Senior Emergency Care Practitioner

Senior Emergency Care Practitioner

The closing date is 17 March 2026.

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust provide emergency services at our purpose‑built Minor Injuries Unit based at UHCW and also at our Urgent Treatment Centre based at St Cross Hospital in Rugby and City of Coventry Health Centre. All sites have dedicated facilities and allocated staff to provide care 7 days a week 24 hours a day. The practitioner within the Minor Injuries Unit/Urgent Treatment Centre is a clinical expert playing 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 a Level 6 or 7 PG Cert/PG diploma in minor injury/illness with demonstratable experience in urgent and emergency care.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

There is an exciting opportunity to join our Emergency Nurse/Care Practitioner team at University hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust.

We are seeking motivated and experienced Emergency Practitioners who can see, treat and independently discharge adult patients from our Minor Injuries Unit 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. Main duties as below,

• Co‑ordinate 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.
• Accountable for own actions in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct. Will contribute to corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.
• Using advanced history taking skills, obtains a patient history in a systematic manner including pertinent physical, social, emotional, psychological, or environmental factors.

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 blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation.

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will have access to 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 respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.

• Using advanced physical assessment skills, undertake physical examination as appropriate, using techniques of look feel and move and observation, inspection, auscultation, palpation, and percussion, including 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 relate these findings to possible diagnosis.
• Makes clinical decisions using analytical and judgmental skills to reach a diagnosis and effectively communicate the…