Urgent Care Practitioner/ Emergency Nurse Practitioner

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Trust; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in the United Kingdom is seeking Emergency Nurse Practitioners for its new Urgent Care Service. This role involves assessing and discharging patients with minor injuries and illnesses in a state-of-the-art Emergency Department. Candidates will benefit from extensive training and career development pathways. The trust values a diverse workforce and is committed to flexible working arrangements. Interested applicants can find further details in the advert, which closes on December 16, 2025.

Qualifications

• Commitment to a diverse and inclusive workforce.
• Willingness to participate in training and education programs.

Responsibilities

• Assess and discharge patients presenting with minor illnesses and injuries.
• Work in a 24-hour service within the Urgent Care Service.

Job description

Emergency Nurse Practitioner / Urgent Care Practitioner – Qualified and trainee post opportunities available

We are pleased to advertise a number of Emergency Nurse Practitioner / Urgent Care Practitioner posts as part of our new build and development of the urgent care service co‑located within the Emergency Department.

We have invested £30 million in a brand new purpose‑built Emergency Department, which includes a 6‑beded resuscitation area, Rapid Assessment Triage and ambulance handover area, 35 clinical rooms including a paediatric area, 2 triage rooms and a dedicated 6‑room area for the Urgent Care Service. The new build provides an excellent environment to see and treat patients attending with emergency or urgent complaints, ensuring they are seen in the right place, by the right person whilst maintaining national emergency care standards.

Working in the Urgent Care Service consists of a 24‑hour service; you will be seeing, assessing and discharging patients presenting with minor illnesses and minor injuries.

The department offers an extensive career development pathway and significant investment has been made to support the continued training and education of the UCS team linked to each individual role, including RCN Level 1 & 2 competencies, autonomous practitioner IRMER training, Minor Illness, Minor Injury training and access to educational courses as well as a comprehensive development and competency pathway.

If you are interested in applying for the above role please follow the advert further for specific job description, person specifications and interview details.

Interview details are attached to the advert.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well‑being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

The Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers.

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

We are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work‑life balance for our employees, which will have a positive impact on the care we provide. Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work‑life balance or a multi‑role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we’ll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work‑life balance of colleagues.

This advert closes on Tuesday 16 Dec 2025.