Advanced Clinical Practitioner

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is seeking an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join the Virtual Ward and Hospital at Home Service. This is a Band 8a role offering flexible working and a permanent contract.

You will lead advanced assessment, prescribing, and care management to support early discharge and home-based acute care. Based in Wolverhampton, you will collaborate with multidiscplinary teams across primary, secondary and acute services to extend care at home and reduce unnecessary

Qualifications

• Health Assessment Qualification at Level 7 is required.
• Experienced V300 Non-medical prescriber.
• Masters in Advanced Clinical Practice.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based advanced practice to manage patients in Virtual Ward and Hospital at Home.
• Assess, diagnose, interpret tests, and plan care.
• Review new admissions and conduct daily reviews with MDTs.
• Recognise deterioration early, escalate, and document appropriately.
• Draft drug charts and prescribe medications for Virtual Ward and discharge planning.
• Participate in audit and research to improve practice and knowledge.
• Support patient assessments in high-acute beds, including home-based care.
• Maintain flexibility to step between Virtual Ward, Community Urgent Care, and A&E.

Skills

Driving license

Education

Health Assessment Qualification at Level 7

Experienced V300 Non-medical prescriber

Masters in Advanced Clinical Practice

Job description

Main area Advanced Care Practitioner (ACP) Virtual Ward Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week Job ref 225-DIV3-8203655

Employer The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Wolverhampton Science Park Town Wolverhampton Salary £57,528 - £64,750 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 15/09/2026 23:59

Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Band 8a

Job overview

We are looking for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our Virtual Ward and Hospital at Home Service. Our service is rapidly expanding and we are looking to further enhance the acute care that we deliver. This will be a fantastic opportunity to be part of a new venture, continuing to develop innovative care pathways utilising remote technology to provide acute care at home.

As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner you will take a lead in advanced assessment, prescribing, management and treatment of patients.

You will be based within the Virtual Ward and Hospital at Home service and work with part of the multidisciplinary team across primary, secondary and acute services. The aim of virtual ward is to reduce length of acute hospital stay and/or avoid hospital admission; this leads to quicker recovery and reduces disruption to patients’, and their carers’ lives. This means we can proactively manage people such as those living with long term conditions and frailty at home, for those that have a sub-acute episode we can improve a patient’s experience and outcomes. In addition, this means we have more space in our hospitals for acutely unwell patients and reduces the pressure on urgent care.

You will be responsible for coordinating the provision of specialist interventions to meet the urgent health care needs of people who would have traditionally been hospitalised or those requiring facilitated timely discharge from emergency departments and step down from acute wards.

Main duties of the job

Delivering evidence based advanced practice skills to ensure the appropriate management of patients needs within the Virtual Ward and Hospital at Home Service.

Using skills of assessment, diagnosis, interpretation of tests, forward planning of care & treatment.

Review of newly admitted patients into the Virtual Ward and daily reviews including participating with speciality teams reviews and MDT's.

Timely recognition of deteriorating patients, appropriate response, escalation & documentation.

Routine writing of drug charts to prescribe medication for patients whilst in the Virtual Ward and in preparation for discharge.

Participate in, initiate, and deliver audit & research to identify current practice, drive continuous improvement & contribute to the development of new knowledge, theory & practice to benefit patients & colleagues.

Review of patients within the Virtual Ward and Hospital at Home and supporting the initial assessment of patients in the high acute beds (this will include in their own homes of patients with a range of conditions within various specialties.

Flexible approach to working within the Virtual Ward, Community Urgent Care and within the Accident and Emergency Department (front-door model) to step-up/step-down patients.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description/Person Specification for a full detail of role and main responsibilities

Person specification

Driving

• Full UK driving license
• Access to own vehicle for work purposes

Qualifications

• Health Assessment Qualification at Level 7
• Experienced V300 Non-medical prescriber
• Masters in Advance Clinical Practice

Flexible Working - As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.

Qualifications - Please be advised that if the post that you are applying for requires any level of qualification (e.g. A-Levels, Degree etc) or Professional Registration (e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Medical Council etc) you will be required to provide proof as part of the pre-employment process. By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider. Please note that a sample of all applicant’s qualifications will be checked with the educational institution or provider. Furthermore, a sample of all applicants’ qualifications will be checked back to the educational institution or provider to interview letters to further deter fraud.

Visa/Sponsorship Information

In line with UKVI requirements, the Trust is unable to sponsor any applicants for Skilled Woker Visas who do not meet the minimum eligibility requirements including applicable salary thresholds and concessions. Before applying, please ensure that you have the right to work in the UK, or that the role is eligible for sponsorship. For more information, please visit: Health and Care Worker Visa orSkilled Worker Visa .

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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 will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.