Trainee Emergency Practitioner – Urgent Treatment Centre: Sponsorship Available
Job Title: Trainee Emergency Practitioner
Agency: University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust
Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
Salary/Rate: 39,959 to 48,117 £ / Year
Job summary
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University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Job Title: Trainee Emergency Practitioner – Urgent Treatment Centre
Contract Type: Permanent
Main duties of the job
The emergency practitioner team within the Urgent Treatment Centre has an exciting opportunity for an individual as an experienced or trainee emergency practitioner in minor injury and illness.
As a Band 6 trainee Emergency Practitioner, you will be enrolled in the fully funded successful regional minor injury and illness programme to teach you how to manage minor injury and illness in adults and paediatric patients.
Furthermore, clinically you will be supervised, assessed and supported by very experienced emergency practitioners to give on-the-job training, assessment, investigation and procedural advice.
Upon qualifying, you will become a Band 7 emergency practitioner. The expectation is that you will then commence you masters pathway or apprenticeship to help aid you in your future practitioner pathway.
The emergency practitioner pathway is a great introduction into the clinical practitioner pathway in your career. There are many options available to complete master’s and apprenticeship pathways once the right candidate has qualified as an emergency practitioner to develop your practitioner skills and clinical practice.
Person Specification
Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Essential
- Qualified Nurse, Midwife (Degree/Diploma) or Allied Health Professional
- Current NMC or HCPC registration
- Evidence of supporting learners in practice
- To undertake and gain WECC Minor Emergency Practitioner qualification or equivalent (Minor Injury and Minor Illness)
- Experience working in an emergency care setting
- ILS and PILS
- Up-to-date knowledge of current guidelines relating to emergency care
- Experience of supervising/mentoring staff in an emergency care setting
- Evidence of ongoing personal and professional development
- Broad awareness of wider Trust initiatives/pressures
Desirable
- Independent Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification
- Registered on MSc Pathway as an experienced practitioner
- Further study at Level 7 within relevant pathway
- Leadership qualification (RCN, LDC, Edward Jenner, Elizabeth Garret Anderson, Nye Bevan)
- Completion of Wessex minor injury and illness training and portfolio
- Current IRMER Certificate
Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Patients First
- Always Improving
- Working Together
Closing Date: 4 October 2026
How to Apply;
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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