Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Emergency Practitioner with a background in Nursing or Paramedic to join the Urgent Community Response Services at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust.

The post holder will be a registered Nurse, Paramedic, or Allied Health Professional who, acting within their professional boundaries, will deliver comprehensive care to referred patients. This will include conducting initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of care.

They will demonstrate safe and effective clinical decision-making and provide expert care for patients within the Urgent Community Response Service. The post holder will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary Community and Primary Care Network Team to address the needs of patients effectively and holistically.

On successfully completing a 12 month period and trust ePortfolio, mapped to the  Virtual Ward and Urgent Community 
Response Capabilities Framework, the successful candidate will progress to a Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner role, as part of their ECP/ENP role over 3 years, at the next available cohort of MSc at the approved Higher Education Institution, through an apprenticeship/NHSE funded route.

The post holder will primarily be based at Sandwell Council House.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a registered Nurse, Paramedic, or Allied Health Professional who, acting within their professional boundaries, will deliver a high standard of patient care as an Emergency Practitioner within the Urgent Community Response (UCR) Service.

Using enhanced autonomous clinical skills and a broad, in-depth theoretical knowledge base, the post holder will:

• Assess and triage patients, including providing a two-hour response when appropriate.
• Deliver definitive treatment, including prescribing medications in line with policies, Patient Group Directives (PGDs), NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) guidelines, local clinical protocols, and care pathways.
• Make referrals to appropriate members of the primary, community, or acute care teams when necessary.
• Critically evaluate and analyse complex clinical problems, applying expertise and knowledge to inform decision-making.
• Consult with colleagues to devise and evaluate complex care plans tailored to patients' specific needs within their field of expertise.

This role requires a proactive approach to patient care, with the ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams while maintaining the highest clinical standards.

Working for our organisation

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country – one of the country’s most culturally diverse areas. It’s a friendly and welcoming place – a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.  

We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.   

Our values – Ambition, Respect and Compassion – are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.    

Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to “Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population.” It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It’s what makes us unique.   

We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose.  When we say we’re ‘with you all the way’ we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.   

Multi-site working 

The four partner Trusts of the Black Country Provider Collaborative (Dudley Group NHS FT, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust) are actively working in partnership to deliver a collective vision focused on providing "better, faster and safer care to the population of the Black Country and beyond". 

To support this vision, we are (where appropriate and safe to do so) actively looking at new models of care which:

Against this context, although this post is hosted by Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, there may be an expectation to work flexibly across the four partner Trusts to better meet patient and service needs.