Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Acute Stroke

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Halifax; Hybrid; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20% non-clinical time for development

ACP peer teaching

Trust ACP Lead support

Allocated medical supervisor

Job summary

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust are seeking an enthusiastic Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join the Acute Stroke Service. You will provide advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and ongoing management for patients with suspected or confirmed acute stroke and TIA across HASU and stroke wards.

The post offers flexible working, weekend rotas, and strong multidisciplinary support, with a focus on direct patient care, service development and opportunities to

Qualifications

• Registered general nurse or allied health professional with_{}UK registration.
• Masters in Advanced Practice or equivalent.
• Experience in stroke, neurosciences or acute medicine.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced clinical assessment for acute stroke/TIA patients.
• Autonomous clinical decision-making in time-critical situations.
• Manage a caseload with escalation and discharge planning.
• Support thrombolysis and thrombectomy pathways and imaging coordination.

Skills

Autonomous practitioner

Advanced clinical assessment

Clinical decision making

Leadership

Education and training

Education

Masters in Advanced Practice

NMC/AHP registration or nursing registration

Tools

Prescribing (Non-M medical)

Job description

Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Acute Stroke

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Main area Acute Stroke - Advanced Clinical Practitioners Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (up to 37.5 hours per week) Job ref 372-MED2679-A

Employer Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Calderdale Royal Hospital Town Halifax Salary £57,528 - £64,750 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 01/11/2026 23:59 Interview date 20/11/2026

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.

We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.

We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.

We received our Silver Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we provided its statement of intent to support all Defence personnel and we welcome application to work for us.

Our Future Plans

The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded capital funding to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale and Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come. To find out more, please visit https://future.cht.nhs.uk/

Job overview

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust are seeking an enthusiastic and highly skilled Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join the Acute Stroke Service.

This role is central to the delivery of high-quality hyper acute and acute stroke care, supporting patients across the stroke pathway including Hyper Acute Stroke Unit (HASU), acute stroke wards, and rapid-access Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA) clinics.

The ACP will be an experienced, knowledgeable, and autonomous practitioner providing advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management of patients presenting with suspected or confirmed acute stroke and TIA. Advanced practice is underpinned by the four pillars of clinical practice, leadership, education, and research, with a strong focus on direct patient care and service development.

The postholder will join the service during an exciting time of expansion. The expectation will be for the postholder to form part of a weekend rota which may change as more roles are approved and recruited to. A full overview of this in contained in the detailed job description below.

You will be a part of an established ACP community within CHFT. We can offer the following benefits:

• 20% non-clinical time for you to develop across the four pillars of advanced practice
• ACP peer teaching
• Trust ACP Lead support
• Allocated medical supervisor

Main duties of the job

• Work closely with the Stroke Consultant team, stroke nursing team, therapists, radiology, and emergency services to provide safe, effective, and timely care to patients with suspected or confirmed stroke and TIA across HASU, acute stroke wards, and outpatient settings.
• Undertake advanced clinical assessment for patients presenting with acute neurological deficits, including differentiation between stroke, TIA, and stroke mimics.
• Act as an autonomous practitioner within agreed scope, providing expert clinical decision-making in complex, time‑critical situations.
• Hold direct responsibility for a caseload of acute stroke and TIA patients, ensuring evidence-based care plans, escalation where required, and effective discharge planning.
• Support the hyper acute stroke pathway, including:
• Initial assessment and prioritisation
• Coordination of urgent imaging
• Support for thrombolysis and thrombectomy pathways
• Ongoing monitoring and escalation of clinical deteriorationUndertake independent prescribing to optimise secondary stroke prevention and symptom management in line with national and local guidelines.
• Accurately request and interpret radiological and pathology investigations relevant to acute stroke and TIA management.
• Provide advanced clinical care for patients attending TIA / rapid-access stroke clinics, including risk stratification, initiation of secondary prevention, and onward referral.

Working for our organisation

We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation.Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS– yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff andthe local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Please see the job description and person specification below for full details about the role.

If you’re interested in applying or would like to learn more about working in our team, we’d be happy to hear from you.

Please contact the vacancy lead listed in the “Further details / informal visits” section.

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS/TRAINING

• Registered general nurse or Allied health care professional
• Previous experience of formal/informal teaching of patients and staff
• Masters in Advanced Practice or equivalent
• Non Medical Prescriber

KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE

• Extensive experience in stroke, neurosciences, or acute medicine relevant to stroke services
• Experience in working as an autonomous practitioner within a specialty
• Knowledge of the key professional issues and NMC/AHP guidelines related to professional practice
• Evidence of being able to work across organisational boundaries
• Experience of applying research evidence to clinical practice.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Commitment to maintain own fitness for practice through maintaining a personal profile of competencies (profile)
• Demonstrates up to date knowledge and expertise of Advanced Practice
• Working knowledge of acute stroke pathways, HASU processes and secondary prevention

COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)

• Demonstrate a clear vision of the role and service
• Ability to initiate sustain and evaluate change.
• Demonstrates skilled written and verbal communication, presentation and decision making skills.

Our vision is to provide One Culture of Care for one another in order that we can provide compassionate care for the people who use our services. We are passionate about creating a workplace where we work together to get results, encouraging colleagues to have their say, in order to co create the change we want to see. We take pride in the diversity of our workforce that’s why we encourage applications from all. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants.

We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.

Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid email addresses for them. We will request electronic Factual Employment References from your previous employers. These references will be requested before you are issued with an unconditional offer of employment letter.

Candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the United Kingdom can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this position by assessing their circumstances against the criteria specified on the Check if you need a UK visa - GOV.UK website. We encourage all applicants to review these criteria carefully to understand their eligibility for sponsorship.

If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system. The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.

You may be required to undertake a DBS. The Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £46.40, Standard £25.40 or Basic £25.40) from your salary when you commence in post (including Internal staff). You will also be required to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £15 cost per year. This is a condition of your employment.

CHFT is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.

If you have any questions please contact [e-mail] for assistance.

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.

Name Georgia Kelly Job title General Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01484 342000 Additional information

Dr Karthik Viswanathan - Clinical Director - 01422 22000

If you have problems applying, contact

Address Workforce and Organisational Development
Acre Mill
Acre Street
Lindley
Huddersfield
HD3 3EB
Telephone [phone]

At Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, we are excited to offer a range of volunteering roles, providing rewarding personal and professional opportunities for people from all backgrounds across a wide age range from our local communities, ensuring our volunteers are representative of our service users.