# ACP / Trainee ACP (tACP)

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** St Lawrence Road Surgery
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Nurse practitioner
- **Grade:** Band 8
- **Salary:** £49,387 - £64,750 Salary is dependant on experience.
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mainly Mon - Fri with some weekends in rotation.)
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-22T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-08T08:15:04.421Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Derbyshire/Ilkeston/Derbyshire_Community_Health_Services_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_Bedded_Care/Community_Bedded_Care-v8319827
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8319827?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.dchs.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and enthusiastic qualified or trainee ACP to work within south Derbyshire covering both inpatient areas and community support beds.

Our vacancy is in the south team at our Ilkeston, Ripley and Ashbourne areas.

A Band 8a position will be offered to candidates who have already completed an MSc in Advanced Practice and who can demonstrate contemporary experience working at an advanced level within a relevant clinical environment.

### Main duties of the job

The role will support a core team of ACPs across the three areas in order to provide a model of seven day service cover, ultimately linking the trainees into a core clinical lead support resource. The GM will be responsible for ensuring that the direction of the service continues.

As an ACP you will:

- Provide clinical leadership, including direct clinical care, and advice on complex issues in the In-patient teams and community support beds.
- Establish a cohesive team approach for the ACP workforce development
- Support the service leads and managers with audit, innovation, and performance management
- Lead on training needs discussions, based on audit findings, supervision outputs and individual staff knowledge gaps
- Assist in feedback for staff appraisals.

You will apply advanced clinical expertise, levels of judgement, discretion and decision making to the provision of clinical care to adults .

You will exercise a high degree of autonomy through the application of advanced clinical skills in relation to the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of adults.

You will lead and monitor improvements to quality of care through clinical audit, evidence-based practice, clinical supervision, teaching and supporting professional colleagues and the provision of skilled professional leadership.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### N/A

**Essential**

- MSC / experience

**Desirable**

- MSC .
- Prescribing
- Clinical decisions

### Previous Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of a Leadership role

## Documents

- [jd acp (pdf, 304.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10676957)
- [application guidance (pdf, 248.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2565)

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