Emergency Nurse/ Care Practitioner: Sponsorship Available

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Join Southmead Hospital’s Minor Injuries Unit as an Emergency Practitioner. Whether you’re from a nursing, Paramedic or ESP background, you will independently assess, investigate, diagnose, and treat patients providing timely, effective care for the local community.

Offering a balance of clinical autonomy and supportive team environment, you’ll work alongside experienced colleagues in a service that values innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement.

This is an exciting time to join the service as our Minor Injuries Unit moves into a new, dedicated clinical space, creating opportunities to expand our service, increase patient access and further develop our models of urgent care.

Benefitting from the close proximity to one of the region’s leading emergency departments, you’ll enjoy a varied caseload, opportunities for professional development and the satisfaction of seeing the immediate impact of your care.

Bringing with you substantial experience in ED, MIU or urgent care, you should demonstrate the ability to manage a fast paced and constantly changing environment without compromising essential standards of care and professionalism.

Every day will be different, busy but never dull.

Main duties of the job

As part of this role, you will provide clinical and operational leadership across the Emergency Department, Ambulatory Unit and Minor Injuries Unit, with responsibility for shift management, patient flow, and the delivery of safe, high-quality, evidence-based care.

You will independently assess, investigate, diagnose and treat patients, using advanced clinical decision-making skills while ensuring effective clinical governance and maintaining high standards of practice.

Working closely with senior nursing and medical colleagues, you will oversee resources, support staff development, promote patient safety, and contribute to audit and service improvement activities to ensure the department delivers efficient and effective care.

Working patterns include 12 hour shifts between 07.00 and 23.00, 7 days a week.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • ENP or APiCA qualified

Desirable

  • Prescribing qualification or willingness to work towards one

Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience at band 6
  • Experience of working in ED, Minor Injury Unit or urgent care

Desirable

  • Area of particular interest within department service development

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 25 October 2026

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