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Qualified Advanced Practitioner - Emergency Department (Band 8A)
The closing date is 25 August 2025
The Urgent & Emergency Care CBU is looking to appoint an enthusiastic, highly motivated and dynamic Advanced Practitioner with a MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice, to join our established Ambulatory Care Unit.
Applications are welcome from appropriately experienced registered Nurses, Allied Health Professionals (AHP) and Pharmacists. The Emergency Department Ambulatory Care Unit is designed to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions by ensuring patients receive timely, effective care in the most appropriate setting. As the advanced practitioner, you will autonomously assess, diagnose, and manage patients presenting with a wide range of acute conditions, delivering safe, efficient, and compassionate care.
The Qualified Advanced Practitioner will provide pivotal high-quality, patient-centred care to individuals presenting with acute but non-life-threatening conditions. Working autonomously, they are responsible for the comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, investigations/interpretation, prescribing appropriate treatment, and the safe discharge planning of patients within the ED Ambulatory Care Unit.
Daily activities include clinical decision-making, prescribing medications, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, and initiating appropriate management plans. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to ensure seamless patient care and reduce unnecessary hospital admissions through the application of evidence-based practice.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a compassionate, forward-thinking motivated professional from a nursing, AHP or GPHc background with significant experience of the emergency department and ambulatory care who can demonstrate:
Registered Nurse, Physiotherapist, Pharmacist with active NMC, HCPC or GPhC Registration
Master's in Advanced Clinical Practice
* Extensive experience as a qualified advanced clinical practitioner within Emergency care / Ambulatory care
* Evidence of research experience
* Formal teaching experience
* Highly experienced in complex reasoning and prioritisation skills, across clinical and staffing requirements with advanced practice in the ambulatory department.
* Highly experienced at disseminating and presenting complex information using both verbal and written disciplines across a broad range of clinical and non-clinical activities.
* Persistent engagement in self-driven CPD that can be evidenced
About us
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.
Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.
Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.
A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.
We employ nearly 5,000 people from over 80 nationalities, striving to be a diverse, inclusive employer and recognised leader in equality. We support flexible working, welcoming flexible applications. Proud of our many accreditations, we are embedding an anti-racist approach in all we do.
Job responsibilities
The full details of this role are available within the Job Description and Person Specification attached.
Person Specification
Experience
* oRegistered Nurse, AHP or Pharmacist with active current NMC, HCPC or GPhC Registration
* oExperience as a qualified advanced clinical practitioner within Emergency care / Ambulatory care
* oExtensive research and audit experience.
* oEvidence of teaching experience.
* oExperience of supervising qualified and trainee advanced clinical practitioners
* oLine Management experience within an advanced practice team
* oExperience of budget support
* oEvidence of supporting trainee advanced practitioners in difficulty.
* oEvidence of high level report writing and presentation skills.
* oInstitute of Leadership and Management Level 5 Certificate, or equivalent with recent line management experience
Qualifications
* oRegistered Nurse with current NMC Registration
* oMaster's degree in advanced clinical practice (or AP status through e-portfolio NHSE process)
* oV300 non-medical prescriber
* oALS provider
* oIR(MER) training
* oFormal Teaching Qualification
* oGood understanding of the training and development needs of trainee advanced practitioners
Skills, knowledge and competencies
* oExpert complex reasoning and prioritisation skills, across clinical and staffing requirements with advanced practice in the ambulatory department.
* oHighly experienced at disseminating and presenting complex information using both verbal and written disciplines across a broad range of clinical and non-clinical activities.
* oHigh attention to clinical details and accuracy.
* oExcellent interpersonal skills with evidence to support this.
* oPersistent engagement in self-driven CPD that can be evidenced.
* oDemonstrate published research and audit skills both at local and national level.
* oExpert professional / clinical knowledge of Advanced Practice at local and national level.
* oAble to demonstrate and active research portfolio
* oEvidence of developing and implementing policies and protocols where identified within advanced practice.
* oContribute to the management of complaint timelines with attendance to Governance meetings.
* oPrevious budget management, with evidence to support
* oDemonstrates understanding of advanced practice and the potential for role development within ambulatory care.
* oEvidence of supporting and supervising trainee advanced practitioners.
Specific role requirements
* oExpert clinical knowledge with ambulatory care.
* oNMP
* oIRMER
* oClinical Examination and Diagnostics
* oClinical Procedures; bloods, cannulation, ABG.
* oALS
* oRequestion Diagnostic Imaging with scope of acute medicine and interpret the findings acting accordingly.
* oReferrals to in organisation specialist and external trierarchy providers as necessary.
* oAble to handle complex data and interpret the findings to support departmental change and quality improvement opportunities.
* oLead and take responsibility for regular research and audit activity within ambulatory care and urgent and emergency care.
* oIntegrates knowledge of Trust safeguarding adhering to the Trust's Safeguarding procedures and guidelines.
* oEvidence of quality improvement
* oPublications / presentations at national level.
* oEvidence of supervising advanced practice trainees within the acute environment.
* oAdvanced communication skills
Physical skills
* oComputer literate, able to navigate multiple clinical systems to gather and analyse patient information
* oRequestion Diagnostic Imaging with scope of acute medicine and interpret the findings acting accordingly
* oReferrals to in organisation specialist and external trierarchy providers as necessary.
Physical effort
* oFast paced environment, high levels of physical effort
* oStanding throughout the duration of the working day
* oMoving and Handling training essential (patient and equipment)
Mental effort
* oHigh levels of concentration, due to analysis / synthesis of complex patient information and health results, onward specialist referrals and difficult discussions.
* oHigh patient numbers and acuity
* oWork over a range of clinical shift patterns throughout the clinical footprint of Acute Medicine
Emotional effort
* oManaging distressing circumstances, such as end of life care, resuscitation situations and acute mental health attendances.
* oLeads with delivering education to the wider organisation learners, ACPs, trainee ACPs, Nursing / AHP Students, Medical Students.
Working conditions
* oDue to the high patient capacity and demand working environments can be noisy due to volume of clinical activity.
* oPatients may be experiencing physical and emotional distress.
* oTo be skilled to impart complex and distressing information with respect and empathy.
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.
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