Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Advanced Clinical Practitioner
The closing date is 24 June 2026
MSDEC enables early senior clinical decision‑making, streamlining patient assessment and treatment through direct access and referral pathways. By maximising opportunities to complete care on the same day, MSDEC helps ensure patients receive timely, appropriate support often preventing unnecessary attendance to other urgent and emergency care services such as A&E.
At MSDEC at The Alexandra Hospital, we provide care for all medically expected ambulant patients, with plans for significant expansion. As part of this growth, the ACP will be integral in assessing, diagnosing, and treating the full range of medically expected patients, including those who are less ambulant or more acutely unwell.
Main duties of the job
- Provide expert clinical assessment, decision‑making, and treatment.
- Lead and influence clinical practice, supporting the development of knowledge, skills, and roles across the Trust.
- Act as an expert resource within Urgent Care, ensuring patients and staff feel safe, supported, and heard.
- Advocate for and uphold exceptional standards of safety, quality, dignity, and respect.
- Support the growth of leadership capacity within the department, guiding nurses and support staff to deliver exemplary care.
This is a highly autonomous position within a fast‑paced, ACP‑driven service. You will be expected to work independently and be confident in working across the urgent care floor when required.
Qualifications
- Nursing degree or equivalent qualification.
- Masters in Advanced Practice (MSc) and competence in managing acute illness (medical, surgical) and injury.
- Previous ALS / EPALS / APLS / ETC / ATLS provider with update in last 5 years, or evidence of recent learning and development around life support course objectives.
- Non‑Medical Prescribing.
- Instructor status with successful completion of Collegiate Credentialing status, Minor Illness Module, Minor Injury Module.
Personal Attributes
- Ability to work effectively as a team member.
- Enquiring, critical approach to work.
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies.
- Commitment to continuing medical education.
- Diplomatic and tactful.
- Flexible approach to work duties.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Ability to work without supervision.
- Reliable and supportive to other colleagues.
- Ability to work antisocial hours.
Experience
- Clinical experience as a fully trained ACP working in an Urgent Care/Acute Medicine/ED.
- Ability to manage differentiated and undifferentiated presentations across all streams in Acute Medicine.
- Knowledge to request and interpret appropriate investigations within accepted policies and practice.
- Experience in managing and developing healthcare professionals.
- Experience in establishing or helping to develop a service through quality improvement.
- Teaching experience and coordination of teaching programmes for trainee ACPs.
- Experience as a clinical or educational supervisor of trainee ACPs.
- Research experience and ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
- Good knowledge of critical appraisal and use of literature and current research/guidelines to improve patient care.
- Evidence of involvement in quality improvement or audit projects that have directly contributed to service improvement.
- Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates.
Improving Diversity and Inclusive Recruitment
All applications for this post from BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ candidates can request to be considered under an expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum criteria specified in the person specification. Applicants will be prompted in the application form to declare if they wish to be considered under this scheme, and their response will be visible to the short‑listing panel.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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