Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Emergency Department

Alder Hey Children's Nhs Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading children's healthcare provider in Liverpool is seeking an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join their Emergency Department. This role involves autonomous advanced care delivery for children, with responsibilities including managing care and decision-making in acute situations. Applicants should be prepared to work day and night shifts and will benefit from a supportive learning environment as part of a large, dedicated team.

Benefits

Outstanding benefits package

Qualifications

• Work autonomously at an advanced clinical practice level.
• Demonstrate a high degree of autonomy in decision-making skills.
• Practice in compliance with the Code of Professional Conduct.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct delivery of care using advanced clinical assessment skills.
• Manage care in partnership with other professionals and families.
• Be accountable for decisions made within the service.

Job description

We are seeking an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join our Emergency Department, which also serves as a Major Trauma Centre and includes an onsite Urgent Treatment Centre and an Emergency Decision Unit. ACPs will work across all areas of the department and are required to cover both day and night shifts.

Each ACP will have a designated consultant clinical supervisor and receive regular supervision. The ACP team also benefits from protected teaching time to support ongoing development.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team as we prepare to open a new emergency floor extension in November 2025. The expansion will include a Paediatric Assessment Unit and a Same-Day Emergency Care facility, creating new opportunities for ACPs across the Urgent Care group.

Main duties of the job

• Work autonomously at an advanced clinical practice level, providing direct delivery of care that utilises advanced clinical assessment and reasoning skills to deliver safe and effective care that additionally enhances positive outcomes and experiences for infants, children, and young people within the Trust.
• Work in partnership with other professionals, families, and carers in managing the care of infants, children, and young people within the Trust.
• Demonstrate a high degree of autonomy in decision making skills in acute, complex, and uncertain situations whilst holding accountability for decisions made within the service and in partnership with other professionals.
• Practise in compliance with respective Code of Professional Conduct and work within the respective scope of practice; responsible and accountable for decisions, actions, and omissions at this level of practice.

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care to over 275,000 children and young people each year. In addition to the hospital site located in the West Derby area of Liverpool, Alder Hey has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients' homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Alder Park building in the nearby borough of Sefton.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We're also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits packages.