University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Band 7 Emergency Practitioner Lead- Emergency Department
The closing date is 25 November 2026

Job summary
Emergency Practitioner Team Manager

Lead with compassion. Inspire your team. Help shape the future of urgent care.

Are you an experienced Emergency Practitioner ready to combine hands-on clinical practice with the opportunity to lead, develop and inspire others? Bring your expertise, ideas and inclusive leadership to a role where you can make a difference to patients and colleagues every day.

This is an exciting time to join us. You will play a part in the new Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) at Good Hope Hospital, helping shape how we deliver care for people with minor injuries and illnesses.

Expected to open to patients in 2027, the new purpose-built centre will bring urgent treatment and emergency care together under one roof. With additional consultation rooms, more individual triage spaces and an accessible, single-level layout, the development is designed to improve patient experience, privacy and timely access to the right care.

Just as importantly, you will be an approachable leader who communicates clearly, builds strong working relationships and supports others to develop. Experience of leading teams, supervising learners and contributing to service improvement will help you turn ideas into better care.

Main duties of the job
Main duties
You will combine day-to-day operational management with autonomous clinical practice, supporting safe, effective care while creating an environment where your team can thrive. Working with multidisciplinary colleagues, you will:

• Provide visible, compassionate leadership, supporting colleagues and championing an inclusive team culture.
• Assess and manage patients with minor injuries and illnesses within your scope of competence, promoting safe pathways and timely treatment.
• Coordinate staffing, skill mix and resources to respond to changing service needs.
• Develop colleagues through supervision, coaching, appraisal and support for learners and trainee Emergency Practitioners.
• Use patient feedback, clinical audit and learning from incidents to drive improvements in quality, safety and experience.

You will be an NMC-registered nurse or HCPC-registered paramedic or physiotherapist, with considerable experience as an autonomous Emergency Practitioner assessing minor injuries and illnesses. You will bring relevant postgraduate learning and clinical competencies, including minor injury and minor illness management, and be a proficient non-medical prescriber.

Bring your leadership to our next chapter
Our values; Kind, Connected and Bold guide how we care for patients and work with one another. If you share these values and want to help develop both people and services, we would love to hear from you.

About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Details
Date posted: 12 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 304-9018806
Job locations: Good Hope Hospital, Rectory Rd, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B75 7RR, United Kingdom

Job description
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Emma Cowley, ED Matron (0121) 424 7498
Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Nursing & Midwifery Council Registered Nurse or HCPC Registered Paramedic or Physiotherapist
Professional knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by evidence of post graduate academic courses, short course and development of clinical competencies in practice evidenced in the following areas:

• Minor Injury Management (Level 6/7)
• Minor Illness Management (Level 6/7)
• Proficient Non-Medical Prescriber
• Consultation Skills
• Physical Examination Skills
• IRMER (Ionising Radiation Medical Exposure Regulation)
• Interpretation of Images / Xray
• Adult / Child Life Support Courses
• PGD practice aligned to Trust procedures

Experience
Essential

• Considerable experience working as a Band 7 (or equivalent) Emergency Practitioner in autonomous assessment of minor injury and minor illness.
• Demonstrable ability / experience in working in a multi professional approach to health care delivery and can demonstrate appreciation for complexities of patient access to primary /secondary and voluntary care settings.
• Demonstrable understanding of the NHS England Urgent and Emergency Care -- Emergency Practitioner Framework 2023
• Can demonstrate understanding of the National NHS Emergency Care target and the relationship with the role.
• Demonstrable scope of extended practice relevant to the role and can evidence post graduate training in skills related to the role including: Plastering, Suturing, Wound management / assessment
• Experience in the supervision, mentoring and assessment of learners and junior staff.
• Demonstrable understanding of the management responsibility for pay and non-pay resources associated with a clinical service.
• Experience in leading and managing teams working in a health / care relating practice setting.
• Experience in participating in the development and updating of policy and procedure. Experience in supporting service change and improvement in a health and care related practice setting.
• Demonstrable understanding of UK NHS frameworks and approaches to Emergency and Urgent Care and its application across NHS services
• Well-developed understanding of Child / Adult Safeguarding

Desirable

• Prior experience working as an Emergency Practitioner at Band 6 or Equivalent in an urgent / emergency care practice setting as an autonomous practitioner.
• Experience in the recruitment and selection of staff

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).

Employer details
Employer name: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Good Hope Hospital, Rectory Rd, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B75 7RR, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Hiring Manager, Emma Cowley, emma.cowley@uhb.nhs.uk, 01214247498

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