Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Emergency Department

Job overview

The NNUH hosts the busiest Emergency Department in the East of England seeing over 160,000 patients every year. Team NNUH are seeking to recruit a highly motivated and passionate RCEM credentialed Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP).

Our team currently consists of 9 Credentialed ACPs and 10 tACPs who work across most areas of the Department in delivering a high standard of clinical care to our patients as an ACP, you will provide an autonomous, high quality, patient focused, efficient and comprehensive assessment of complex patients arriving into the Emergency Care within Norfolk & Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. You will provide advanced theoretical knowledge and specialist clinical skills in the care and management of patients.

Main duties of the job

As an RCEM Credentialed Advanced Clinical Practitioner, you will be a senior clinical decision-maker within the Emergency Department, delivering autonomous, high-quality care to patients with a wide range of undifferentiated and acute presentations. You will assess, diagnose, and manage patients independently, initiate and interpret investigations, and develop treatment plans in line with best practice. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will support patient flow, contribute to safe and timely decision-making, and play a key role in improving patient outcomes. You will also be involved in clinical leadership, supervision, and teaching of junior staff, while contributing to service development, quality improvement, and the ongoing advancement of advanced practice within the department.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To be an expert clinical practitioner, who ensure patients receive high quality clinical care including medical diagnosis.
• To be a motivated, dynamic practitioner, striving for improvement in care and practice.
• To monitor quality and continuity of patient care, lead in nursing audit, taking action to address improvements required.
• To ensure that care is based and planned on an individual assessment for a positive patient experience.
• To ensure that effective discharge planning and health promotion is carried out.
• To ensure accurate documentation of all care given.
• To communicate effectively with patients, relatives and colleagues.
• To be accountable for quality governance within own area of practice.
• To exercise authority and accountability within their sphere of influence.
• To act as a role model and expert clinician, providing support and guidance to all staff delivering care to patients.
• To represent the department and role within the hospital and elsewhere as requested, promoting the organisation through local and national activity.

Please see the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities.