Job overview
Advanced Clinical Practitioner – Emergency General Surgery.
Band 8a | Full Time | 37.5 Hours Per Week.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join our fast-paced and dynamic Emergency General Surgery team.
You will become part of an established and supportive multidisciplinary team consisting of 5 Emergency General Surgeons and 4 Advanced Nurse Practitioners, delivering high-quality acute surgical care within a busy surgical service.
This role offers an excellent opportunity for an experienced ACP/ANP who thrives in a challenging clinical environment and is passionate about delivering safe, effective, and patient-centred care.
Main duties of the job
About the Role
The successful candidate will work across the four pillars of Advanced Clinical Practice:
- Clinical Practice
- Leadership and Management
- Education
- Research
You will play a key role in the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management of acute surgical patients while supporting service development, teaching, and quality improvement initiatives.
The successful candidate will be expected to work autonomously within their scope of practice, demonstrating advanced clinical decision-making skills while also working collaboratively within the wider multidisciplinary team.
Daily responsibilities will include:
- Daily management of acute surgical patients.
- Participating in consultant-led, registrar and independent ward rounds.
- Clerking and assessing new surgical referrals.
- Participating in the emergency care of acutely unwell surgical patients.
- Promptly identifying, assessing, and initiating treatment for the deteriorating patient.
- Coordinating and supporting resident doctors.
- Delivering teaching and education to the wider multidisciplinary team.
- Contributing to audit, research, and service improvement activities.
Safe and effective patient care is at the centre of everything we do, and we are looking for individuals who share this commitment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description & Person Specification for more information about the Advanced Nurse Practitioner opportunity available with WUTH.
Person specification
Other Requirements
Essential
- Ability to work effectively as part of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Provide evidence of and demonstrate clinical competencies acute medical management.
- Excellent communication and negotiating skills.
- Able to access and keep up to date with research and critically appraise research findings.
- Skilled to work across multi-agency and professional boundaries.
- Ability to motivate and develop staff and change practice in line with government agenda.
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Critically analyse research and apply robust evidence-based information to clinical practice.
- Achieve competence in specific clinical skills under medical supervision.
Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Essential
- The post holder will be a registered nurse with significant post registration experience.
- Have completed MSC in Advanced Practice.
- Have completed the Non -Med Medical Prescribers Course (V300).
- Maintain Advanced Life Support provider qualification.
- Attained qualification in clinical examination and clinical diagnostics.
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This advert is for Advanced Nurse Practitioner with Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Wirral, North West, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Nurse practitioner role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 30 Jul 2026.
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