Advanced Clinical Practitioner for Specialist Medicine

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust; Poole; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Poole is seeking an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to support the newly formed Medically Ongoing Care Ward. This role offers the chance to shape patient care while working in a dynamic team. Candidates should have a Master's level qualification and relevant clinical experience. The position emphasizes advanced clinical skills and decision-making in a busy environment, with a commitment to high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Professional registration with a relevant professional body required.
• Demonstrable experience of working independently at a Band 7 Clinical role.

Responsibilities

• Manage practice using advanced professional accountability.
• Plan and manage complete episodes of care.
• Deliver and evaluate specialist education programs.

Skills

Advanced clinical skills

Clinical reasoning

Problem-solving

Decision-making

Education

Masters level Advanced Clinical Practice

Recognised teaching or mentoring qualification

Non-medical prescriber

Job description

Advanced Clinical Practitioner for Specialist Medicine

Band 8a

Main area Medical Specialists Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week Job ref 153-ME04398-A

Department name 1. UHD - General Recruitment Site University Hospitals Dorset- All Sites Town Dorset Salary £53,755 - £60,504 pa/pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 22/05/2025 23:59

As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.

We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.

In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.

We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.

We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.

At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.

As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.

Job overview

We are looking for an full ACP (Band 8a) and a trainee ACP (Band 7) these are new and existing posts to support the day to day medical cover for UHD medical on going care ward, which is newly formed. This is an opportunity for you to have input on how this ward is shaped and run. If you are a forward thinking ACP or would like to be a trainee ACP this role may well be for you.

Advanced Clinical Practitioner is required to support and manage the day to day in patients on our newly formed Medically on going care ward. The post holder should be currently undertaking or due to start a Masters level ACP and have current medicine experience.

Please note that professional registration with a relevant professional body is required.

Base Location: Poole Hospital

Interview Date: TBC

Main duties of the job

• To be responsible for managing practice, using an advanced level of professional accountability, autonomy and judgement for highly complex decision-making across a broad range of situations/conditions.
• To work using advanced knowledge and skills, underpinned by theory and experience, to holistically assess the patients using a range of methods across a broad range of, often complex, patient conditions within Acute Medicine
• To plan and manage complete episodes of care, working in partnership with others, delegating and referring as appropriate, to optimise health outcomes and resource use, as well as providing direct support to patients and carers.
• To propose and implement service and policy development and redesign, impacting beyond own area and other disciplines, informed by current best practice and evidence-base, in accordance with values-based care and Poole Approach.
• To act as a resource to others and deliver and evaluate a range of relevant specialist programmes of education and development for individuals and large groups

Working for our organisation

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.

This service has a planned move from Poole site to Bournemouth site in September 2026

Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert

Person specification

Qualifications

• Professional registration with relevant professional body
• Recognised teaching or mentoring qualification
• Masters level Advanced Clinical Practice
• Non-medical prescriber

Experience

• Demonstrable experience of working independently at a Band 7 Clinical role within relevant specialty
• Participation in research and experience of critical appraisal of the evidence base to inform practice
• Managing defined caseload of patients
• Application of advanced clinical skills into practice, with medicine specialty focus

Other

• Advanced clinical skills, such as assessing patient’s physical status requiring precision, accuracy, dexterity
• Ability to analyse and interpret complex information from patient assessment and interventions, such as specified x rays, ECGs and freedom to act in managing patients ‘care.
• Clinical reasoning, problem-solving and decision-making skills at an advanced level
• Demonstrable ability to work in a busy environment and resilience when the service is under pressure

Please note:

Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.

This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.

Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.

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.