Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Trainee Paediatric Enhanced Clinical Practitioner
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Job Overview
This is an exciting opportunity to begin your advanced clinical practice journey as a Trainee Paediatric Enhanced Care Practitioner within the Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) at the RUH in Bath. You will join a supportive and experienced multidisciplinary urgent care team with a strong focus on the assessment and management of children and young people presenting with urgent illness and injury.
We are seeking motivated practitioners with a keen interest in paediatric urgent and emergency care who wish to develop into autonomous clinical practitioners in a dynamic and progressive environment. The role will support you to develop the knowledge, skills and clinical reasoning required to safely assess, diagnose and manage a wide range of acute paediatric presentations across the UTC and ED, working closely with senior clinicians and paediatric specialists.
You will undertake a fully funded training programme with protected supernumerary time, weekly in-house teaching alongside your university programme, and support from a dedicated educational supervisor using a structured development portfolio. Following successful completion of the academic element, you will progress to a one-year preceptorship, with ongoing supervision to consolidate skills and support the transition to independent practice. Subject to successful competency sign-off, the post will progress to Band 7.
Please contact James Rayner on 01225 825715 or via email at james.rayner@nhs.net.
Main Duties of the Job
As a Trainee Paediatric Enhanced Care Practitioner, you will undertake a structured, supervised training and competency-based development pathway within the Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. The role will support your progression towards autonomous clinical practice, with a specific focus on the assessment, diagnosis and management of children and young people presenting with urgent illness and injury to the UTC and Emergency Department interface. While exposure to a broad range of presentations will be supported, the predominant patient cohort will consist of paediatric minor injury and minor illness presentations.
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You will develop advanced assessment, clinical reasoning and decision-making skills to enable safe formulation of diagnoses, delivery of appropriate treatment, effective safety-netting, and planning of onward care in collaboration with families and the wider multidisciplinary team.
The postholder will work as part of a well-established urgent care multidisciplinary team, including Enhanced Care Practitioners from nursing, physiotherapy and paramedic backgrounds. You will support nursing staff and healthcare assistants and work closely alongside medical and general practitioner colleagues, with access to senior clinical supervision and paediatric expertise throughout your training.
Working for our Organisation
At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.
- We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.
- We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.
- A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.
- We value staff well-being, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial well-being. We’ve even got a pool!
- We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.
Person Specification
Registration
Essential criteria
- NMC/HCPC registration
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working in UC/CED
Desirable criteria
- Extensive experience working in UC/CED
- IRMER training
Development
Essential criteria
- Evidence of ongoing CPD
Desirable criteria
- Further education course
Please note - Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered unless an alternative right to work solution can be provided. Candidates requiring sponsorship (or will need sponsorship at the end of a current visa e.g. those with graduate visa's) should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying: Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK
Applicant Requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to Download
- Trainee Paediatric Enhanced Care Practitioner JD (PDF, 442.7KB)
- Trainee Paediatric Enhanced Care Practitioner Specs (PDF, 280.6KB)
- Join the RUH (PDF, 1.3MB)
Further Details / Informal Visits Contact
- Name: James Rayner
- Job Title: Urgent Care Lead
- Email Address: james.rayner1@nhs.net
- Telephone Number: 01225 824 5715
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