Advanced Clinical Practitioner

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Colchester; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension

27 days annual leave

Staff health and wellbeing

Discounts

Job summary

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our Specialist Frailty Services across North East Essex, delivering admission avoidance with a focus on preserving function.

The post supports Frailty Rapid Assessment and the Frailty Hospital@Home service, with 9.5-hour shifts over seven days and weekend work. Banding progression includes 7 and 8A as MSc credentials are completed.

Qualifications

• Autonomously assessing, planning and implementing management for undifferentiated presentations within defined scope.
• Elicit a patient history to holistically review wellbeing and needs.
• Perform clinical procedures and interpret results to form differential diagnoses and initiate treatment as required.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan and implement comprehensive management plans.
• Elicit patient history with holistic view of wellbeing.
• Undertake physical examinations and analyse investigations.
• Perform invasive procedures and prescribing as clinically appropriate.

Skills

Autonomous clinical practice

Holistic history taking

Physical examination

Clinical decision making

Education

MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join our Specialist Frailty Services based in the community across North East Essex.

We are seeking a dynamic ACP to join our multidisciplinary frailty team working within our expanding Frailty Rapid Assessment Service

Bringing Frailty and Older persons expertise you will play a key role in delivering an admission avoidance service with a focus on preserving function and independence, and supporting proactive patient care.

You will also be required to support other frailty services, including the Frailty Hospital @ Home service (Virtual Ward).

Working 9.5 hour shifts covering 7 days. Weekend working will be expected.

Banding And Progression

• Band 7 if working towards a full MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice.
• Band 8A upon completion of a full ACP MSc, with clear progression to 8A once achieved, in line with Trust policy

Working 9.5 hour shifts covering 7 days. Weekend working will be expected.

Please note interview date 14th September 2026

• Uses specialist knowledge and specific training to act autonomously in assessing, planning, and implementing a comprehensive management plan for undifferentiated presentations within their defined scope of practice.
• Elicit a patient history appropriate to the clinical situation, which will demonstrate a holistic review of the patient’s physical and emotional wellbeing and needs.
• Undertake physical examinations as indicated by the patient’s condition; autonomously analysing complex clinical signs and investigation of results to consider differential diagnoses and diagnose conditions, initiating treatment as required.
• Performs clinical procedures appropriate to the history and physical examination of the patient, including further invasive testing and treatments requiring highly developed skills and precision, including (but not limited to catheterisation, cannulation, venepuncture, Prescribing and de‑prescribing appropriately

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients