Senior Emergency Practitioner, Band 7

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

On-site nurseries

Flexible working opportunities

Discounts at local shops

Job summary

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is hiring a Senior Emergency Practitioner to join our ED/urgent care team across Gloucester and Cheltenham, including night shifts. You will be an autonomous practitioner with responsibilities in minor injuries and illnesses, using Sunrise EMR and interpreting X-rays and pathology results.

The post requires active NMC/HCPC registration (or Paramedic/Physiotherapist pathway), an appropriate degree, and non-medical prescribing.

Qualifications

• Active NMC/HCPC registration required.
• UK degree in minor injury/illness pathway or advancing practice.
• Non-medical prescribing registration.
• Immediate Life Support certification.

Responsibilities

• Work as autonomous practitioner in urgent care across Gloucester and Cheltenham EDs, including night shifts.
• Demonstrate advanced clinical expertise and independent decision making for unscheduled care.
• Accountable for the full episode of care from assessment to discharge.
• Lead clinical care for minor injuries/illness and mentor junior staff overnight.

Skills

Autonomous practice

Emergency care experience

Clinical decision making

Prescribing (Non-Medical)

Education

NMC/HCPC registration (RN)

Degree in Minor Injury & Illness / Advancing Practice

Non-Medical Independent & Supplementary Prescribing

Immediate Life Support

Tools

Sunrise EMR

Job description

Current jobs at Gloucestershire Hospitals

Site Trustwide Town Gloucestershire Salary £49,387 - £56,515 (pa, pro rata if part time) Salary period Yearly Closing 06/12/2026 23:59

At Gloucestershire Hospitals, our people are at the heart of everything we do. As the county’s largest employer, we are proud to provide high-quality acute, elective, and specialist services to more than 650,000 people across our county. Our care is delivered across Gloucestershire Royal, Cheltenham General and Stroud Maternity Hospital.

With over 9,000 employees representing more than 95 nationalities, bringing together a mix of cultures and experiences to the care that we deliver. Whether you’re beginning your NHS journey or looking to take the next step in your career, this is an exciting time to join us. We’re investing heavily in innovation, research, and transformation, with more than 100 active clinical studies and major developments underway across our hospitals.

We take pride in working as one team, driven by a shared ambition to grow, develop, and continually improve. Every contribution is valued and by combining our collective strengths, we support not only our diverse communities but one another. You can expect a warm, supportive culture and colleagues who are passionate about teamwork, professional development and delivering exceptional care. We offer structured development programmes, mentoring and leadership opportunities to help you progress in your career.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from a comprehensive package that includes flexible working opportunities, generous annual leave, the NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, local discounts, access to on-site nurseries, reduced public transport costs, reward and recognition schemes and a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives.

Be part of Gloucestershire Hospitals, explore your future with us today.

Job overview

The Senior Emergency Practitioner will be registered healthcare professional from a nursing, paramedic or physiotherapy background. They will hold experience and skills in minor injuries and or illness. They may be a prescriber or have the capability to use our extensive patient group directives.

The Senior Emergency Practitioner will be responsible to the Consultant Practitioner or their nominated deputy and assist with service delivery within the Emergency Department and Medical division. The role incorporates a 24-hour clinical care rota promoting safety and quality care to those who present to the Emergency Department. The post holder will be a role model and support direct clinical care by working as an automatous practitioner to patients who present with minor injuries and minor illness. The post holder is required to hold a professional registration with the NMC or HCPC and maintain standards in accordance.

The Senior Emergency Practitioner will assess, investigate, treat and either refer or discharge patients who present with minor injuries and illness across the age spans (adults and paediatrics). You will be expected to be able to use electronic patient records (Sunrise) and interpret investigations such as X-Rays and pathology results. You will be expected to perform a range of procedures inclusive of reduction of fracture/dislocations and close wounds with varied techniques.

Main duties of the job

- Work as an autonomous practitioner, in urgent and unscheduled care directing and delivering a patient focused service within Gloucester and Cheltenham EDs and the ‘Nurse Led Service’ at Cheltenham General Hospital at night.

- The A&E Emergency Practitioner within the ED and Urgent Care Centre will demonstrate advanced clinical expertise, levels of judgement and decision making in clinical care to independently provide a high standard of care for patients of all ages presenting with undifferentiated and undiagnosed unscheduled care needs.

- The Senior Emergency Practitioner is a clinical expert and accountable for the total episode of care of the patient including assessment, diagnosis, treatment/delegation and referral or discharge.

- The Senior Emergency Practitioner will act as the clinical lead professional to organise and manage the care of patients with minor injuries and illness. You will be required to support junior staff in the department with decision making and take accountability and provide clinical leadership to Cheltenham ED overnight.

Working for our organisation

We take pride in placing people at the centre of everything we do, working together as a united team. Driven by a shared ambition to continually grow, develop, and learn, we recognise and value every contribution. By combining our experience and skills, we not only support our vibrant, diverse communities, but also support one another.

With a team of over 9,000 employees, we are proud to be the largest employer in Gloucestershire and rank among the top 10 largest Trusts in the South West region. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from an excellent package that includes exclusive benefits, flexible working opportunities and the chance to gain valuable experience in one of our innovative hospitals. As well as generous annual leave allowance, access to the excellent NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, discounts at local shops and restaurants, access to two on-site nurseries, discounted public transport, reward and recognition and a range of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job description and person specification for more information on the role of this job.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Active RN Adult/ Paediatric registration with the NMC or HCPC Registration on the Paramedic or Physiotherapy register
• United Kingdom recognised Degree in either: Level 6 BSc within Minor injury & or Illness Or Level 6/7 Advancing Practice in Clinical Assessment, Reasoning and Differential Diagnosis for Urgent, Emergency and Primary Care Practitioners
• Non- Medical Independent & Supplementary Prescribing
• Immediate Life Support

Experience

• Experience (through placement or employment) of working in an Acute & or Emergency clinical environment
• Substantial experience in Minor Injury/illness as a Band 6
• Able to supervise non-registered and less experienced staff to ensure effective service and care delivery
• Able to contribute to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies/protocols/guidelines relevant to area of practice

Knowledge / Skills

• Able to interpret a number of investigations including plain film X-Rays and blood results
• Able to prescribe medications in accordance to the BNF and local guidleines
• To achieve a range of clinical competencies as required fulfilling the role
• Demonstrates ability to use clinical reasoning skills and techniques to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate patient care.
• Able to perform numerous wound closure techniques and reduction of dislocations and fractures

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

IMPORTANT: If you require sponsorship in order to apply for this role, eligibility is subject to your individual circumstances ie. current/previous visa status and the relevant salary threshold. We cannot make that assessment for each individual at this stage, therefore we advise those that may require sponsorship to ensure they have self assessed and thoroughly understood their eligibility using the Home Office guidance here - UK Visas and Immigration - GOV.UK

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.