Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Countess of Chester Hospital; Chester; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join the General Surgery team. The ACP will provide expert clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and ongoing management of patients with a wide range of surgical conditions, including general surgery and urology presentations.

The role involves advanced clinical decision making, leadership, education, and service development, with main placement in SDEC.

Qualifications

• Must have an ACP masters qualification or be currently undertaking an ACP programme.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert clinical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for general surgery patients.
• Order investigations and interpret results.
• Discharge patients independently or with the surgical team.
• See referred patients in the Emergency Department and manage SDEC clinics.
• Occasionally support general surgery ward rounds.

Skills

Advanced clinical assessment

Clinical decision making

Leadership

Education & training

Education

ACP master's qualification

Job description

Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week

An exciting opportunity has become available for a highly motivated Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join the General Surgery team at the Countess of Chester Hospital.

Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week

An exciting opportunity has become available for a highly motivated Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join the General Surgery team at the Countess of Chester Hospital.

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) in General Surgery provides expert clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management of patients presenting with a wide range of surgical conditions. The role includes advanced clinical decision making, leadership, education, service development, and the promotion of high standards of patient safety and quality of care in accordance with local and national guidelines.

Applicants must have an ACP masters qualification or be currently undertaking an ACP programme to be considered for this post. Please note, a trainee ACP would be employed as band 7 until fully qualified.

As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner in General Surgery the post holder will mainly be based in the Same Day Emergency Care unit (SDEC) assessing patients with both general surgery and urology presentations, ordering clinical investigations, interpreting results and either independently discharging the patient or working with the surgical team to manage their episode of care. The post holder will also be expected to see surgically referred patients in the Emergency Department, manage the surgical SDEC virtual clinics and will occasionally support general surgery ward rounds. The post holder will be allocated weekly time to develop in all four pillars of advanced practice. The Countess of Chester Hospital has an excellent advanced practice network which offers teaching sessions, a yearly conference and on-going peer support for both trainee and qualified ACPs.

Please See Attached Job Description For More Detail.

The Trust’s services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 473 general and acute beds.
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 60 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust employs 5,964 staff (headcount) to provide care and treatment to a population of over 400,000 people living in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire.

The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System. Due to its location on the border with North Wales, the Trust also works closely with the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.

The Trust treats patients from England and some parts of Wales. During 2024/2025, there were approximately 643,000 patient attendances (inpatient, A&E, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rebecca Freeman Job title: Lead ACP for Planned care Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01244364653

Contact via email is preferred where possible please. Please note, the contact telephone number above will take you to the General Surgery ACP team. If I am not available, a colleague will take your details and I will get back to you as soon as possible. My working days are Monday/Tuesday/Thursday and Friday until 5pm.