Job requirements
Essential
12 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience & Knowledge
To assimilate information from a variety of sources in order to establish a working diagnosis and inform clinical planning
- Experience & Knowledge
To undertake the comprehensive assessment of patients, including those with a complex presentation, using investigative and analytical skills and formulating an appropriate treatment plan. This will include extended role assessment and treatment. The potential to develop skills as a supplementary or independent prescriber will be considered as part of the team design
- Experience & Knowledge
To formulate individualised management and treatment plans using clinical reasoning, evidence based practice, and utilising a wide range of interventions and options to formulate a highly specialised program of care
- Experience & Knowledge
Supporting patients with risk/benefit analysis for surgical intervention
- Experience & Knowledge
To use developed judgement skills to select and request specialist diagnostic Investigations i.e. x-rays to assist in the formulation of a diagnosis on the medical model, analysing the results to determine best course of patient’s management in relation to best practice guidelines, evidence based practice, NICE guidelines and clinical governance issues
- Experience & Knowledge
To communicate effectively and work collaboratively with medical, nursing, radiography, podiatry and therapy colleagues, to ensure delivery of a coordinated multidisciplinary service. This will include listing for surgical procedures, organising case conferences, MDT meetings, and discharge planning
- Experience & Knowledge
Expert knowledge in clinical field
- Experience & Knowledge
Highly developed, specialist clinical skills required for area of work
- Qualifications & Training
Registered practitioner (NMC, HCPC)
- Qualifications & Training
Evidence of a completed MSc relevant to role or portfolio of practice accredited by the Centre for Advancing Practice
- Qualifications & Training
Advanced orthopaedic / musculoskeletal knowledge and experience within the clinical area
- Qualifications & Training
Non medical prescribing
Desirable
6 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience & Knowledge
Evidence of completed research projects
- Experience & Knowledge
Honorary lectureship at Higher Education Institution
- Experience & Knowledge
Experience of working in the NHS
- Experience & Knowledge
Managing minor injuries post graduate qualification
- Qualifications & Training
Teaching and assessing qualification/ mentor qualification (desirable)
- Qualifications & Training
IRMER certificate (desirable)
Job overview
To work as an independent clinician assessing, diagnosing, treating and discharging or referring a range of patients within the department or designated area of practice. Advanced Practitioners (APs) are intended to transform and modernise pathways of care, enabling the safe and effective sharing of skills across traditional professional boundaries, supplementing the medical workforce.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will practice as an Advanced Practitioner (AP) within their designated area to provide patient-centred, high-quality care. The role will encompass the skills of assessment, examination, diagnosis and treatment within an agreed scope of practice within the designated area. The post holder will assist in the safe treatment, referral and discharge of patients within their sphere of competence.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
Armed Forces Friendly Employer
We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.
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.
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This advert is for Advanced Practitioner - Orthopaedics, Upper Limb with York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Scarborough, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Advanced clinical practitioner role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 per annum/pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 25 Oct 2026.
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