# Advanced Clinical Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-clinical-practitioner/22405d01-e7ab-439f-a19f-b5032975d8bd - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-clinical-practitioner/22405d01-e7ab-439f-a19f-b5032975d8bd.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** St Ann's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Advanced clinical practitioner - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57528.00 to £64750.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-29T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-15T14:32:34.996Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8319790 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8319790?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.dorsethealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner looking to work in an outstanding CQC rated Trust? Join our dynamic, diverse and multi-professional team based at the Bridport Hospital. You will be an established, autonomous and confident advanced practitioner with respect to complex clinical reasoning. To provide expert clinical advice, leadership and support ensuring needs of the service are met by exercising and demonstrating high levels of clinical judgement, critical analysis, and advanced decision-making skills. You will have a keen interest for Older Persons inpatient medical and rehab along with stroke neuro rehabilitation. In return you will have access to our network of ACP’s who are available to support you. The Trust is also implementing a programme of comprehensive changes relating to advance practice including supervision and ongoing development. This ACP post is a full-time role, which will cover weekdays and bank holidays which can be discussed further at interview. This is a full time post of 37.5 hours per week. Applications from candidates that require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position. ### Main duties of the job The main duties of the job are to plan and manage complete episodes of care; undertake independent comprehensive assessment, formulate an impression / diagnosis and management plan for service users to incorporate pharmacological considerations; making complex clinical decisions regarding service user management and clinical outcomes. Undertake comprehensive specialist holistic assessment of patients and carers where needs are highly complex. This involves planning, implementing and evaluating the care delivery according to changing healthcare needs and varying degrees of clinical risk. Advise and communicate as appropriate with acute hospitals, primary and social care and community teams thus ensuring seamless continuity and transfer (if appropriate) of care for patients between other relevant health, social and third sector agencies, professionals and care settings. Undertake audits and service evaluations to inform service improvement using evidence-based approaches to draw on best practice. Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post. We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate’s individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role. All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements. Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application. As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare offers support for people getting into work. We offer an employability service to support individuals with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. If you would like or know of anyone who would value this support, please do contact dhc.wideningparticipation@nhs.net ### 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 ### IT Skills **Essential** - Experience of effective use of electronic patient / service user record systems **Desirable** - Able to analyse data and produce reports using Microsoft Excel and Word ### Job Experience **Essential** - Demonstrates highly developed expertise and knowledge underpinned by theory acquired through CPD in relation to clinical assessment, treatment and evaluation - Able to demonstrate advanced skills for assessing and interpreting complex client conditions, comparing a range of options and taking appropriate action **Desirable** - Evidence of involvement in the development of programmes of care, protocols and audit ### Management Experience **Essential** - Evidence of proactive involvement in the supervision and development of members of the multi-disciplinary team and able to demonstrate changes of practice through these **Desirable** - Evidence of designing, delivering and evaluating education and training in practice ### Knowledge Skills and Training **Essential** - Clear and demonstrable evidence of advanced, autonomous practice in the management of patients / service users - Evidence of Continuing Professional Development through an advanced clinical practice portfolio demonstrating advanced level practice across the four pillars of clinical practice, education, leadership and research - MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent route to Advanced Clinical Practice with evidence of meeting the nationally agreed capabilities (ie. PG Dip 120 credits in advanced clinical practice and successful completion of approved support portfolio route to advanced clinical practice) - Registered non-medical prescriber **Desirable** - Learning and Assessing in Practice Qualification or equivalent practice assessor’s training/recognition of teaching abilities. ## Documents - [jd & ps (pdf, 482.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10698804) - [dbs information (pdf, 22.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2340) - [staff benefits leaflet (pdf, 316.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=695) - [pay scales from 1 april 2026 (pdf, 44.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1941) - [applications recruitment flowchart (pdf, 434.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=866) ## 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.