Senior Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Job Description
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to further develop and broaden your advanced clinical and leadership skills within a challenging and rewarding environment.
As an ACP, you willdemonstrate safe, autonomous, and evidence-based clinical decision-making, working collaboratively with Emergency Department consultants and the wider multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality patient-centred care.
The successful candidate will be responsible for undertaking comprehensive patient assessments, applying advanced diagnostic reasoning, formulating treatment plans, and managing patient care across a wide range of acute presentations. You will play a key role in supporting patients throughout their emergency care journey whilst ensuring adherence to Trust policies, procedures, and professional standards.
Excellent communication, organisational, and time management skills are essential, along with the ability to work effectively under pressure in a busy clinical setting.
Beyond direct patient care, you will be an influential leader in service development and quality improvement. You will contribute to education, research, audit, and innovation initiatives, helping to shape and enhance the future delivery of emergency care services. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on patient outcomes while supporting the continued development of the Emergency Department and the wider organisation.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will work autonomously to deliver expert, patient-centred, evidence-based care, using advanced specialist knowledge and skills to meet the needs of their patient group. They will demonstrate strong communication, leadership, and resilience while providing senior clinical leadership and operational oversight within their specialty.
Key responsibilities include managing patient flow and identifying appropriate escalation, de-escalation, or alternative care pathways; contributing to specialist education programmes; and providing clinical supervision, teaching, and support to multidisciplinary team members, including Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs) at all stages of development.
The role may also involve managing and developing ACP staff through recruitment, appraisal, performance management, and retention activities. Additionally, the postholder will address complaints and concerns, promote learning from incidents, and lead or contribute to quality improvement initiatives, service development, research, and audit activities to enhance patient care and service delivery.
About us
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
We have four primary goals:
- high-quality care for all,
- being a great place to work,
- partnerships for impact, and
- research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
- we are compassionate,
- we are proud,
- we are inclusive, and
- we are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:
https://www.uhleicester.nhs.uk
Job responsibilities
The Emergency Department at Leicester Royal Infirmary is one of the busiest in the UK, delivering high standards of care and performance to a diverse patient population. Our ambition is to become one of the country's leading providers of acute and emergency care over the next five years, making this an exciting time to join our team. In 2014 we invested in a modern integrated urgent and emergency care facility, bringing together the Emergency Department and key admission services within a single clinical environment.
The adult Emergency Department includes a dedicated main entrance, initial assessment area, minor injuries and illnesses service, majors department, and resuscitation facilities. These are supported by an extensive range of same-site services, including the Acute Medical Unit, Acute Care Bay, Acute Frailty Unit, and Emergency Decisions Unit, enabling patients to receive streamlined, high-quality care throughout their emergency care journey. Education and professional development are at the heart of our department.
We have a dedicated Education Team consisting of a Lead Consultant, two Registrars, and an Education Administrator, whose collective focus is to maintain and continually enhance our strong reputation for training and development. As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner, you will have access to a comprehensive programme of educational opportunities designed to support your ongoing professional growth. These include case-based discussion (CBD) sessions, simulation training within our dedicated in-house simulation suite, practical skills training, and a structured teaching programme delivered throughout the year. Our educational programme is continuously shaped by staff feedback to ensure it remains relevant and responsive to learning needs. In addition, fortnightly themed teaching sessions provide focused learning on key emergency medicine topics, followed by simulation exercises and opportunities to demonstrate and sign off competencies, supporting both clinical excellence and career progression. Joining Leicester Royal Infirmary offers the opportunity to work within a forward-thinking department that is committed to innovation, education, and delivering outstanding emergency care.
Please see the full job description attached to the advert for further information.
Person Specification
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Registered health professional (NMC/HCPC)
- RCEM Accreditation
- Masters qualification in Advanced Clinical Practice
- Non-medical Prescriber
- ALS provider
- Relevant experience in teaching
- Highlydeveloped,specialist knowledge underpinned by theory and experience
Desirable
- ALS instructor
- Advanced practice accreditation
- Leadership qualification
- QIP training
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience in teaching .
- Significant experience working as an autonomous practitioner at an advanced level
- Portfolio evidence relevant to level of Senior ACP
- Advanced clinical knowledge, in relation to local and national policies and Government legislation .
- Significant experience of clinical leadership of a uni -disciplinary or multi -disciplinary team .
- Ability to undertake comprehensive patient examination / continuing care assessments
- Demonstrates effective change management in practice .
- Participates in audit / research studies .
- Experienced educator
- Computer literate
- Evidence of using clinical governance framework to influence care and improve outcome
- Management of complaints
- Involved in local, regional and/or national clinical networks within specialist area
Desirable
- Initiated and led original research solely or in partnership
- Influenced policy and service development
- Evidence of involvement in design and development of educational programs
- Evidence of human resource management
- Experience of working at senior level in current speciality
- Experience of implementation of clinical governance framework
- Experience of managing a budget
- Experience in leading areas within a busy department
Communication and relationship skills
Essential
- Excellent interaction and interpersonal skills
- Exceptional leadership skills across disciplines, organisations and networks
- Able to communicate highly complex, condition related information to patients, relatives, carers or staff
- Able to work as part of a team but also to stand back and facilitate others to manage projects.
- Able to work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to influence and motivate staff
- Ability to contain and resolve conflict
- Sensitive to clinical and political demands
- Innovative thinker with the ability to implement change
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential
- Effective use of information systems
- Advanced clinical skills and competency in complex clinical processes
- Advanced decision making ...
