# Advanced Critical Care Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-critical-care-practitioner/00b3483d-e9f6-482e-b686-84d19cc61a0b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-critical-care-practitioner/00b3483d-e9f6-482e-b686-84d19cc61a0b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust - **Location:** City Health Campus - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Practitioner - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 pro rata per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (24/7 service coverage) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-28T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-14T00:02:10.603Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Brirmingham/Sandwell_West_Birmingham_NHS_Trust/Critical_Care/Critical_Care-v8143946 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8143946?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.swbh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Midland Metropolitan Hospital, Intensive Care Unit (ICU) would like to invite motivated and committed Advanced Critical Care Practitioners (ACCPs) to join our well established and dedicated team of 15 ACCPs who deliver a 24/7 service! The post is open to qualified ACCPs who have successfully completed MSc (or equivalent) in Advanced Practice (Critical Care) and hold membership in the College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM). Applicants must be fully credentialed and eligible to practice independently within the ACCP scope of practice, supported by a portfolio of evidence across the 4 pillars of advanced practice. We are strongly committed to career progression with opportunities to gain accreditation in POCUS and additional advanced skills in line with our local scope of practice for CICM-trained Advanced Critical Care Practitioners. The role includes a minimum of 80% clinical commitment, with the remaining time allocated to non-clinical activities, including service development, quality improvement, education, leadership, and research. The post holder will be expected to contribute to the on-going development and sustainability of the ACCP service; the ICU educational and SIM forum, support quality improvement initiatives within ICU and develop an area of specialist interest aligned with service needs. ### Main duties of the job Key Responsibilities - Undertake comprehensive clinical assessment of a patient’s condition - Request and perform diagnostic tests - Initiate and manage a clinical treatment plan - Provide accurate and effective clinical handovers - Undertake invasive interventions within the scope of practice - Provide professional leadership and support within a multi-professional team - Work autonomously in recognised situations - Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge across a range of subject areas relevant to the field of critical care - Critically analyse, evaluate and synthesise different sources of information for the purpose of assessing and managing the care of a critically ill patient - Apply the principles of diagnosis and clinical reasoning that underlie clinical judgement and decision making - Apply theory to practice through a clinical decision-making model - Apply the principles of therapeutics and safe prescribing - Understand the professional accountability and legal frameworks for advanced practice - Function at an advanced level of practice as part of the multidisciplinary team as determined by the competency framework - Apply the principles of evidence-based practice to the management of the critically ill patient - Actively participate in the ICU educational forum - Understand and perform clinical audit ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached Job description and personal specification for full details of what this role entails ### 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 ### Experience **Essential** - Evidence of teaching in a variety of environments - Previous employment at 8a ACCP - Evidence of research and audit ### Qualifications **Essential** - FICM registration - NMP - MSc or Level 7 portfolio **Desirable** - ALS Instructor ## Documents - [b8a accp (pdf, 304.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10443931) - [b8a accp ps (pdf, 106.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10443932) - [swb- sustainability (pdf, 49.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2657) - [candidate briefing pack (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2982) - [swb reward & recognition guide (pdf, 704.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2604) - [flexible working document – healthier futures (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2437) ## 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.