Urgent Care Practitioner/ Emergency Nurse Practitioner

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Urgent Care Practitioner / Emergency Nurse Practitioner

Closing date: 16 December 2025

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

Are you a dynamic, enthusiastic individual who can work well within a team and individually, do you have a desire for learning, personal development and supporting the continued development of our Urgent and Emergency Care services? Do you thrive on delivering excellent patient care and experience and could help drive the future aspirations of the department as a member of our team, if so we want to hear from you.

As an organisation and Emergency Department 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 col located within the Emergency Department. We are fortunate to have had a £30 million investment and development of a brand new purpose built Emergency Department, which comprises a 6 bed resus area, Rapid Assessment Triage and ambulance handover area, 35 clinical rooms including a paediatric area, 2 triage rooms and a dedicated area with 6 clinical rooms for the Urgent Care Service. The new build provides an excellent environment to see and treat patients attending with an emergency or urgent complaints ensuring they are seen in the right place, by the right person whilst maintaining national emergency care standards.

Main duties of the job

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

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

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

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.

Person Specification Education and Qualifications

• Current registration with professional body e.g. NMC
• Mentorship qualification or equivalent
• BSc autonomous practice
• Masters/higher degree
• Recognised advanced communication qualification/course

Occupational Experience

• 3 years' experience in the Emergency Care Services registered with professional body, 2 years as a senior role e.g. band 6 or above
• Management experience
• Previous involvement in change management

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.

£47,810 to £54,710 a year; Band 6 for training post until qualified.