About North Bristol NHS Trust
North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award‑winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.
Role Overview
We are looking for an experienced Emergency Practitioner who is either a Registered Nurse or Paramedic – who can independently assess, investigate, diagnose, and treat patients in our Minor Injury Unit.
Working in our Minor Injury Unit within the Emergency Department across 7 days of the week. Shift patterns between 10 and 12 hours, and between 07.00 and 23.00.
We strongly believe in outstanding patient care and want to attract like‑minded people to help us maintain this supportive and enjoyable place to work. Every day will be different, busy but never dull. You will enjoy working with supportive co‑workers, providing an efficient and caring service to our patients.
We are looking for dynamic, motivated, clinically strong candidates with experience in Emergency Medicine and an appetite for innovation for change and service improvement.
You will be expected to function effectively in a fast paced and constantly changing environment without compromising essential standards of care and professionalism.
You will need to be flexible, enthusiastic and passionate about Emergency care and ENP/ECP practice.
Key Responsibilities
* 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.
* 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, ensuring 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.
Values and Inclusion
North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti‑discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.
Application Deadline
This advert closes on Monday 20 Oct 2025.
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