# Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/trainee-advanced-clinical-practitioner/09f01370-d17e-4cb1-81f5-f9daaca33849 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/trainee-advanced-clinical-practitioner/09f01370-d17e-4cb1-81f5-f9daaca33849.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Colchester - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Speciality:** Emergency Medicine - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £64,750 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-05-31T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-21T13:15:48.062Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/Ipswich/East_Suffolk_North_Essex_NHS_Foundation_Trust/ED/ED-v8029872 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8029872?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.esneft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you an experienced Senior Nurse or Allied Health Professional (AHP) seeking your next career challenge? If you are, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a specialised and autonomous practitioner to join the team at the Emergency Department (ED) as an ACP or trainee ACP (depending on qualifications). In this development role - you will work towards successfully completing the Advanced Practitioner (AP) MSc (Level 7) programme in line with the Trust framework for advanced practice and their primary professional regulatory body. You will play a key part in the ED's day to day operations by providing high quality care to patients and support to your ED colleagues, as well as championing a culture of excellence - enhancing team skills, promoting multidisciplinary collaboration, and driving continuous improvement. Our ED operates from a new purpose-built facility adjacent to our brand-new Urgent Treatment Centre. With a single point of entry for all walk-in urgent and emergency patients, our model ensures that individuals are seen by the right team at the right time. ### Main duties of the job - During the apprenticeship/training programme the tACP will be supported to provide expert professional and independent clinical care which enables the coordination of a multi-professional seamless service for patients under clinical supervision by a named RCEM ACP Educational Supervisor. - Drawing upon a diverse range of knowledge to determine evidence based therapeutic interventions, which will include prescribing medication where legally allowed - The tACP will be expected to demonstrate all four pillars of practice, being involved in and leading upon leadership activities that enable a rich culture of education, research and quality evidence-based practice. - This post can include a slot on the general medicine on call rota. This is 1 in 8 weekends – 1 day only, there is a 12 hour shift in EAU reviewing patients admitted acutely, then availability overnight from home if needed. This is supported by an acute on call junior team and 2 medical SpRs during the day with a Hospital at Night scheme overnight. The successful candidate will have the option of joining this rota if they wish. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description. ## Job Details Are you an experienced Senior Nurse or Allied Health Professional (AHP) seeking your next career challenge? If you are, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a specialised and autonomous practitioner to join the team at the Emergency Department (ED) as an ACP or trainee ACP (depending on qualifications).In this development role - you will work towards successfully completing the Advanced Practitioner (AP) MSc (Level 7) programme in line with the Trust framework for advanced practice and their primary professional regulatory body. You will play a key part in the ED's day to day operations by providing high quality care to patients and support to your ED colleagues, as well as championing a culture of excellence - enhancing team skills, promoting multidisciplinary collaboration, and driving continuous improvement. Our ED operates from a new purpose-built facility adjacent to our brand-new Urgent Treatment Centre. With a single point of entry for all walk-in urgent and emergency patients, our model ensures that individuals are seen by the right team at the right time. ## Responsibilities For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Extensive post registration experience, which must be as a fully qualified healthcare professional in Urgent and Emergency Care. - Ability to respond to, prioritise and analyse health conditions and ensure effective interventions are actioned in a timely manner - Ability to deal effectively with clinical issues within defined procedures and guidelines - Ability to work with undifferentiated and undiagnosed healthcare problems with support and under direct supervision. - Evidence of management skills gained through theory and or practice. - Experience of mentoring and developing staff - Broad post registration clinical experience - Ability to work autonomously and within a team - Ability to demonstrate the implementation of research into practice. - Ablity to undertake required clinical duties/procedures ### Qualifications **Essential** - Current Registration as a nurse (adult or children’s) or paramedic - Evidence of continuing professional development - Level 6 1st level degree; Willing to work towards a recognised advanced practice qualification at level 7 including advanced physical assessment and consultation skills and non-medical prescribing. - Evidence of teaching, supervision and assessment skills - Maths and English or recognised functional skills assessment and qualification. **Desirable** - Working towards an MSc in Advanced Practice - Evidence of prior learning at level 7 - Postgraduate qualification or training relevant to speciality - Registered independent non-medical prescriber - Mentor/assessor and/or teaching qualification - Participation in research or audit projects - ALS provider/instructor - Evidence of mandatory training updates - Management qualification / leadership training ## Documents - [staff networks (pdf, 230.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2724) - [dbs information (pdf, 315.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1262) - [apprenticeship handbook (pdf, 373.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2499) - [esneft values and behaviours (pdf, 74.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2146) - [value of joining nhs pension (pdf, 125.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2404) - [job description & person spec (docx, 60.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10317361) ## 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.