Advanced/trainee Clinical Practitioner in Acute Medicine
Job Description
Job summary
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 our Acute Medical team 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 departments day to day operations by providing high quality care to patients and support to your acute medical colleagues, as well as championing a culture of excellence - enhancing team skills, promoting multidisciplinary collaboration, and driving continuous improvement.
Our Acute Medical department operates an Acute Medical Unit, Acute Medical Same Day Emergency Care Unit and short stay wards.
Proposed Interview Date: 27th July 2026
Main duties of the job
During the apprenticeship/training programme you 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 name Educational Supervisor.
Drawing upon a diverse range of knowledge to determine evidence based therapeutic interventions, which will include prescribing medication where legally allowed
You 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.
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where 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.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- oExtensive post registration experience, which must be as a fully qualified healthcare professional.
- oAbility to respond to, prioritise and analyse health conditions and ensure effective interventions are actioned in a timely manner
- oAbility to deal effectively with clinical issues within defined procedures and guidelines
- oAbility to work with undifferentiated and undiagnosed healthcare problems with support and under direct supervision.
- oEvidence of management skills gained through theory and or practice.
- oExperience of mentoring and developing staff.
- oBroad post registration clinical experience.
- oAbility to work autonomously and within a team.
- oAbility to demonstrate the implementation of research into practice.
- oAbility to undertake required clinical duties/procedures.
Desirable
- . Evidence of management skills gained through theory and or practice.
Qualifications
Essential
- oRegistered healthcare professional.
- oIT literate.
- oEvidence of continuing professional development.
- oLevel 6 1st level degree (some universities require a minimum award). Willing to work towards a recognised advanced practice qualification at level 7 including advanced physical assessment and consultation skills and non-medical prescribing
- oEvidence of teaching, supervision and assessment skills.
- oLevel 2 Maths and English (GCSE grade A*-C or O-level grades 4-9 or O-Level/GCSE A-C or equivalent or recgonised functional skills assessment and qualification.
Desirable
- oEvidence of prior learning at level 7.
- oPostgraduate qualification or training relevant to speciality.
- oMentor/assessor and/or teaching qualification.
- oParticipation in research or audit projects.
- oALS provider/instructor.
- oEvidence of mandatory training updates.
- oManagement qualification / leadership training.
- o Registered independent non-medical prescriber
- Working towards an MSc in Advanced Practice.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Ipswich Hospital
Ipswich
IP4 5PD
United Kingdom
