Job overview
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Advanced Practitioner to join our multidisciplinary team within the Emergency Department. Our ED provides high quality care 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and it sees and treats around 104,000 patients every year.
The department has full resuscitation facilities, an integrated Urgent Treatment Centre and a separate Paediatric ED. As a service, the ED is dedicated to learning, steering innovation and leading service development in response to patient needs and system demands, enhancing patient experience and supporting the sustainability of the wider healthcare system.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be practicing autonomously as an Advanced Practitioner (AP) to provide patient-centred quality care. This will encompass the skills of advanced assessment, examination, diagnosis and management within an agreed scope of practice. The post holder will work as part of the ED AP and overall ED multidisciplinary team to provide high-quality service within ED to all patients attending the department.
The AP will work within the multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice in England (HEE 2017). The post holder will dedicate 70% of their time to clinical duties and 30% to leadership and management, education and research activities, encompassing the four pillars of advanced practice.
The post holder will work collaboratively with the Advanced Practitioners/ Consultant/ Service lead. They will work with a high degree of autonomy and employ complex decision making and demonstrate core practice capabilities and area specific clinical competence.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains the person specification and further information about the role.
Person specification
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrable advanced clinical assessment and history taking skills, with highly developed diagnostic reasoning and decision-making abilities.
- Well-developed leadership, excellent time management, and organisational skills.
- Evidence of conducting audits and QI projects.
Desirable
- Evidence of clinical research.
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience within a relevant clinical specialty, including demonstrable clinical leadership experience.
- Demonstration of expertise in all 4 pillars of advance practice (Clinical, Leadership & Management, Research, Education).
- Evidence of implementing change to promote high quality practice.
Desirable
- Previous experience in an advanced practice role.
- Previous experience working as an autonomous practitioner, including involvement in service development
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Appropriate professional qualification (nursing or allied health professional) that allows registration with the NMC/ HCPC and an Independent non-medical prescriber.
- MSc Level in Advanced Practice OR In the process of gaining recognition with the Centre of Advancing Practice via the e-Portfolio (Supported) Route to demonstrate educational equivalence that all the capabilities of advanced level practice at master’s level (level 7) have been met.
Desirable
- Undertaken accredited course or gained digital badge accreditation with NHSE Centre for advancing practice.
- Completed advanced practice accreditation in speciality e.g. RCEM, RCN, full membership MACP.
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This advert is for Advanced Practitioner - Emergency Department with Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Kingston Upon Thames, London, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Nurse practitioner role. The advertised salary is £63,665 - £70,887 per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata). The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 21 Jul 2026.
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