# Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Cardiology > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/trainee-advanced-clinical-practitioner-cardiology/0742c91e-f5b5-4d38-86db-17171fe093cd - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/trainee-advanced-clinical-practitioner-cardiology/0742c91e-f5b5-4d38-86db-17171fe093cd.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust - **Town:** Shrewsbury - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Speciality:** Cardiology - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum / pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Long days, weekend working) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-15T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-01T14:16:44.041Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Shropshire/Shrewsbury_Telford/The_Shrewsbury_Telford_Hospital_NHS_Trust/Cardiology/Cardiology-v8002425 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8002425?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sath.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The purpose of this role is to develop a clear pathway of progression, training, and career structure for Advanced Clinical Practitioners within Cardiology Team Services. This training role will include initial a Monday to Friday working pattern with rostered study leave to support training. As the trainee develops this will move towards a 7-day working pattern with an element of shift work and afterhours working in the latter years of the programme. This post will develop to a Band 8a upon completion of a full Masters in Advanced Clinical Practice which includes an Independent Non-Medical Prescribing qualification. The post holder will be required to undergo a wide range of core, generic, and specialty based clinical capabilities demonstrating a robust portfolio of clinical and academic evidence to demonstrate all four pillars of advanced practice (clinical, research, managerial/leadership, education) relevant to the area of practice. ### Main duties of the job The trainee ACP will need to demonstrate completion of all clinical/ internal and academic standards as set out by the ACP training framework/ capabilities before progression to Band 8a is awarded through a final ARCP panel. The trainee ACP will undertake the clinical and academic training programme over a 3-year period which will involve rotating to other clinical areas within the first 2 years of the programme and returning to their base specialty for their final year. In year 3 of the programme there will be an element of service delivery requirement in the transition to a qualified role. The trainee ACP will work within their appointed clinical area of specialty and will form part of planned alternative workforce model in the employed specialty. The role will be utilised within the medical workforce model but will not be a replacement to resident doctors. The successful candidate is expected to remain in employment with the Trust for 3 years after completion of training. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description. ## Job Details The purpose of this role is to develop a clear pathway of progression, training, and career structure for Advanced Clinical Practitioners within Cardiology Team Services. This training role will include initial a Monday to Friday working pattern with rostered study leave to support training. As the trainee develops this will move towards a 7-day working pattern with an element of shift work and afterhours working in the latter years of the programme. This post will develop to a Band 8a upon completion of a full Masters in Advanced Clinical Practice which includes an Independent Non-Medical Prescribing qualification. The post holder will be required to undergo a wide range of core, generic, and specialty based clinical capabilities demonstrating a robust portfolio of clinical and academic evidence to demonstrate all four pillars of advanced practice (clinical, research, managerial/leadership, education) relevant to the area of practice. ## Job Description The trainee ACP will need to demonstrate completion of all clinical/ internal and academic standards as set out by the ACP training framework/ capabilities before progression to Band 8a is awarded through a final ARCP panel. The trainee ACP will undertake the clinical and academic training programme over a 3-year period which will involve rotating to other clinical areas within the first 2 years of the programme and returning to their base specialty for their final year. In year 3 of the programme there will be an element of service delivery requirement in the transition to a qualified role. The trainee ACP will work within their appointed clinical area of specialty and will form part of planned alternative workforce model in the employed specialty. The role will be utilised within the medical workforce model but will not be a replacement to resident doctors. The successful candidate is expected to remain in employment with the Trust for 3 years after completion of training. ## Responsibilities For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Current NMC or HCPC registration - Ability to work/study at Master's level and complete associated academic qualification for role within a set timeframe. This includes both clinical and academic criteria to become an Advanced Clinical Practitioner **Desirable** - Computer literacy - Non-Medical Prescriber ### Experience and Knowledge **Essential** - Evidence of involvement in the development of programmes of care, protocols and clinical audit - Excellent clinical reasoning/clinical decision making - Extensive post registration experience with significant experience within Acute Medicine/ Emergency Care or working with Frail older patients at Band 6 level or above (or equivalent) - Evidence of extensive professional/clinical knowledge in frailty/ acute/emergency medicine supplemented by specialist clinical training and CPD - Evidence of involvement and leadership in teaching and mentoring learners **Desirable** - Demonstrates specialist expertise underpinned by theory acquired through CPD - Evidence of involvement in policy and practice change - Evidence of proactive involvement in the mentorship and development of nurses or other allied health professionals in clinical/academic practice ## Documents - [job pack (pdf, 726.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10338769) ## 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.