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University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

About

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our skilled employees across our hospital sites in Coventry and Rugby, with high quality patient care positioned at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a national and international leader in healthcare.

We provide general acute hospital services to approximately 500,000 people from Coventry and Rugby and specialist hospital services to over one million people from Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond. The Trust has a revenue budget of approximately £473 million, we employ over 10,000 staff, manage 1,380 beds and 32 operating theatres.

The Trust is made up of the following hospitals:
University Hospital Coventry
Hospital of St Cross – Rugby

Contact

Address: University Hospital Coventry; Clifford Bridge Road; Walsgrave; Coventry; West Midlands; CV2 2DX
Contact Number: 02476 96 9192

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Ref: 218-AHP-B7-8333009 Vacancy ID: 8333009

Trainee Surgical Care Practitioner

Accepting applications until: 21-Oct-2026 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 21-Oct-2026 23:59

Location

Site: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
Address: Clifford Bridge Road
Town: Coventry
Postcode: CV2 2DX
Major / Minor Region: Warwickshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent: Band 7 ( progression to 8A on successful completion of MSc Surgical Care Practice and specialty competencies and capabilities)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £49,387 - £56,515 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 7)

Specialty

Main area: Surgery

Interview date: 09/11/2026

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Act autonomously to assess, prioritise and provide expert clinical care which contributes to the patients’ treatment plan to ensure that optimum physical, psychological, and social care needs are met and ensures quality care.
Request and interpret relevant investigations to facilitate the development of the patient’s management plan.
Initiate the management of patients who are critically ill or deteriorating within scope of practice.
Proactively refer to other clinicians (own or other services) depending upon patients’ needs to deliver care beyond your limitations and scope of practice.
Proactively initiate treatment plans for patients requiring intervention and treatment ensuring ethically based considerations.
Proactively identify, diagnose, and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing long term conditions.
Undertake relevant clinical procedures to facilitate patient care within the service, supported by the appropriate training and supervision.
Autonomously assess, diagnose, and have the legal authority to independently prescribe. As an independent prescriber, the tSCP is responsible and accountable for the assessment of patients with undiagnosed or diagnosed conditions and for clinical management decisions.
The independent prescriber can prescribe pharmacology and non-pharmacology treatment within their scope of practice.
Provides information and advice to patients on prescribed medication regimens, side-effects, and interactions ensuring compliance with evidence- based practice and national and practice protocols.
Documents clearly all aspects of assessment, diagnosis, and management plan and present the findings, using the approved documentation framework.
Facilitates shared decision making by discussing assessment outcomes with patients, carers, and other health care professionals, to enable patients to make informed decisions regarding treatment.
Highly developed communication skills enabling maintenance of high-quality service within a complex and challenging environment with often, conflicting priorities.
Support patients, families, and carers to adopt health healthy lifestyles strategies and apply principles of self- care, alongside clinical management plans.
Understand and recognise risk and apply safeguarding measures that support the identification of vulnerable adults and children, being aware of statutory child/ vulnerable patient’s health procedures and local guidance to escalate concerns accordingly.
Contribute to informed patient consent and act as patient advocate.
Undertake delegated consent as appropriate and after successful completion of the relevant training and competencies.
Report clinical incidents via Trust Datix reporting system, investigate as appropriate and share learning.

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.

Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.

Please be advised the interviews for this post will take place week commencing 09/11/2026, subject to availability.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and Behaviours which can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description.
The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.

The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed. Where a post has an overwhelming response, this Trust may use random selection in order to reduce numbers to interview, any disabled applicants will automatically be guaranteed an interview and will be exempt from this process.

In submitting an application form, you authorise University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third-party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post.

UHCW NHS Trust, by virtue of its Green Plan, is committed to ensuring that the way we provide services minimises the impact on the environment and the future health of the public e.g. zero waste to landfill, reducing our carbon footprint and increasing our recycling and reuse percentages.

If you are successful at interview you will receive a conditional offer of employment and we’ll ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks. You must successfully complete all pre-employment checks to progress to a final unconditional offer.

We must confirm the identity of our staff and their right to work in the United Kingdom. We will ask you to submit proof of your identity and right to work documents via a secure digital platform approved by the Home Office, named TrustID. Alternatively, you may be asked to attend our office with original documents.

Depending on you level of exposure with patients you may be required to undertake a Standard or Enhanced DBS. The cost of this check will be charged to you and will be deducted from your salary over the first 3 months of employment at the current rate.

All correspondence will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk/SPAM folders

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.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Current UK healthcare professional registration • BSc in healthcare or equivalent professional qualification to UK honours degree • Evidence of continuous professional development • Teaching and assessing qualification/equivalent.

Desirable criteria

• Surgical First Assistant HEI qualification • Delegated Consent training. • Perioperative Care Practitioners Intraoperative Non-Technical Skills (PINTS) • Independent Prescriber (annotated on professional register) • IRMER regulation training (if required for role) • ILS/ALS • Male catheterisation • Robotic training

Experience

Essential criteria

• 3-years senior clinical experience at Band 6 or above this a requirement to comply with HEE/NHSE funding requirements. • Significant clinical experience in operating theatre. • Experience of leading people/services. • Experience of case load management • Experience of clinical teaching. • Experience in research and audit. • Demonstrate ability to embed evidence-based practice. • Experience in collaborative working with multidisciplinary team.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of change management and service development. • Evidence of journal/ web/book publication/conference presentation

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of anatomy of the abdomen • Knowledge of surgical instruments. • In-depth knowledge of speciality disease/complexity • A knowledgeable clinician with the ability to apply evidence-based practice. • Knowledge of clinical governance • Knowledge of national and local NHS agenda/policy/guidance/ integrated care boards and implications

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of relevant diseases/complexities in health

Skills

Essential criteria

• Pre, intraoperative and postoperative skills. • Ability to work independently and within a multidisciplinary team. • Developed IT skills • Good interpersonal skills • Highly developed communication, influencing, negotiating skills and sharing of information. • Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines. • Excellent organisational and time management skills. • Ability to be an innovative and effective decision-maker. • Ability to deal with sensitive/challenging/complex and stressful situations. • Ability to undertake audit and critically analyse data. • Ability to work shifts required by service

Desirable criteria

• Extended/enhanced clinical skills. • Demonstrate report writing. • Demonstrate resourcefulness. • Demonstrate ability to assess, diagnose, interpret investigations and develop a clinical management plan for patients. • Skills in presenting at conferences/webinars

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential criteria

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s values. (As detailed in UHCW’s Values in Action document below) • Applicants applying for job roles with managerial responsibility will be required to demonstrate evidence of promoting equal opportunities through work experience