Job summary
MSDEC enables early senior clinical decision-making, streamlining patient assessment and treatment through direct access and referral pathways. By maximising opportunities to complete care on the same day, MSDEC helps ensure patients receive timely, appropriate support often preventing unnecessary attendance to other urgent and emergency care services such as A&E.

At MSDEC at The Alexandra Hospital, we provide care for all medically expected ambulant patients, with plans for significant expansion. As part of this growth, the ACP will be integral in assessing, diagnosing, and treating the full range of medically expected patients, including those who are less ambulant or more acutely unwell.

Improving Diversity and Inclusive Recruitment: As part of the Trust's aim to improve diversity across the Trust, positive action is being taken and all applications for this post from BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ candidates can request to be considered under an expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum criteria as specified in the person specification for this role. Applicants will be prompted in the application form to declare if they wish to be considered under this expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme, and their response would be visible to the Shortlisting Panel. If you have any queries about expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please contact Rob Saunders (HR Manager - Recruitment) in confidence via email robert.saunders1@nhs.net.

Main duties of the job
As an ACP within MSDEC, you will be a key member of the Urgent Care team, contributing to the delivery of outstanding patient care in line with divisional objectives, quality standards, and clinical priorities. Practicing at an advanced level, you will:

• Provide expert clinical assessment, decision-making, and treatment.
• Lead and influence clinical practice, supporting the development of knowledge, skills, and roles across the Trust.
• Act as an expert resource within Urgent Care, ensuring patients and staff feel safe, supported, and heard.
• Advocate for and uphold exceptional standards of safety, quality, dignity, and respect.
• Support the growth of leadership capacity within the department, guiding nurses and support staff to deliver exemplary care.

This is a highly autonomous position within a fast-paced, ACP-driven service. You will be expected to work independently and be confident in working across the urgent care floor when required.

About us
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester.

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

• Being open and honest
• Ensuring people feel cared for
• Showing respect to everyone

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs
Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Details
Date posted: 19 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: C9365-26-0167

Job responsibilities
As part of a multi-professional team, the ACP team is led by Laura Mckeon, the post holder will practice autonomously, whilst being accountable and self-directed in line with the relevant code of professional conduct. The post holder will work consistently in line with the four pillars of Advanced Clinical Practice.

We are seeking an inspiring and highly skilled Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join our dynamic Medical Same Day Emergency Care (MSDEC) team. This is a pivotal and rewarding role at the heart of an expanding, forward-thinking service. Working closely with the MSDEC Consultant, ACP Lead and the senior nursing team, you will champion clinical excellence, drive innovation, and support the ongoing development of our predominantly ACP-led workforce.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Nursing degree or equivalent qualification
• Masters in Advanced Practice (MSc) and competence in managing acute illness (medical, surgical) and injury
• Previous ALS / EPALS / APLS / ETC / ATLS Provider with update in last 5 years, or evidence of recent learning and development around life support course objectives Non-Medical Prescribing

Desirable

• Instructor Status Successful completion of Collegiate Credentialing status Minor Illness Module Minor Injury Module

Personal Attributes
Essential

• Ability to work effectively as a team member
• Enquiring, critical approach to work
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
• Commitment to Continuing Medical Education
• Diplomatic and tactful
• Flexible approach to work duties
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to work without supervision
• Reliable and supportive to other colleagues
• Ability to work antisocial hours

Experience
Essential

• Clinical Experience
• Experience as a fully trained ACP working in an Urgent Care/Acute Medicine/ED
• Ability to manage differentiated and undifferentiated presentations in all areas / streams in the Acute Medicine
• Knowledge to request and interpret appropriate investigations within accepted policies and practice
• Management & Administrative Experience
• Experience in managing and developing other healthcare professionals
• Experience in establishing or helping to develop a service through quality improvement
• Teaching Experience
• Coordination of teaching programmes / conferences for the development of trainee ACPs
• Teaching of junior medical staff and/or involvement in medical training programmes
• Experience as a clinical or educational supervisor of trainee ACPs
• Research experience
• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
• Good knowledge of critical appraisal and ability to use literature and current research / guidelines to improve patient care
• Evidence of involvement in quality improvement or audit projects that have made a direct contribution to the improvement of a service

Desirable

• Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates.
• Experience of involvement in Research or Quality Improvement projects

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Address: The Alexandra Hospital, Woodrow Drive, Redditch, Worcestershire, B98 7UB, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact:
Lead Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Laura McKeon, laura.mckeon@nhs.net, 01527512100

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