Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Nurse/Paramedic Practitioner
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Are you an experienced Emergency Care Nurse or Paramedic with a passion for urgent care and advanced clinical practice?
We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Band 7 Nurse/Paramedic Practitioner to join our Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) at West Berkshire Community Hospital. Our practitioner-led service operates 08:00–22:00, 7 days a week, providing assessment, treatment and management of adults and children presenting with minor injuries.
This is an exciting opportunity to work as an autonomous practitioner within a supportive multidisciplinary team, delivering high-quality urgent care while contributing to service development, clinical leadership and continuous improvement.
We Are Seeking An Enthusiastic Clinician Who Can Demonstrate
- Registered Nurse (NMC) or Registered Paramedic (HCPC).
- Experience working within an MIU, UTC, Emergency Department or frontline urgent care setting.
- Advanced History Taking and Physical Examination skills.
- Minor injuries training.
- Strong clinical triage, risk assessment and prioritisation skills.
- Experience working autonomously and making complex clinical decisions.
- Excellent communication, documentation and team-working skills.
Role
As a Band 7 Practitioner, you will play a pivotal role in the delivery of front-door clinical assessment and triage within the MIU. You will:
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- Undertake expert clinical triage, assessing patients presenting with urgent care needs and determining the most appropriate pathway of care.
- Carry out comprehensive history taking, physical examination, risk assessment and clinical decision-making for both adult and paediatric patients.
- Identify red flags, recognise deterioration and initiate appropriate treatment, referral or escalation where required.
- Assess, diagnose, treat and discharge patients autonomously within your scope of practice.
- Utilise specialist skills including suturing, wound management, plaster application, eye assessment and X-ray interpretation.
- Prescribe, supply and administer medicines in accordance with Trust policies, PGDs and prescribing qualifications.
- Support clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and service development activities.
- Contribute to the development and support of colleagues within the urgent care team.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
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Our Values At Berkshire Healthcare Are
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
- Free parking across Trust sites
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Carla Woolford
Job title: Clinical Lead
Email address: carla.woolford@berkshire.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 07920 765378
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