Job overview
Are you a current registered healthcare practitioner with significant post registration experience? If so, further exciting opportunities have become available to join our growing team of Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs) based within the Surgery Business Unit atUniversity Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB).
Advanced clinical practice is well established at UHDB and is seen as integral to the delivery of high quality and safe patient care across the Trust. We have a well-established leadership structure to support ACPs. If successful, you would be joining an extremely progressive team which continues to develop and evolve to meet the needs of our patients.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking highly motivated, patient-focused individuals committed to advanced clinical practice, with a passion for delivering excellent care. You will demonstrate a professional, mature approach to teamwork and the ability to build strong working relationships.
As a Surgical ACP, most of your work will be within the busy Same Day Emergency Care Unit, with opportunities to develop skills in research, planned care, theatres, and wards. You will provide clinical leadership and support nursing and medical teams in their daily activities, contributing to training and development.
You will help maintain high clinical standards, support service development, and promote a culture of learning, safety, and excellence in acute surgical care.
Qualified ACP applicants must evidence their level of practice through a portfolio and undertake a period of observed clinical work. You will work autonomously, managing assessment, decision-making, treatment, and safe discharge of adults with acute surgical conditions. Ongoing capability will be supported through a formal framework, appraisals, and objectives.
Trainee ACPs will receive tailored academic and clinical training, typically via a Level 7 apprenticeship, with annual reviews to support progression to qualified ACP status.
Closing date of applications: 23 July 2026
Interview date: 07 August 2026
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced communication skills, managing and leading difficult conversations
- Able to prioritise clinical care with competing demands
Desirable
- Able to manage patient workload and prioritise patient care
- Able to demonstrate how to triage unwell patients
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Registration - NMC, HCPC, GPhC registration
- Significant post registration experience
- Minimum of 40 credits degree level study
Desirable
- Independent Prescriber
- Masters degree in "Advanced clinical practice"
Professionalism
Essential
- Demonstrates professional maturity
- Personal statement is patient focused
- Indicates independent learning / self motivated
Desirable
- Evidence of participation in education
- Evidence of participation in research, audit or QI
- Evidence of leadership
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