Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Emergency Department

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

What we are looking for:

• 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.

Main duties of the job:

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) in Emergency Care is a dynamic clinician responsible for delivering safe, evidence-based patient care across all 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.

Education/Qualifications:

• Professional Registration with either NMC or HCPC or GPhC.
• Possession of 1st degree in a clinical field e.g Nursing/paramedic/physiotherapy/pharmacist at a minimum 2:2 classification.
• Masters in Advanced Practice (MSc or MMedSci) or Masters level award relevant to specialty.
• Non-Medical Prescribing (V300).
• Advanced Resuscitation (ALS/EPALS/ATLS).

Knowledge training and experience:

• Evidence of post registration continuing education/professional development.
• Significant experience of working as a registered practitioner in an Acute Care and within ED as an ACP.
• Demonstrable evidence of research and audit experience.
• Demonstrable evidence of service/quality improvement.
• Demonstrable evidence of risk assessment/management.

Communication and interpersonal skills:

• Evidence of recent teaching, mentorship and supervision of staff.
• Demonstrable evidence of the development of protocols and guidelines.

Special attributes and other:

• Demonstrable evidence of the national and local Advanced Practice agenda.

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 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.