Job description

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Emergency Practitioner

The closing date is 22 November 2026

This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are 24 hours per week with 2 posts available.

07:30 – 20:30 shift and 7.5 hour shifts, 9‑5 and 12‑8

We seek experienced & self-directed Senior Practitioners with a passion and commitment to the care they deliver & who hold patient experience and care at the heart of their practice and share our organisational values. You will need to be motivated and enthusiastic in your role & looking for an opportunity to join our highly skilled team of autonomous Emergency Practitioners who deliver evidence –based clinical care in our Practitioner Led Unit.

Cirencester Hospital has a dedicated minor injury & illness unit (MiiU) open 7 days a week. In addition to facilitating ledgers for 111 booked appointments and planned returns we run an Emergency Same day Minor Illness clinic funded by the local PCN which is staffed by the B7 practitioners within the unit.

Main duties of the job

Based in the MIiU, you will be required to provide a high standard of care to Adult & Paediatric patients who present with minor injuries and illness.

Essential requirements for this role,

• Relevant Professional Registration & clinical experience in MIiU / ED
• Emergency Practitioner qualification in injury & Illness
• Paediatric Qualification in minor injury & Illness (Paediatric PACR or MIMIC)
• Teaching & Assessing qualification

As a member of the Gloucestershire NHS, the unit offers a diverse range of training opportunities and is committed to personal as well as service development. We also offer the opportunity of training with a preceptor to support the transition induction period and ongoing professional development.

A valid UK driving licence plus the use of own transport for business purposes is essential. For qualifying staff the Trust has a Lease Car Scheme in place and also offers a popular Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme with our partner Tusker.

• Lease Car Scheme in place
• Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme with our partner Tusker

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Job responsibilities

Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

• Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional Council
• Degree in Nursing (or any other relevant clinical degree such as a Degree in Paramedics) or equivalent experience
• Relevant post Registration Qualification i.e. Emergency Nurse Practitioner, Emergency Care practitioner or equivalent
• Teaching and assessment qualification or equivalent experience at Level 3
• Qualification in Minor Illness Management
• Non-medical X ray referrer and up to date calrad/ irmer
• Safeguarding adults and children course at appropriate level.
• Resuscitation Level 3 adult and children
• Evidence of management training or equivalent experience.

LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE

• Experience in using Patient Group Directions
• Recent clinical experience
• Portfolio evidence of recent professional development and commitment to CPD
• Experience of using clinical software programs e.g. System one ,PACS.
• Evidence of extended clinical skills relevant to level of practice and recent clinical processes
• Effective clinical leadership
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload and meet service performance requirements

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.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

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