Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Post: Advanced Clinical Practitioner Prescriber

Pay: £28.48- £31.73 per hour depending on experience PLUS, a Golden Hello of £2.5k paid in two instalments over 6 months (pro rata this applies to EXTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY)

Hours: To be discussed with the candidate.

Accountable to: Head of Service

Reports to: Lancashire Clinical Managers

Closing date: 1st February 2026

Base: The post will be based at Rossendale Minor Injuries Unit (RMIU). The RMIU aims to deliver services between 8am–8pm 7 days a week, 365 days per year. Evening and weekend work will be required as part of this post.

About: Come and join our lively and vibrant team! We are a high-performance team with complementary talents and skills, who consistently show high levels of innovation, focusing on the best quality of care for our patients. We pride ourselves on an open and honest culture and show dedication towards peer support, maximizing individual strength and personality, valuing new ideas to help strengthen and celebrate what a great service we offer!

Main duties of the job:

• Exercise clinical expertise, levels of judgment, discretion and decision making in clinical care.
• Provide a high standard of care for patients presenting with undifferentiated and undiagnosed minor injury needs.
• Development opportunities with training and mentorship to extend clinical competencies.

About us: The ethos of FCMS as a social enterprise, health and wellbeing services provider is to be passionate in its drive to ensure that patients and callers remain the central focus of all that it does. Coupled with excellent and well-established clinical governance systems and extremely effective operational expertise, it has meant that the company has the ability to strategically visualise, develop, and implement award-winning services.

Job responsibilities:

• Work with and champion the unit in conjunction with Senior Managerial colleagues.
• Support the Management team and Clinical manager to ensure all service KPIs/Targets are met.
• Ensure mandatory training is kept up to date and receive suitable training/CPD for ongoing development needs.
• Practice autonomously, participating in the care of and undertaking assessment, diagnosis, treatment/referral and discharge of patients.
• Provide advanced clinical skills and advice demonstrating a sound understanding of the issues related to identification, assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of a client group.
• Identify the need for and initiate and interpret relevant diagnostic investigations and results.
• Safely and competently undertake invasive and non-invasive procedures to establish a diagnosis.
• Independently undertake telephone triage; weekends the RMIU clinicians are required to partake in the CAS (Clinical Assessment Service) telephone triage.
• Monitor and lead improvements to standards of care through supervision of practice, clinical audit, evidence-based practice, teaching and supporting professional colleagues.
• Contribute to the Clinical Governance agenda within the service by leading audit and research.
• Act in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct or other relevant professional body.
• Provide professional and clinical advice within the multi-disciplinary team.

Knowledge, skills and experience required:

• Experience of working independently as an unsupervised practitioner in the primary or urgent care setting.
• Experienced in undertaking telephone triage and remote prescribing.
• Teaching and mentorship experience.
• Ability to work in a highly demanding environment.
• Evidence of diplomacy and negotiation skills.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
• Competent in use of IT packages such as Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of current clinical and professional issues.
• Able to work collaboratively with an appropriate range of multi-agency and inter-professional resources.

Key results areas:

• Assess, treat, and advise patients presenting with health care needs.
• Provide supervision of the clinical team, assisting and developing their team and individuals.
• Ensure all practice is safe and effective and remains within boundaries and scope of competence.
• Develop and maintain clinical/nursing policies, procedures, and protocols.

Professional expectations:

• Role model standards of care and behaviour through clinical practice.
• Maintain professional registration and practice through CPD.
• Prescribe medication in accordance with competency, professional guidelines and NICE/CKS guidelines.
• Recognise and act as an advocate for patients, carers, service, and the organisation.

Our key expectations are:

• Self-awareness
• Living authentically
• Adaptability
• Openness
• Positivity
• Generosity of spirit
• Ability to have fun

Our Why: To nurture an environment of inspiration, innovation and disruption so that people in our world receive exceptional healthcare for this generation, and the next.

Values: Our organisational culture is very important to us, so it is vital that the successful candidate lives and breathes complimentary values and behaviours.

Person Specification:

• Registered Practitioner (NMC / HCPC)
• First Contact Practitioner / Advanced Practice qualification or RCN Credentialled practitioner.
• Minimum 5 years post registration experience.
• Experience of expert autonomous practice within an unscheduled care setting.
• Commitment to personal and professional development.

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.