Job summary
East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust are seeking to recruit another cohort of Specialist Practitioners in Emergency & Urgent Care to join our established group of Specialists Practitioners working across the region.
The Role
The Specialist Practitioner (SP) will respond to a wide range of patients calling EMAS for emergency and urgent care support. You may provide specialist advice or support within the emergency operations centre as well as providing a solo response to service users in the community. The Specialist Practitioner will provide enhanced assessment and decision making for patients, who are presenting with critical injury or illness, clinical complexity, have an un-differentiated diagnosis or present with minor illness or injury.
Main duties of the job
You will need to be confident to work with service users to formulate evidence based, safe and effective clinical plans, working with other healthcare professionals and utilising a broad range of patient group directions (PGDs). You will identify opportunities for safe community-based care, whilst avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions. Additionally, Specialist Practitioners may directly refer patients to specialist areas where pathways exist.
An important part of the Specialist Practitioner role is to provide specialist advice to junior clinicians and to provide clinical leadership at complex calls, critical incidents and cardiac arrests.
To undertake, as required duties in the Emergency Operations Centres/Clinical Hubs, in a clinical advisory capacity, supporting the triaging and prioritisation of emergency and urgent calls to determine appropriate service responses. This includes assessment and co-ordination of clinical advice calls from operational ambulance crews and responders
Posts are available across all EMAS Divisions, please state clearly in the application your first choice of Division to work within. Base locations will be explored further at interview and with successful applicants.
The Specialist Practitioner is a Band 7 role (Agenda for Change) and subject to Section 2 Unsocial Hours Payments (NHS Terms & Conditions Handbook).
About us
About You
You will be an experienced practitioner and be confident to work independently to provide an emergency and urgent care response. You will have completed post registration development and studies relevant to the role (as detailed). You will be an evidence-based practitioner who is person centered and committed to providing the best possible care for patients.
You will have excellent communication skills to work with service users and healthcare professionals to determine robust and effective clinical plans. You will have experience of leading or educating others and will have completed practice educator development with demonstrable experience of supporting students.
You will demonstrate the EMAS Trust values and be a positive clinical leader and role model to junior clinicians within the organisation. You will also be a positive ambassador for the specialist role, both internal and external to the organisation. Some specialists may be required to work outside of current organisational boundaries to support the emergency and urgent care agenda.
As this is a senior clinical role within the Trust you must be willing and committed to work with the Clinical and Operations Directorates to embed and promote the role at every opportunity.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please carefully review the pre-requisites required to be eligible for shortlisting. Applications that do not clearly demonstrate the below criteria will not be progressed in this recruitment:
- You must be Registered with a regulatory body (HCPC/NMC)
- You must have at least 36 months relevant post registration clinical experience by the 20th June 2025 and have experience as a Band 6 Paramedic/Practitioner
- You must hold at least 80 credits of post registration modulecompletion at academic level 6 or 60 credits at academic level 7 (see attached Job description for further information).
- The degree/modules you present must be clinical and relevant to the Specialist Practitioner role. For example, Clinical Practice, Professional Practice, Specialist Practice.
- Within your degree you should have completed modules relevant to clinical assessment, complex decision making and clinical leadership.
Selection Process
There are two stages to the Specialist Practitioner selection:
Stage 1, requires you to submit an online application form via TRAC jobs. You should carefully read the advert, job description and person specification and ensure your application indicates how you meet the eligibility requirements for the role. You will always be asked for proof of your clinical and academic qualifications and must be able to provide certification and transcripts. Please ensure you clearly list all professional and academic qualifications/modules.
Stage 2, shortlisted applicants will be invited to an EMAS Specialist Practitioner credentialing assessment day. This will comprise a range of objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) relevant to the role, a formal interview, and a theory assessment (written exam).
Please ensure you carefully read the EMAS credentialing information prior to the events.
Applicants must be available to attend one of the credentialing assessment dates: 26th June, 3rd & 4th July at assessment centres within EMAS. Applicants who are unable to attend assessment dates will be withdrawn from the recruitment process.
Those Specialists that are appointed to the role will attend an induction and training course, prior to operationalisation. During this time, Specialist Practitioners will complete role specific internal development including PGDs, skills review, referral pathways and trauma/cardiac arrest leadership, as well as completing supernumerary shifts with Specialist Practitioner mentors.
