Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Emergency DepartmentNHS

Job summary

Join our established Emergency Medicine ACP team, delivering safe, high-quality, patient-centred care within a supportive multidisciplinary department.

What we are looking for

Applicants must have:

• A completed full MSc in Advanced Practice;
• A relevant professional registration;
• Significant clinical experience relevant to Emergency Medicine;
• A clinical portfolio evidencing the RCEM capabilities required for advanced practice in Emergency Medicine;
• Advanced assessment, clinical reasoning and autonomous decision-making skills within their scope of practice;
• Evidence of continuing professional development and maintained competence.

This is not a trainee post. The completed MSc and portfolio evidence of the required capabilities are essential for appointment.

Supporting RCEM credentialling

Prior RCEM credentialling is not essential. Successful candidates who are not yet credentialled will receive support to progress towards credentialling and strengthen their portfolio evidence.

Work alongside experienced ACPs and senior clinical colleagues, consolidating your practice and developing your Emergency Medicine expertise.

Band 8a subject to experience post ACP training completion.

Main duties of the job

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) in Emergency Care is a dynamic clinician who is responsible for delivering safe, evidence-based patient care across all the Emergency Care areas - covering both adult and paediatric patient groups. The ACP manages patients presenting with a variety of acute, complex, often undifferentiated conditions across all age groups. They balance clinical complexity while delivering timely, patient-centred care. The ACP applies comprehensive assessment, requests and interprets investigations, formulates differential diagnoses, initiates and evaluates treatment plans, prescribes independently, and coordinates referral, admission or discharge pathways. The ACP is expected to work within their sphere of competence, using advanced clinical reasoning, evidence-based practice and effective risk management to deliver safe, high-quality care across a broad range of ages, conditions and complexity. The ACP contributes to the delivery and development of high-quality services through leadership, education, quality improvement, research and clinical governance activities in line with local and national priorities.

Job description

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) in Emergency Care is a dynamic clinician who is responsible for delivering safe, evidence-based patient care across all the Emergency Care areas - covering both adult and paediatric patient groups. The ACP manages patients presenting with a variety of acute, complex, often undifferentiated conditions across all age groups. They balance clinical complexity while delivering timely, patient-centred care. The ACP applies comprehensive assessment, requests and interprets investigations, formulates differential diagnoses, initiates and evaluates treatment plans, prescribes independently, and coordinates referral, admission or discharge pathways. The ACP is expected to work within their sphere of competence, using advanced clinical reasoning, evidence-based practice and effective risk management to deliver safe, high-quality care across a broad range of ages, conditions and complexity.

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/

In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers.

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

We recognise that candidates may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to support them when preparing their application. Where AI is used, the information provided must remain an accurate and authentic representation of your own skills, knowledge and experience.

AI must not be used to provide false or misleading information or to generate examples that do not reflect your own experience. You should be able to discuss and demonstrate the knowledge, skills and experience included within your application during the recruitment and selection process.

Candidates may be asked to declare whether AI has been used in preparing their application and, where applicable, how it has been used.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.