Trainee/ Qualified Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Job summary
We are looking for an innovative and dynamic nurse/AHP with proven emergency or urgent care experience to enhance our team by providing expert clinical practice, education, professional leadership and service improvement.
The Advanced Practitioner role in the Emergency department supports the assessment, diagnosis, and ongoing management of patients across all emergency pathways. The post holder will practise autonomously within their scope of competence, working collaboratively with medical, nursing, and allied health professionals to support safe, effective, and timely care.
This post is suited to clinicians committed to maintaining high standards of emergency care and contributing to the development of emergency and advanced practice within the UHP.

***(Please note that applications from temporary workers who have been engaged with the Trust for a minimum of 3 months are welcome.)***

Main duties of the job
Advanced clinical practice 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.
Advanced clinical practice embodies the ability to manage clinical care in partnership with individuals, families and carers. It includes the analysis and synthesis of complex problems across a range of settings, enabling innovative solutions to enhance people's experience and improve outcomes. (HEE, 2017).

About us
We are a people business - where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care.
The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure.
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We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case.
We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams. It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date.
If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

Details
Date posted: 13 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year, Per Annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 216-LT-DC8056202
Job locations: emergency department, Derriford Road, Plymouth, PL6 8DH, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• Assess, differentially diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate individual treatment interventions for patients by virtue of expert clinical judgement and close liaison with members of Emergency medicine and the MDT.
• Use expertise and decision-making skills to inform clinical reasoning approaches when dealing with differentiated and undifferentiated individual presentations and complex situations, synthesising information from multiple sources to make appropriate, evidence-based judgements and/or diagnoses.
• Initiate, evaluate and modify a range of interventions which may include prescribing medicines, therapies, lifestyle advice and care.
• Exercise professional judgement to manage risk appropriately, especially where there may be complex and unpredictable events and supporting teams to do likewise to ensure safety of individuals, families and carers.
• Utilise complex decision-making skills to promote high quality care in unpredictable and challenging circumstances.
• Ensure compliance with their respective code of professional conduct and work within their scope of practice.
• Works in conjunction with the MDT to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care.
• Work in partnership with individuals, families and carers, using a range of assessment methods as appropriate.
• Be able to demonstrate a critical understanding of their broadened level of responsibility and autonomy. This includes being critically aware of their limits of their own competence and professional scope of practice, including when working with complexity, risk, uncertainty and incomplete information.
• Be responsible and accountable for their decisions, actions and omissions at this level of practice.

For further details please see the attached JD & PS

Person Specification

Qualifications
Essential

• Proven NMC registration/registered nurse.
• Evidence of relevant, recent study continuing education
• Completion of MSc In Advanced Practice

Desirable

• Management/ Leadership training.

Knowledge & Experience
Essential

• Significant demonstrable post qualification experience in emergency or urgent care
• Proven management ability and demonstrable leadership experience

Desirable

• Information technology skills

Aptitude & Abilities
Essential

• Proven ability to recognise and analyse complex situations and take appropriate action.

Desirable

• SWEXI course

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
Address: emergency department, Derriford Road, Plymouth, PL6 8DH, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.plymouthhospitals.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Lead ACP for ED
Becky Martyn
becky.martyn@nhs.net
01752437527