Main area Surgical Specialities Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent: (Annex 21 terms will apply) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (including weekends and will be cross site working) Job ref 287-RSUR-207-25
Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Hospital Town Liverpool Salary £55,690 - £62,682 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 04/11/2025 23:59
Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Band 8a
Job overview
We are seeking an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to join our busy, well-established urology team at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
As an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in this speciality, the post holder will be working alongside a team of urology clinicians to support the service in triaging and accepting referrals from both primary and secondary care, utilising and developing urology pathways to enhance both the patient experience, and flow throughout the service.
The post holder will be responsible for undertaking a thorough clinical assessment, have the ability to identify and request appropriate investigations to reach a diagnosis and be confident in initiating a treatment pathway individual to the patients’ needs. This may be as an inpatient within the acute setting or on an outpatient basis by following the local ambulatory care pathways and/or the newly developed virtual review ward. Further input for service development is always encouraged.
Annex 21 Terms will apply.
Main duties of the job
Clinical skills such as venepuncture, cannulation, catheterisation and obtaining arterial blood gases are common practice, and therefore, demonstrating these skills are key to fulfilling the role. Importantly, the post holder must be able to identify a deteriorating patient and act swiftly to stabilise them and manage well in an emergency with the appropriate support.
The post holder will be required to support the junior doctor team in documenting patients’ medical records and undertaking tasks that have been requested as part of the patient review. Having the ability to prioritise and delegate tasks will reflect in the post holder’s strong leadership skills.
As an Advanced Nurse Practitioner, the post holder must be able to work autonomously and provide a high quality, safe and supportive clinical service, whilst maintaining the standards as outlined in the multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice in England.
A professional portfolio evidencing the four pillars of advanced clinical practice should be demonstrated and further developed with progression whilst in the role.
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award‑winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical Practice
* Practice in compliance with the respective code of professional conduct and within scope of professional practice by taking responsibility and accountability for all decisions, actions, and omissions.
* Provide a thorough and accurate assessment of presenting symptoms, past medical/surgical history, clinical examination findings, and diagnostic information to develop the appropriate differential diagnoses.
* Demonstrate critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills in clinical decision making.
* Act on professional judgement about when to elevate clinical concerns, suspicions and seek help from the senior clinical team.
* Initiate, evaluate, and adapt a range of interventions which may include safe prescribing practice, therapies, and lifestyle information advice.
* Demonstrate effective communication skills to support individuals in making decisions, planning care, or seeking to make positive lifestyle changes.
Leadership & Management
* Role model the values of the organisation/Trust, demonstrating a person‑centred approach to service delivery and development.
* Identify areas for further development to evolve the service and be confident to lead any service redesign.
* Have the ability to constructively challenge others and raise concerns that may affect patient or colleague safety and well‑being.
* Reflect on own clinical practice and contribute to the multidisciplinary team and service evaluation, to develop the quality and effectiveness of the service.
Education
* Have the ability to identify and develop own learning needs, with a purpose to broaden knowledge and expand clinical skills.
* Advocate for and contribute to a culture of departmental learning to develop colleagues and healthcare students – i.e. Junior doctors, medical & nursing students.
* Act as a role model, educator, and mentor to encourage and develop confidence in others.
* Have confidence and ability to facilitate teaching sessions for individuals or groups.
* Demonstrate progress toward required competencies within the local emergency surgery competency framework.
Research
* Be willing to engage in research and audit activity, adhering to research practice guidance and local guidelines to aid in developing evidence‑based strategies to improve quality, safety and productivity.
* Role model and disseminate best practice research findings and quality improvement projects.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Clinical Professional Qualification. Degree level with appropriate registration
* MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) or commenced the MSc ACP pathway/programme and committed to completing within an agreed timeframe (post holder will be in a training post until evidence of completion is provided).
* Teaching and assessing qualification
* Prescriber
* Evidence of participation in audit and research
Experience
* Demonstrable relevant experience within the speciality
* Evidence of effective management
* Evidence of effective leadership skills
* Evidence of staff development and knowledge regarding development of education programmes
* Evidence of change management
* Evidence of application of current clinical service issues and developments
Knowledge
* Understanding and application of healthcare governance
* Has an up‑to‑date Advanced Clinical Practice portfolio
Skills
* Committed to delivering high standards of patient care
* Basic IT skills, including e‑mail and word processing
Other
* Supportive of colleagues
* Enthusiastic and motivated to motivate the team
* High level of personal and professional credibility
* Act as role model for staff
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge, and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from groups currently under‑represented in our workforce (black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16‑24).
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work‑life balance and achieving fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment.
Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting and processing the successful applicant’s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £23 (standard disclosure) or £43 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment.
Applicants requiring sponsorship can determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship by checking the UK government visa website.
All staff must adhere to the organisation’s safeguarding children and adults policy and comply with statutory guidance and legislation, and must complete mandatory safeguarding training.
As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic Abuse Workplace Scheme which supports staff experiencing domestic abuse or sexual violence.
Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it is necessary for a submission for disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers: This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
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