Advanced Clinical Practitioner- Frailty & Geriatric medicine

Chesterfield Royal; Chesterfield; Remote; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Working

Job summary

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a fully qualified Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join the acute frailty team. The role focuses on early Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment and optimizing patient care through advanced clinical skills and leadership.

Key duties include independent high-level decision making, education delivery, and involvement in service improvement. This post supports a 7-day rotas pattern with 37.5 hours per week in Chesterfield, UK.

Qualifications

• Registered healthcare practitioner with relevant professional registration.
• ALS provider or willing to complete certification.
• Aspiring/holding MSc in Advanced Practice or MSc completed in Advanced Clinical Practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality clinical assessment and treatment for older adults with frailty.
• Be part of the Acute Frailty multidisciplinary teams and lead care pathways.
• Deliver education, provide clinical leadership and contribute to service development.

Skills

Registered healthcare practitioner

ALS provider

Independent prescriber

Advanced clinical assessment

Team leadership

CT brain interpretation

Education

MSc in Advanced Practice

Masters in Advanced Clinical Practice

Tools

ALS instructor

Job description

Advanced Clinical Practitioner- Frailty & Geriatric medicine

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Main area Acute Grade. NHS AfC: Band 8a. Contract: Permanent. 37.5 hrs per week (7 days per week rota pattern). Job ref 166-MEC-8005352.

• Full time
• Part time

Site: Chesterfield Royal Hospital. Town: Chesterfield. Salary £57,528 - £64,750 per annum. Salary period Yearly. Closing 15/11/2026 23:59.

Job overview

Chesterfield Royal Hospital is looking to appoint a fully qualified ACP to join our established, innovative, and improvement-focused acute frailty team.

The overriding purpose is to provide early Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment to those who need it most. The successful applicant will use their advanced clinical skills to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and aiming for continuous improvement.

Core components of the role will be ability to deliver education, provide leadership and become involved in service development once established in the post.

Main duties of the job

To provide high quality clinical assessment, intervention, and treatment for a wide variety of older people living with frailty. Early identification of those requiring Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment and initiation of the process by becoming a core member of the Acute Frailty multidisciplinary teams. Using their expertise in frailty to advocate for and support the patient journey.

Working closely with the Acute Frailty consultants.

To work independently at an advanced clinical level in the direct delivery of high-quality care making critical clinical decisions based on advanced clinical skills assessment.

The post holder will demonstrate safe clinical decision making and expert care including assessment and diagnostic skills for patients.

The post holder will provide clinical leadership and support to improve the patient experience and provide safe, quality care.

To support junior medical staff sharing clinical workload and allow education and training requirements to be met.

The post holder will work collaboratively with clinical teams to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery and development of policy and procedures and providing appropriate leadership as required ensuring the maintenance of clinical excellence.

Working for our organisation

Our vision: Exceptional patient care provided by exceptional people.

Our mission: To bring our people communities and partners together – providing patient care we can all be proud of., We all play a part in achieving this, by living up to the values we promise to our patients and each other.

Leading The Chesterfield Way supports the Trust’s priorities and ambitions - and sets out the behaviours and characteristics that leaders are expected to adopt and that all staff can role model, to make the Trust an even better place to work; and to support the delivery of exceptional patient care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to this advert for further details about the ACP Role.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered healthcare practitioner (nurses, physiotherapists, paramedics, pharmacists)
• ALS provider (or willing to complete)
• Already undertaking & due to complete their MSc in Advanced Practice within a timeframe of 0-1 years
• Completed Masters degree in "Advanced clinical practice"
• ALS instructor
• Independent prescriber
• Ability to perform basic interpretation of CT brain & Skeletal X rays

Experience

• Substantial broad experience relevant to the care of frail older people
• Previous experience at managing/leading a team
• Knowledge of and experience in General Surgery/ Orthopaedics/ Urology/ Critical Care
• Experience of working within a Frailty team
• Project management

Skills & Knowledge

• Broad & advanced knowledge of clinical pathophysiology
• Has a sound level of knowledge in relation to invasive and non-invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
• Excellent communication skills with clear written and oral skills.
• Evidence of proven leadership ability
• Willingness to perform and or learn advanced clinical skills appropriate to the area of practice
• Ability to manage a team of patients and prioritise workload
• Management skills- effective organisational abilities, supervisory skills, leadership skills, change management skills. Clinical governance, current health service priorities. National and local nursing agenda

Personal attributes

• A highly motivated self-directed practitioner with excellent organisational skills
• Able to contribute to a future 12 hour a day/7 day a week service
• Team player
• Excellent communication skills, verbally and written.
• Well-developed facilitation and influencing skills, effective negotiation and conflict management skills.

Demonstrates trust values

• Compassion, Ambition, Respect, Encouragement – Proud to CARE

Flexible Working

If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.

UK Points-based immigration system

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.

Communications

Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.

If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177 and we will be happy to provide assistance.

Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.

This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Name Dr Victoria Addy Job title Consultant Geriatrician Email address [e-mail]

If you have problems applying, contact

Address: Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS FT
Chesterfield
S44 5BL
Telephone [phone]

Opening hours:8.30am-5pm, Monday-Friday