Job summary
It's an exciting time to join the PHL Group team. Our teams are ambitious and committed to delivering excellent services to those within our care. We're recruiting Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP) and Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) from a variety of professional backgrounds including nurses, pharmacists and paramedics - if you're experienced, with a Masters level award or equivalent and keen to taken on an expanded role within Primary Care, we would welcome your application.

About the role
As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner, within our Urgent Treatment Centres, you will support existing clinical care to enhance the capacity and capability within our multi-professional teams. You will be responsible for the assessment of health and clinical needs of our patients, undertaking consultations as an autonomous practitioner, using your advanced clinical practice skills, and own clinical judgement to diagnose, treat, refer or discharge patients. This role will be face to face supported by a variable rota covering weekdays, evenings, weekends and bank holidays. We're committed to investing and developing our teams to create a diverse and contemporary workforce and support the four pillars of advanced practice (Leadership & Management; Education, Research and Clinical Practice).

Your day to day

• Carry out consultations with patients - taking a comprehensive patient history; physical examinations and use of your expert knowledge and clinical judgement to identify potential diagnosis.
• Decide on and carry out treatment, including the prescribing of medicine or referring to primary or secondary care specialist services within local agreed pathways and protocols as appropriate.
• Provide clinical advice and mentorship to junior clinical staff.

Qualifications, Experience & Training

• Registered Nurse, Paramedic, Pharmacist.
• Master's Degree in Advanced Clinical Practice (equivalent or higher).
• Clinical skills qualification at degree level.
• Evidence of completion of study in minor illness.
• Independent prescriber.
• Evidence of study in minor injury or willingness to develop these skills.
• Evidence of completion of study in paediatric minor illness or willingness to develop these skills.
• Evidence of study in paediatric minor injury or willingness to develop these skills.

Competitive benefits package will be offered. We are looking for ACPs across a number of our sites in Staffordshire and the North East.

Person Specification - Essential

• Minimum 5 year post registration experience; 2 years experience of working as a practitioner in a primary care environment, Emergency Department, Urgent Care Centre, MAU/EAU or other first contact setting, evidence of excellent assessment skills.
• Experience of having provided mentorship and/or coaching to other staff.
• Experience of having participated in service improvement activities including audit and research.
• Registered Nurse First Level Nurse or other healthcare professional qualification leading to registration; evidence of degree level study or equivalent; degree in advanced practice or equivalent (to include research and evidence to inform practice, clinical leadership, work-based learning, clinical history taking and examination skills, pathophysiology, investigations and immediate management, non-medical prescribing).
• Evidence of completion of study in minor illness; evidence of study in minor injury; evidence of completion of study in paediatric minor illness; evidence of study in paediatric minor injury; Masters level study in advanced practice; Independent/supplementary prescriber.

Person Specification - Desirable

• Evidence of study to conduct paediatric clinical examination.
• Teaching/training qualifications such as ENB998 or equivalent.

Working pattern: Full-time
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £34 to £54 an hour
Reference number: JOB1693
Closing date: 06 November 2026

Apply through our website.

The post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975; a Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required. PHL Group has been awarded the Defence Employers Recognition Scheme Silver Award and Veteran Aware accreditation.