Job summary
- Main area
- Same Day Emergency Care
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (From around December 2025 to January 2027)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (0800 to 0800 or 1000 to 1000)
- Job ref
- 396-7412283-GO-PB-Z
- Employer
- Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Kingston Upon Thames
- Salary
- £61,631 - £68,623 per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/10/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 11/11/2025
Employer heading
Advanced Practitioner - Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC)
Band 8a
Home, community, hospital
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of fantastic opportunities to grow your career across both hospital and community settings in south London. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take your experience to the next level, we are uniquely placed to provide the right environment to support your professional development. With colleagues working in people’s homes, in community clinics, and in our two hospitals, we have an outstanding breadth of knowledge and experience to draw from.
Our commitment to exceptional care is reflected in being the first trust of our kind in London to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the CQC for both overall quality and leadership. We exist to provide the best possible care for our patients and we do that by giving our colleagues what they need to be their best at work. We have won numerous awards from the HSJ and Nursing Times for the way we support our colleagues across all our services.
We are proud to be recognised for our outstanding cancer care, children's services, pioneering surgical teams, and exceptional rehabilitation services. Our maternity services have been rated the "Best in London" by women surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with parents travelling to Kingston to take advantage of our considerable experience and expertise.
Our Trust values
These words are important reminders, but it’s our behaviours that tell people who we are. We expect all colleagues to bring our values to life in their work.
- Compassionate: We provide care with kindness, understanding, and empathy for all.
- Inclusive: We embrace diversity and respect the unique contributions of every individual.
- Collaborative: We foster teamwork across all levels, working together and with our partners to deliver the best outcomes.
- Inspiring: We are committed to continuous improvement and excellence in patient care, staff development, and innovation.
Job overview
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Advanced Practitioner to join our multidisciplinary team within the Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) department. SDEC provides care to a variety of patients referred from the Emergency Department (ED) and GP, community, outpatients and ambulance services. The SDEC team is comprised of Medical Consultants, Advanced Practitioners, Doctors, Nurses, Nurse Associates, and Receptionists.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be practicing autonomously as an Advanced Practitioner (AP) to provide patient-centred quality care. This will encompass the skills of advanced assessment, examination, diagnosis and management within an agreed scope of practice. The post holder will work as part of the SDEC AP and overall SDEC multidisciplinary team to provide high-quality service within SDEC to all patients directly referred by GP’s, ambulance service, ED, outpatient clinics and community services.
The AP will work within the multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice in England (HEE 2017). The post holder will dedicate 70% of their time to clinical duties and 30% to leadership and management, education and research activities, encompassing the four pillars of advanced practice.
The post holder will work collaboratively with the Advanced Practitioners/ Consultant/ Service lead. They will work with a high degree of autonomy and employ complex decision making and demonstrate core practice capabilities and area specific clinical competence.
Working for our organisation
Your growth and personal happiness matters to us. After all, we can't expect the best from you if we don't invest in your development and nurture your wellbeing. From the moment you join us, we're committed to fostering your professional and personal development with a supportive, empowering environment. Whether you're just starting your career or looking to advance further, we provide you with the tools and opportunities you need to succeed. We actively support colleagues to take part in research, quality improvement and innovation, whatever their role or level in the organisation.
To support your wellbeing, we offer an extensive range of resources, including on-site staff nursery at Kingston Hospital, wellbeing practitioners, regular wellbeing classes, dedicated staff physiotherapist, comprehensive occupational health services, 24/7 employee assistance programme, and a range of other support and activities.
We also take every opportunity to thank and recognise the work our teams do, through weekly "shoutouts" and patient feedback, monthly and staff awards.
Our Trust values
These words are important reminders, but it's our behaviours that tell people who we are. We expect all colleagues to bring values to life in their work.
- Compassionate
- Inclusive
- Collaborative
- Inspiring
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains the person specification and further information about the role.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Appropriate professional qualification (nursing or allied health professional) that allows registration with the NMC/ HCPC.
- Degree level award (level 6) plus postgraduate specialist training, experience, short courses to Master’s equivalent level.
- MSc Level in Advanced Practice OR In the process of gaining recognition with the Centre of Advancing Practice via the e-Portfolio (Supported) Route to demonstrate educational equivalence that all the capabilities of advanced level practice at master’s level (level 7) have been met.
- Independent non-medical prescriber.
- Certified speciality Courses as service requires
Desirable criteria
- Undertaken accredited course or gained digital badge accreditation with NHSE Centre for advancing practice.
- Completed advanced practice accreditation in speciality e.g. RCEM, RCN, full membership MACP.
- Completed portfolio of supervised practice in speciality.
- Relevant NHS Leadership qualification or working towards.
- Recognised Teaching & Assessing qualification or equivalent - Mentorship/ Practice Assessor.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience within an area of relevant clinical speciality.
- Demonstration of expertise in all 4 pillars of advance practice (Clinical, Leadership & Management, Research, Education).
- Clinical Leadership experience.
- Participation in audit & research.
- Evidence of developing specialised clinical skills across relevant speciality.
- Evidence of implementing change to promote high quality practice.
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in an advanced practice role.
- Ability to inspire, support and empower others.
- Awareness of local and national agendas across areas of speciality.
- Previous experience as an autonomous practitioner.
- Experience of service development.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Advanced Clinical assessment & History taking skills.
- Highly developed diagnostic reasoning skills.
- Developed leadership skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication.
- Excellent time management & organisational skills.
- Evidence of conducting audits and QI projects.
- Able to manage difficult situations.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of clinical research.
- Ability to co- ordinate and facilitate meetings.
- Published work.
- Able to supervise, coach and support others.
Your application: Please ensure your supporting statement aligns with the job description and person specification, as your application will be assessed against these criteria.
Artificial Intelligence: We kindly ask that you refrain from using AI tools to draft your application, as we value authentic, individual responses that reflect your own communication style.
References: Please provide 3 years of employment/educational history with professional email addresses (not personal ones like Hotmail or Gmail). If you cannot supply these, inform the interviewers to avoid delays in pre-employment checks.
Closing date: To keep our recruitment process efficient, some vacancies may be capped and closed early once we receive a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted by email or SMS from the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted. Please check your registered Trac email regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults at risk of harm. For roles involving direct access to these groups, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required. All employees, however, hold a responsibility to safeguard children and vulnerable adults as part of their duties and to understand the specific safeguarding responsibilities associated with their role.
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Text: 07501066267
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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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Diogo Martins
- Job title
- Advanced Practitioner Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 546 7711
- Additional information
For further information, please contact Diogo Martins via 0208 546 7711 ext. 3198
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