We are looking for a highly motivated, experienced and capable Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) with relevant qualifications, capability and extensive experience working in primary or urgent care to provide expert high quality clinical care to patients attending with unscheduled urgent illness or injury presentations. (This job is open to registered nurses, AHPs or pharmacists)
After an induction period, the ACP will work across the 4 pillars of practice with an emphasis on independent advanced clinical practice managing patients presenting with urgent illness or injury. They will work across the Urgent and Emergency Care setting including the Urgent Treatment Centres (UTC) on both the St Thomas’s and Guys site, and the ambulatory majors area of the Emergency Department. They will work closely with the General Practitioners, UTC based ACPs, Emergency Practitioners, the Consultant Nurse and Head of Nursing in providing direct clinical care. This is primarily a clinical role, but time will be allocated for supporting professional activities across the other pillars of practice.
They will have a key role in teaching and supervision of other members of the multidisciplinary workforce, particularly on unscheduled urgent illness management as well as other educational requirements across the department/Trust. Similarly, they will also have an important role in quality improvement, service development, audit, as well as opportunities for involvement in research activities. In their leadership role they will line manage some of the Emergency Practitioners and support the other urgent care ACPs and leads in assurance and governance processes.
Closing date: 18th June 2025
Guys and St Thomas' NHS Trust has 2 UTCs including a stand-alone UTC based at Guys Hospital staffed by Emergency Practitioners, GPs and RNs open 08:00 - 20:30 7/7 and a UTC at St Thomas Hospital which is co-located with the Emergency Department staffed by Emergency Practitioners, Emergency Medicine Doctors, ACPs, RNs and Senior Nursing Assistants open 24/7
Our current staffing across both units includes; a Consultant Nurse, a Lead Emergency Practitioner, an ACP/Lead, an ACP/Physiotherapist, 33 Emergency Practitioners, 7 assessment/triage nurses, 4 Senior Nursing Assistants (people in post, not FTE)
The UCC team provides a supportive and nurturing environment to new, experienced and trainee staff. We seek to provide the high standards of evidenced based care and aim to continually improve, and expand our service to meet changing healthcare and service demands. Moreover, the Urgent Care team sits within the bigger Urgent and Emergency Care team where it contributes to education, QI, clinical governance, service improvement initiatives as well as a significant role in overall performance.
This role forms part of our workforce development plan as we develop and progress clinical career pathways
We value every single member of our team
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tim Yorston Job title: Consultant Nurse - Urgent and Emergency Care Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 020 8188 188
If you would like an informal visit or to discuss the post, please contact Tim Yorston (Consultant Nurse)
[email protected] or Tel: 020 8188 188 ext. 57649
