# Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Same Day Emergency Care > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-clinical-practitioner-same-day-emergency-care/9f71eb62-6839-4f6e-9e02-86346a110c60 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-clinical-practitioner-same-day-emergency-care/9f71eb62-6839-4f6e-9e02-86346a110c60.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £66,274 - £73,496 pa inclusive - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-01T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-17T18:01:51.098Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Imperial_College_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Same_Day_Emergency_Care/Same_Day_Emergency_Care-v8092507 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8092507?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.imperial.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Same day emergency care has become pivotal to delivering urgent and emergency care. It offers the opportunity to get involved in the delivery of new models of care, a range of presentations and exciting case mix in a controlled and supportive environment. Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has two emergency medicine run SDEC units on the St Mary's and Charing Cross sites and are expanding the service on both sites to optimise patient pathways. We are looking for energetic, enthusiastic practitioners with a minimum of 1 year experience in emergency or acute medicine who will contribute to this expansion and enhancement of the quality of care to patients. We work alongside acute medicine SDEC and collaborate closely with other specialties. There are opportunities to develop improvement skills, research and education skills as well as access to the resources of Imperial College. Postholders have personal development time in addition to study leave and will be able to work in the Emergency Department on shifts if that is part of the personal development plan. ### Main duties of the job - Assess diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting to the Same Day Emergency Care services - Empower patients to make informed choices and decisions by applying, sharing and explaining advanced specialist knowledge of research outcomes and evidence-based practice. - Use expertise and decision-making skills to inform clinical reasoning when dealing with differentiated and undifferentiated individual presentations and complex situations. - Use and provide service-related information from a range of sources to make appropriate, evidence-based judgements and diagnoses. - Initiate, evaluate and modify a range of interventions that may include prescribing medicines, therapies, life style advice and care. - Exercise professional judgement to manage risk in complex and unpredictable events or cases.  Provide support to the team to ensure the safety of patients, families and carers. - Work collaboratively with the MDT and more widely across the healthcare system to develop, maintain and evaluate methods to manage risk and issues across a range of settings. - Communicate effectively with diverse groups; patients, carers, relatives where the practitioner may need to breakdown and interpret highly complex information in order to provide reassurance and/or ensure understanding and motivate the individual to co-operate with their treatment plan.  The practitioner may also need to break bad news in a sensitive, empathetic manner. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews, please view the Job Description ## Job Details Same day emergency care has become pivotal to delivering urgent and emergency care. It offers the opportunity to get involved in the delivery of new models of care, a range of presentations and exciting case mix in a controlled and supportive environment. Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has two emergency medicine run SDEC units on the St Mary's and Charing Cross sites and are expanding the service on both sites to optimise patient pathways. We are looking for energetic, enthusiastic practitioners with a minimum of 1 year experience in emergency or acute medicine who will contribute to this expansion and enhancement of the quality of care to patients. We work alongside acute medicine SDEC and collaborate closely with other specialties. There are opportunities to develop improvement skills, research and education skills as well as access to the resources of Imperial College. Postholders have personal development time in addition to study leave and will be able to work in the Emergency Department on shifts if that is part of the personal development plan. ## Job Description Assess diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting to the Same Day Emergency Care services Empower patients to make informed choices and decisions by applying, sharing and explaining advanced specialist knowledge of research outcomes and evidence-based practice. Use expertise and decision-making skills to inform clinical reasoning when dealing with differentiated and undifferentiated individual presentations and complex situations. Use and provide service-related information from a range of sources to make appropriate, evidence-based judgements and diagnoses. Initiate, evaluate and modify a range of interventions that may include prescribing medicines, therapies, life style advice and care. Exercise professional judgement to manage risk in complex and unpredictable events or cases. Provide support to the team to ensure the safety of patients, families and carers. Work collaboratively with the MDT and more widely across the healthcare system to develop, maintain and evaluate methods to manage risk and issues across a range of settings. Communicate effectively with diverse groups; patients, carers, relatives where the practitioner may need to breakdown and interpret highly complex information in order to provide reassurance and/or ensure understanding and motivate the individual to co-operate with their treatment plan. The practitioner may also need to break bad news in a sensitive, empathetic manner. ## Responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews, please view the Job Description ## Person Specification ### Education **Essential** - BSc in Nursing or other relevant healthcare professions - MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice - Non-medical prescribing - Certificated speciality courses - Recognised teaching qualification - Registration with the appropriate healthcare governing body - Qualified autonomous practitioner **Desirable** - Working towards advanced level credentialing ### EXPERIENCE **Essential** - Experience of managing and running clinics - Able to work as an autonomous practitioner - Broad clinical experience relevant to the post - Specialist skills and experience in the speciality - Clinical leadership at a senior level in an acute setting including people, financial and change management - Experience of managing investigations and resolving complaints **Desirable** - Developed a network of clinical and academic contacts across the system - Evidence of teaching experience - Experience of running research and audit and implementing innovative practices - Experience working at a senior level in Same Day Emergency Care/Urgent Care or the Emergency Department ## Documents - [frf (pdf, 328.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10385922) - [jd & ps (pdf, 537.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10385921) - [our strategy 2023-25 (pdf, 230.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=427) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.