# Advanced Clinical Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-clinical-practitioner/90303f4a-3311-47bb-82da-4889d181d910 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-clinical-practitioner/90303f4a-3311-47bb-82da-4889d181d910.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Countess of Chester Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £64,750 Trainee ACP posts will be paid at band 7 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Three long days per week, Monday to Friday.) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-09T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-25T15:20:48.188Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cheshire/Chester/Countess_Chester_Hospital_NHS_Foundation_Trust/General_Surgery/General_Surgery-v8126092 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8126092?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.coch.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week An exciting opportunity has become available for a highly motivated Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join the General Surgery team at the Countess of Chester Hospital. The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) in General Surgery provides expert clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management of patients presenting with a wide range of surgical conditions. The role includes advanced clinical decision making, leadership, education, service development, and the promotion of high standards of patient safety and quality of care in accordance with local and national guidelines. Applicants must have an ACP masters qualification or be currently undertaking an ACP programme to be considered for this post. Please note, a trainee ACP would be employed as band 7 until fully qualified. ### Main duties of the job As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner in General Surgery the post holder will mainly be based in the Same Day Emergency Care unit (SDEC) assessing patients with both general surgery and urology presentations, ordering clinical investigations, interpreting results and either independently discharging the patient or working with the surgical team to manage their episode of care. The post holder will also be expected to see surgically referred patients in the Emergency Department, manage the surgical SDEC virtual clinics and will occasionally support general surgery ward rounds. The post holder will be allocated weekly time to develop in all four pillars of advanced practice. The Countess of Chester Hospital has an excellent advanced practice network which offers teaching sessions, a yearly conference and on-going peer support for both trainee and qualified ACPs. Please see attached job description for more detail. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities See Job Description for further details. Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values. An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’ Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes. The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post. If a DBS is required for your role, you are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee applies which is payable to the DBS Service. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment. New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. The Trust will not sponsor where the starting salary does not meet immigration rules Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application. ### 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 ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree-level professional qualification in nursing or AHP - NMC/HCPC Registered - MSc Advanced Practice/Clinical Masters - Non-Medical Prescriber (V300 Extended Formulary and Supplementary Nurse Prescribing Programme) - IRMER - trained - Continuous Professional Development portfolio - Relevant clinical skills to support clinical practice **Desirable** - Postgraduate Certificate in Education - Recognised teaching/assessing qualification 998/997/mentorship - Trained in Advanced Life Support (Adult) - Basic surgical skills course ### Knowledge and experience **Essential** - Knowledge of advanced clinical, psychological, and social needs of patients attending urgent /acute care. - Excellent clinical reasoning /clinical decision making - Demonstrates highly developed specialist knowledge and expertise across a wide range of emergency care procedures - Demonstrable experience of complex decision making - Good knowledge of national and local targets, NICE Guidelines and policies applicable to urgent care and general surgery - Relevant previous experience of working at an advanced clinical level. - Evidence of recent research and audit. - Evidence of change management and/or innovative practice - Experience of working in a general surgery environment - Experience of multi professional working **Desirable** - Experience of leading patient involvement/patient feedback - Experience in delivery of nurse led services - Leadership and management experience ## Documents - [risk id (pdf, 352.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10564548) - [how to travel to work (pdf, 186.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2810) - [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 278.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2608) - [job description and person specification acp (general surgery) (pdf, 900.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10434153) ## 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.