Advanced Clinical Practitioner

We are looking for a qualified, experienced, enthusiastic and highly motivated ACP to complement our established team of Advanced Clinical Practitioners in the Urgent Treatment Centre, co-located in the Emergency department at Colchester Hospital. This exciting opportunity facilitates working within the four pillars of advanced practice: - education, clinical practice, leadership and research.

The role involves working as part of and leading an enthusiastic dedicated team, across all areas of the Urgent Treatment Centre, to ensure patients presenting with undifferentiated and un-diagnosed illnesses and injuries are at the forefront of service provision and receive prompt timely intervention.

You will be assigned a team of experienced and developing Practitioners to lead and to support their development. Clinical and leadership support and supervision will be provided by the Clinical lead Nurse and GP.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge further then we are keen to hear from you.

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) will ideally be clinically experienced within the field of urgent unscheduled care. The post will require you to work as an autonomous practitioner to appropriately assess, examine, investigate and treat patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions at an advanced level. The ACP will collaborate with senior clinical leads, medical personnel and the wider MDT as appropriate to the patient’s condition. The ACP is accountable for the total episode of care.

You will be part of the senior clinical team and will be required to cover the co-ordinator role and also navigation and Care at the Door directly at the Front Door.

You will contribute to service development. They will also provide appropriate leadership to their designated team. Ensure the maintenance of clinical excellence, and support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement. You will promote and facilitate evidence-based practice, clinical audit and research within the department.

One of the largest Trusts in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.