An exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled and passionate
Lead Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join the
Urgent and Emergency Care Directorate at St Richard’s Hospital Chichester. This senior clinical role is integral to the ongoing transformation of urgent and emergency services, providing expert clinical leadership and supporting high standards of care delivery across our Emergency Department (ED), Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC), and Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC).
As a Lead ACP, you will work autonomously at an advanced clinical level, managing patients across the full spectrum of undifferentiated emergency presentations. You will also provide visible clinical leadership, mentoring and developing a growing team of ACPs, Trainee ACPs and Emergency Practitioners (EP), ensuring excellence in clinical practice, education, and service innovation.
This is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated ACP to influence strategic service development, enhance patient experience, and support safe, effective urgent care pathways.
We welcome applications from those who currently hold a UK NMC registration. If you currently hold an overseas nursing qualification and require sponsorship we are not currently direct hiring Internationally Qualified Nurses.
Lead the clinical delivery of care within the Urgent and Emergency Care Directorate, including ED, UTC, and SDEC.
Provide high-level assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and discharge planning for a broad range of emergency presentations.
Lead the supervision, development, and appraisal of ACPs and Trainee ACPs, supporting workforce growth and clinical excellence.
Collaborate with senior clinical, operational, and education leaders to drive quality improvement and service innovation.
Contribute to governance activities, including audit, incident review, and clinical effectiveness initiatives.
Champion a culture of compassionate, patient-centered care in line with Trust values.
At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.
We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We’re here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.
As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.
We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Hannah Chadwick Job title: Head of Nursing UEC Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 07771871207
Rachel Wilkinson
[email protected] Consultant childrens nurse
Tara Bartley
[email protected] Corporate ACP lead
