Are you a dynamic and visionary advanced clinical practitioner looking for a unique leadership opportunity to shape the future of advanced practice across a major NHS Group?
We are excited to invite applications for a
Group Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) Lead to join our senior team on a fixed-term basis. This role will provide strategic and operational leadership for the development, implementation, and sustainability of a high-quality multi-professional advanced clinical practice workforce across our partner organisations. This post will initially serve Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trust (LUHFT) and Liverpool Women's Hospital (LWH).
The ideal candidate will be a qualified ACP with a strong clinical background across professional groups, experienced in senior clinical leadership and workforce transformation. A deep understanding of ACP education, regulatory frameworks, and clinical governance is essential, alongside excellent communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills. Flexibility to work across multiple sites and at a system level is required.
As the Group Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) Lead, you will provide expert leadership and strategic oversight for advanced clinical practice across the Group. You will support the Group Chief Nurse and key stakeholders in delivering an innovative and aligned ACP workforce strategy.
Leading the ACP Steering Group, you will represent the Group at local, regional, and national levels. You will drive workforce transformation by collaborating with senior leadership teams to develop the ACP workforce across medical, AHP, nursing, and midwifery professions.
Ensuring compliance with national policies and frameworks, including HEE’s Multi-professional Framework and the NHS People Plan, you will oversee education, governance, competency assessment, and professional development for trainee and established ACPs. Your role will also focus on recruiting, developing, and retaining a skilled and compassionate ACP workforce to meet evolving healthcare needs.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jo Marinas Job title: Deputy Director of Nursing Workforce Development Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 07429544952
