Job summary
- Main area
- Frailty Same Day Emergency Care
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 205-7347949
- Employer
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- County Hospital
- Town
- Stafford
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Band 8a
Job overview
Job Title: Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Band: 8a
Location: Frailty Assessment Unit (FAU) at County Hospital
Hours of Duty: 37.5 hours per week (hours worked over a month, includes long shifts, weekends and bank holidays)
FAU is a bespoke 6 bedded frailty assessment unit and you will work in an MDT setting. The MDT comprises of consultants, ACPs, nursing staff, dedicated therapists and IDH support.
Main duties of the job
The Advanced Clinical Practitioner Team in FAU is at the forefront of Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC); with this in mind, an opportunity has arisen for a motivated Advanced Clinical Practitioner to become part of a highly skilled established team.
The successful candidate will be based in the Frailty Assessment Unit at County Hospital with close integration into Emergency Medicine and front-door services.
You will support admission avoidance and holistic patient management for patients presenting with frailty syndromes enabling safe, person-centred and efficient care pathways from the Emergency Department (ED) into either early supported discharge or further inpatient care.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people, and we’re highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research.
The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. Our 13,000 strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.
We are a specialist Major Trauma Centre for the North Midlands and North Wales. Happy staff make for happy patients, and with the help of both we have put together a wide range of development and support packages aimed at ensuring that everyone at the Trust can fulfil their potential and meet their aspirations as well as the tools to provide great care.
Our mission to provide the very best health care includes recruiting the best people. Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research.
The Trust also has a vibrant charity arm, UHNM Charity, which provides funds to enable University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust to purchase state-of-the-art medical equipment and to enhance and improve patient experience and comfort.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current registration with professional body such as NMC or HCPC
- MSc degree in advanced clinical practice or equivalent MSc
- Registered independent non-medical prescriber
- ALS provider or intermediate life support provider (dependent on area of practice)
- Mentor/assessor or formal teaching qualification
Desirable criteria
- Accreditation with the Centre for Advancing Practice
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential criteria
- Currently working as a qualified ACP
- Evidence of continued professional development in all four pillars of advanced practice (clinical, leadership & management, education and research)
- Formal leadership and management experience
- Excellent written and communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of delivering training programmes and presentations to various levels of staff
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Positive mindset in respect of organisational change; learning and continuous improvement
- Acts to support and enable effective teamwork
- Effective interpersonal and intrapersonal skills including high degree of self-awareness and self-regulation
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
- Allison Horne
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01782 715444
- Additional information
Please contact by email if possible or alternatively please contact the Hospital Switchboard and ask for extension 2776
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