If you have any further questions or for an informal conversation about the role please contact Lorna Pearson (lorna.pearson@emas.nhs.uk) or Charlie Till (charlie.till@emas.nhs.uk)
Bank working
We are currently undertaking a review of our Specialist Practitioner bank position and are not recruiting directly to bank in this recruitment intake.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please carefully review the pre-requisites required to be eligible for shortlisting. Applications that do not clearly demonstrate the below criteria will not be progressed in this recruitment:
- You must be Registered with a regulatory body (HCPC/NMC)
- You must have at least 36 months relevant post registration clinical experience by the 20th June 2025 and have experience as a Band 6 Paramedic/Practitioner
- You must hold at least 80 credits of post registration modulecompletion at academic level 6 or 60 credits at academic level 7 (see attached Job description for further information).
- The degree/modules you present must be clinical and relevant to the Specialist Practitioner role. For example, Clinical Practice, Professional Practice, Specialist Practice.
- Within your degree you should have completed modules relevant to clinical assessment, complex decision making and clinical leadership.
Selection Process
There are two stages to the Specialist Practitioner selection:
Stage 1, requires you to submit an online application form via TRAC jobs. You should carefully read the advert, job description and person specification and ensure your application indicates how you meet the eligibility requirements for the role. You will always be asked for proof of your clinical and academic qualifications and must be able to provide certification and transcripts. Please ensure you clearly list all professional and academic qualifications/modules.
Stage 2, shortlisted applicants will be invited to an EMAS Specialist Practitioner credentialing assessment day. This will comprise a range of objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) relevant to the role, a formal interview, and a theory assessment (written exam).
Please ensure you carefully read the EMAS credentialing information prior to the events.
Applicants must be available to attend one of the credentialing assessment dates: 26th June, 3rd & 4th July at assessment centres within EMAS. Applicants who are unable to attend assessment dates will be withdrawn from the recruitment process.
Those Specialists that are appointed to the role will attend an induction and training course, prior to operationalisation. During this time, Specialist Practitioners will complete role specific internal development including PGDs, skills review, referral pathways and trauma/cardiac arrest leadership, as well as completing supernumerary shifts with Specialist Practitioner mentors.
If you have any further questions or for an informal conversation about the role please contact Lorna Pearson (lorna.pearson@emas.nhs.uk) or Charlie Till (charlie.till@emas.nhs.uk)
Bank working
We are currently undertaking a review of our Specialist Practitioner bank position and are not recruiting directly to bank in this recruitment intake.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- The applicant holds professional registration with a regulatory body
- The applicant holds a recognised emergency care qualification enabling an emergency response such as IHCD/FREUC/Cert HE/DipHE/FDSc/BSc/PGCert/PGDip/MSc
- The applicant holds a recognised emergency driving qualification
- The applicants has post registration academic modules/awards. At least 80 credits at level 6 or a BSc Hons or a PgC/PGDip or MSc. Must be applicable and suitable for the Specialist role.
- The applicant hold a Practice Educator qualification (EMAS PEd accepted) and experience of supporting students
- The applicant has presented evidence of continuing professional development
Professional Experience
Essential
- The applicants has 36 months post qualifying relevant experience as a Registered Healthcare Professional
- The applicant has clearly identified relevant experience and insight in relation to the role within supporting information
Personal Attributes
Essential
- The applicant has demonstrated a commitment to outstanding patient care, values based care and the Specialist role
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- The applicant holds professional registration with a regulatory body
- The applicant holds a recognised emergency care qualification enabling an emergency response such as IHCD/FREUC/Cert HE/DipHE/FDSc/BSc/PGCert/PGDip/MSc
- The applicant holds a recognised emergency driving qualification
- The applicants has post registration academic modules/awards. At least 80 credits at level 6 or a BSc Hons or a PgC/PGDip or MSc. Must be applicable and suitable for the Specialist role.
- The applicant hold a Practice Educator qualification (EMAS PEd accepted) and experience of supporting students
- The applicant has presented evidence of continuing professional development
Professional Experience
Essential
- The applicants has 36 months post qualifying relevant experience as a Registered Healthcare Professional
- The applicant has clearly identified relevant experience and insight in relation to the role within supporting information
Personal Attributes
Essential
- The applicant has demonstrated a commitment to outstanding patient care, values based care and the Specialist role
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
