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Job summary

Main area
Nursing and Midwifery Registered
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
269-SFT9789
Employer
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Town
Salisbury
Salary
£39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata if part time
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
21/06/2026 23:59
Interview date
07/07/2026

Employer heading

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Nurse/Practitioner Emergency Department/Urgent Treatment Centre

Band 6

 


Job overview

Help Launch a Brand-New Urgent Treatment Centre

An exciting opportunity has arisen for experienced and motivated Band 6 Senior Nurses/Practitioners to join our Emergency Care team and play a key role in the development of our brand-new Urgent Treatment Centre, due to open in Autumn 2026.

This is a unique opportunity to be part of an exciting new service from the very beginning. Working alongside colleagues from the Emergency Department and wider multidisciplinary teams, you will help shape patient pathways, influence service development and establish a high-quality, patient-centred model of urgent care for our local community.

What Makes This Opportunity Different?

Our new Urgent Treatment Centre, represents a significant investment in urgent and emergency care services and will provide a modern, patient-focused environment designed to improve access to urgent care.

Joining now gives you the opportunity to:

  • Be part of the team establishing a brand-new Urgent Treatment Centre from its launch. 
  • Influence and shape new ways of working and patient pathways.
  • Develop your leadership skills within a growing and evolving service.
  • Work collaboratively across Emergency Department and Urgent Treatment Centre settings.
  • Contribute to service innovation and continuous improvement from day one.
  • Help create a positive culture and patient experience within a new clinical environment.

Main duties of the job

As a Band 6 Senior Nurse/Practitioner, you will act as a senior registered professional within the Emergency Department and Urgent Treatment Centre, providing expert assessment, triage and clinical decision-making for patients presenting with urgent care needs.

You will be instrumental in ensuring patients receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time, while supporting safe patient flow and delivering high standards of clinical care.

As one of the senior clinicians within the service, you will also provide day-to-day leadership, support and supervision to junior colleagues, helping to foster a culture of learning, development and compassionate care.

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities 

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service.  We think working here is pretty rewarding.  You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme. 

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything.  With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.  Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • First level registered nurse with a Diploma, Advanced Diploma or Degree in Nursing Or a relevant clinical professional such as paramedic

Experience

Essential criteria
  • 2 years’ experience working in a ED and or UTC or equivalent setting.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate skills and knowledge of working within all areas of ED, including resuscitation, triage, minors and majors.
  • Ability to organise own workload whilst supervising others
  • Good analytical skills and able to recognise deterioration
  • Good organisational and time management skills
  • Leadership skills, including good interpersonal and communication skills.
Desirable criteria
  • Skills and knowledge within a UTC setting such as wound care etc.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyDisability confident leaderImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Happy to Talk Flexible WorkingWe Work FlexiblyPeople PromiseNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Liam Gondelle
Job title
Clinical Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01722 336262
Additional information

ext 3847

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