Urgent Treatment Centre Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Role Summary

The advanced clinical practitioner (ACP) provides advanced clinical practice as an integrated part of the multidisciplinary team within the Urgent Treatment Centre and Emergency Department. The successful candidate will deal with a wide range of primary care presentations in both adults and children using advanced clinical skills to investigate, diagnose and instigate treatment.

The definition of Advanced Clinical Practice as stated by Health Education England (2017) is “ delivered by experienced, registered health and care practitioners. It is a level of practice characterised by a high degree of autonomy and complex decision making. This is underpinned by a master’s level award or equivalent that encompasses the four pillars of clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research, with demonstration of core capabilities and area specific clinical competence.”

The ACP has a trust-wide responsibility to provide clinical excellence through the four pillars of advanced clinical practice. The clinical practice pillar accounts for a minimum of 80% of their contracted hours of work and they practice with a significant higher level of responsibility and autonomy which is comparable to that of the level of medical staff providing the same level of service

Main Duties

• Clinical Practice
• Independently assess, diagnose, and manage patients with complex, undifferentiated, and urgent presentations (adults and children).
• Request and interpret investigations (e.g., imaging, pathology) to support clinical decisions.
• Make autonomous diagnostic decisions and initiate treatment plans.
• Prescribe medications as a non-medical independent prescriber within scope of practice.
• Perform advanced clinical procedures and lead resuscitation in emergency situations.
• Discharge patients safely and refer to other professionals as appropriate.

Leadership & Management

• Act as a clinical leader and role model across the multidisciplinary team.
• Contribute to service development, guideline creation, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Support governance and risk management processes.

Education

• Mentor and supervise trainee ACPs and other staff.
• Deliver training and educational programmes for the wider team.
• Promote a culture of learning and professional development.
  

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Paula Lane & Ben Cooper Job title: Lead Nurse Emergency Medicine & Lead ACP Email address: paula.lane@uhnm.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01782671107