Job overview
We have the opportunity for appropriately qualified and experienced Emergency Medicine (EM) Advanced Clinical Practitioner(s) to join our amazing team of Enhanced and Advanced level Practitioners within the Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) Directorate at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust (NWAFT).
We are looking for enthusiastic, self-motivated NMC/HCPC Registered Nurse’s, Paramedics or Physiotherapists with the right attributes to work alongside our multidisciplinary team within the Emergency Department (ED) and integrated Urgent Treatment Care (iUTC) at Peterborough City Hospital (PCH).
We are able to support successful candidate(s) with further academic study and training and developing technical skills. This role also attracts Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) time for Practitioners to undertake personal and service development. Therefore, we look for the candidate(s) with the right attributes and characteristics for our team. We will assess people not only on their academic and technical achievements but on their non-technical and communication skills.
Our ACP’s also spend time teaching, training, supporting and developing trainee and junior staff from nursing, medical and allied healthcare professional backgrounds as part of their role.
Consideration maybe given to part-qualified applicants (minimum Post-Graduate Diploma in Advanced Clinical Practice) but if successful, pay grade (Band 7) and a development plan would require to be agreed.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will practice independently within the Consultant led Emergency Department (ED) and integrated Urgent Treatment Centre (iUTC), being a role model of the four pillars of Advanced Practice. This clinically focussed role will encompass the post holder providing exemplary patient-centred and sound evidenced based care to patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems. The post holder will form part of a multi-disciplinary team aspiring to achieve local and national standards across different areas of the department, whilst providing formal and informal education, teaching, and mentorship, second opinion advice and support to junior clinicians during a span of duty. The post holder will demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills and clinical attributes, enabling him/her to provide expert clinical and professional support to other clinicians and staff within their area of work of the UEC division.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will practice independently within the Consultant led ED and integrated Urgent Treatment Centre (iUTC), being a role model of the four pillars of Advanced Practice. This clinically focussed role will encompass the post holder providing exemplary patient-centred and sound evidenced based care to patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems. The post holder will form part of a multi-disciplinary team aspiring to achieve local and national standards across different areas of the department, whilst providing formal and informal education, teaching, and mentorship, second opinion advice and support to junior clinicians during a span of duty. The post holder will demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills and clinical attributes, enabling him/her to provide expert clinical and professional support to other clinicians and staff within their area of work of the UEC division.
Please see attached Job Description and Personal Specification for full details.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates up-to-date knowledge and expertise of the four pillars of Advanced Practice.
- Effective verbal and non-verbal communication across the age and acuity spectrum at all levels.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Competent in 12 lead ECG interpretation
- Competent to interpretation of clinical diagnostics such as blood results and make appropriate plan and intervention including blood gasses.
- Competent to interpret plain radiographs / X-rays and make appropriate clinical interventions from diagnostics
Desirable
- Has evidence of a recently undertaken audit of own practice and implemented changes where required
- Competent to interpret Computerised Tomography (CT) images
- Experience of working on a Trust committee or group.
- Working knowledge of Human Resource (HR) policies
- Experience of applying research evidence to clinical practice
- Awareness of local and national issues relating to healthcare provision
Experience
Essential
- Has completed a specific ACP trainee programme
- Has ≥5 year’s whole time equivalent (WTE) post registration experience working within Emergency, Urgent, Acute or Critical Care at AfC Band 5 or above.
- Competent in the clinical assessment and management of all patient groups.
- Able to role model and lead whilst working independently and within a team
Desirable
- Have had line management experience
- Experience of teaching at informal and formal level
- Change management experience
- Participated in audit and developed service improvement strategies.
- Has had appraisal and recruitment training
Key Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate a clear vision and the role of the ACP service
- Ability to initiate, sustain and evaluate change.
- Demonstrates skilled written and verbal communication, presentation and decision-making skills
- Organised, able to prioritise, make decisions and meet targets/deadlines
- Willingness to embrace change to meet the short-term and long term needs of the Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) directorate
- Ability to support staff in a demanding and challenging environment
- Personable - good role model.
- Able to work under pressure with flexibility in approach
- Good negotiation and advocacy skills
- Able to undertake basic wound management (e.g., clean, medical photography, steri-strips, medical glue, appropriate dressing etc.)
- Able to undertaken advanced wound management techniques (e.g., suturing, staples etc.)
- Can undertake venepuncture, cannulation
- Can undertake intraosseous (IO) access.
- Can identify critical Limb injuries and know how to manage including dislocations and those needing manipulation.
- Has good understanding on pain management and methods to reduce pain (e.g., analgesia, slings, cold compress, immobilisation etc).
Desirable
- Can insert Longlines/Midlines with ultrasound guidance.
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registered Nurse or HCPC Registered Paramedic or Physiotherapist
- Master’s Degree in Advanced Clinical Practice (or in certain circumstances has completed Health Education England (HEE) ACP ePortfolio)
- Independent Prescriber (V300)
- Safeguarding Adults (level 3)
- Safeguarding Children (level 3)
- IR(ME)R certificate
- Advanced Life Support provider (ALS)
- Advanced Paediatric Life Support provider (APLS)
- Immediate Life Support provider (ILS)
- Paediatric Immediate Life Support provider (PILS)
- Current Portfolio/ePortfolio of practice evidence
Desirable
- Advanced Trauma Life Support provider (ATLS) or European Trauma Course (ETC)
- Completed or working toward accreditation/credentialing with The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM)
- Generic Instructor Course (GIC) for the Resuscitation Council UK (RCUK) or Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG)
- Leadership qualification
- Teaching / Assessment and mentoring qualification
- Have Ultrasound Level 1 qualification
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This advert is for Emergency Medicine Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Peterborough with North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust in Peterborough, East of England, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Nurse practitioner role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 Unsocial hours are paid in accordance with Agenda for Change. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 05 Jul 2026.
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