Emergency Nurse/ Care Practitioner
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Bristol, BS10 5NBView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
25 October 2026
6 days leftJob description
Join Southmead Hospital's Minor Injuries Unit as an Emergency Practitioner. Whether you're from a nursing, Paramedic or ESP background, you will indep...
As part of this role, you will provide clinical and operational leadership across the Emergency Department, Ambulatory Unit and Minor Injuries Unit, with responsibility for shift management, patient flow, and the delivery of safe, high-quality, evidence-based care.
You will independently assess, investigate, diagnose and treat patients, using advanced clinical decision-making skills while ensuring effective clinical governance and maintaining high standards of practice.
Working closely with senior nursing and medical colleagues, you will oversee resources, support staff development, promote patient safety, and contribute to audit and service improvement activities to ensure the department delivers efficient and effective care.
Working patterns include 12 hour shifts between 07.00 and 23.00, 7 days a week.
- To provide clear and effective leadership.
- To participate in assessment, planning and delivery of direct patient care across the Emergency Department, Ambulatory Unit and Minor Injuries Unit (referred to as the department throughout this document) in the Trust.
- To be fully accountable and responsible for shift management.
- Independently assess, investigate, diagnose and treat patients in specific client groups.
- Manage see and treat environment safely, ensure safe and effective practice at all times from all key personnel working within that area.
- To work in collaboration with the Ward manager and Clinical Matron to ensure the delivery of high calibre of evidence based patient care, and to encourage and develop a flexible work force through the efficient use of facilities, manpower and other resources.
- To initiate, promote and maintain high standards of practice within the team in line with departmental requirements.
- To provide clinical expertise both on shift and when representing the department.
- To manage all resources effectively and within budget parameters.
- To actively participate in audit.
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations,operatingfrom three main sites at Southmead, Bristol citycentreand Weston.
With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that theSouth Westhas to offer.
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.
Education and Qualifications
Essential: - ENP or APiCA qualified
Desirable: - Prescribing qualification or willingness to work towards one
Experience
Essential: - Significant experience at band 6; - Experience of working in ED, Minor Injury Unit or urgent care
Desirable: - Area of particular interest within department service development
How to apply
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First seen
9 October 2026
Last checked
9 October 2026
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