Urgent Treatment Centre Emergency Practitioner

Urgent Treatment Centre Emergency Practitioner

The closing date is 08 April 2026

Are you an experienced Emergency Practitioner (EP) ready to make a difference? University Hospital North Midlands NHS Trust is seeking a dynamic and autonomous clinician to join our Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) team. In this role, you will assess, diagnose, treat, and discharge patients independently, contributing to the delivery of high quality, patient centred care. You'll be part of a supportive, multidisciplinary team and play a key role in clinical leadership, education, and service development. Your responsibilities will include participating in audits, teaching junior staff, and contributing to research and evidence based practice.

Main duties of the job

To assess, diagnose, treat and discharge or refer patients without reference to a doctor and where appropriate prescribe medication.

Ensure the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of evidence based, individualised patient care.

Assist and advise staff, both registered and unregistered in the delivery of patient care.

Contribute to and endorse a philosophy of care for the EP, working in the Emergency Department and the UTC.

Help develop and expand the service provided by EPs to be in line with evidence based practice (e.g., NICE guidelines).

To maintain and progress own knowledge and skills to practice effectively and safely.

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke on Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co created by staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Job responsibilities

In this role, you will independently assess, diagnose, treat and discharge patients presenting with minor injuries within the Urgent Treatment Centre. You will provide high quality, evidence based care, make autonomous clinical decisions, and elevate or refer to specialist teams when required. As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will contribute to service development, clinical leadership, staff support, teaching, supervision, and audit activity. You will promote excellent communication, uphold Trust values, maintain professional standards, and support safe, effective patient flow within the UTC and the wider Emergency & Urgent Care Division.

Person Specification

• Relevant professional registration
• Non Medical Prescriber
• Evidence as working as an emergency practitioner

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust