Emergency Clinical Practitioner - Chippenham MIU
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£49,387 – £56,515 / year
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This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2234 (80% match) is an eligible occupation, and HCRG CARE LTD is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
We pick the code from the advert's text, so it is our best guess, not the employer's. Each code it could be has its own likelihood:
- Likely 2234 (Registered nurse practitioners) · 80% match
- Likely 2255 (Paramedics) · 13% match
New graduate or PhD holder? Pick one of the lower rates.
What each route needs for this job
| Occupation code | New entrant 70% of going rate | STEM PhD 80% of going rate | Relevant PhD 90% of going rate | Standard rate 100% of going rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2234 Registered nurse practitioners Most likely code | £25,000 Clears | £25,000 Clears | £25,000 Clears | £25,000 Clears |
2255 Paramedics Also possible | £25,000 Clears | £25,000 Clears | £25,000 Clears | £25,000 Clears |
We use the lowest threshold across the plausible codes. Likelihood is Possible at most when the pay clears only a lower rate, or only under a less likely code. A mark is for the top of the advertised pay. How the Home Office picks the code
About the role
Job Introduction
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Emergency Clinical Practitioner (ECP) you’ll be part of our valued team at our Chippenham Hospital Minor Injury Unit.
You will feel valued as an Emergency Clinical Practitioner within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- AFC Band 7 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions (Salary within banding, discussed and agreed based on previous salary with evidence provided)
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Job Introduction
As an Emergency Clinical Practitioner within HCRG Care Group, you’ll join a dynamic multidisciplinary team of nurses, paramedics, and dedicated support staff.
As a Clinician with professional registration and advanced practice skills, you will be part of a multidisciplinary team made up of Nurses, Paramedics and support staff. You will deliver a service of both minor injury and illness support to the local community, working in collaboration with partner organisations including the Royal United Hospital Bath (RUH), other specialist units across the BSW region and HCRG Care Group internal services.
Location: Chippenham Hospital Minor Injury unit but maybe required to work in MIU across BSW at times
Hours: 8am – 8.30pm 7 days a week
Main Responsibilities
The Emergency Clinical Practitioner (ECP) carries out autonomous responsibility for the assessment, examination, documentation, prescription, implementation and evaluation of evidence-based care and the appropriate discharge of patients attending the MIU.
The ECP also has responsibility for the safe staffing and management of the Minor Injuries Unit in the absence of the clinical lead.
The successful band 7 nurse/paramedic would have completed APiCA and Non medical prescribing and would process advanced triage/assessment skills and knowledge in minor injury and illness within professional scope of practice.
You will be working as part of a practitioner led team and across the primary and secondary care interfaces in BSW. You will be responsible for co-ordinating the provision of specialist interventions to meet the urgent health care needs of people who would have traditionally been seen in ED, or those requiring facilitated timely discharge from emergency departments or primary care.
A full list of responsibilities can be found in the attached job description.
The Ideal Candidate
Essential
Education & Qualifications
- Relevant degree qualification
- Current professional registration
Knowledge & Experience
- Knowledge of multi-disciplinary team working
- Acute and/or community experience
- Knowledge of evidence-based practice
- Experience of working with other agencies
- Current practical clinical skills
Skills & Abilities
- Ability to assess, prioritise and co-ordinate care for people with complex needs
- Ability to make decisions, delegate, take responsibility and work autonomously
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Willingness to participate and contribute to staff training and development
- Ability to work in a changing environment
- Effective goal problem solving skills
- Good communication skills – verbal and written
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good problem-solving skills
- Ability to motivate others
- IT skills
Desirable
- Mentorship Qualification
- Evidence of teaching/mentoring in current role
- Mental Health First Aider
- ILS
- Recognition of deteriorating patient training
- Extended Clinical Skills / assessment skills:
- PACR
- PADRAP
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.
Attached documents:
- ECP JD updated Feb Chippenham.pdf
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Where this offer sits in the market
Registered nurse practitioners (SOC 2234) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~91k in sample- Offer £49,387–56,515
- Middle half £37,232–52,624
- Median £44,824
The range sits inside the market's middle half (£37,232–52,624), so this is typical pay for the occupation.
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