Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Urgent Treatment Centre

NHS; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity at Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for a qualified Advanced Clinical Practitioner in the Urgent Treatment Centre. The role involves independent patient care, enhancing service delivery, and fostering a collaborative team environment. Candidates must have relevant qualifications and experience in primary care. This position offers flexible working arrangements and a supportive work culture to achieve a balanced life.

Benefits

Development opportunities

On-site leisure facilities

Subsidized parking and bus travel

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Qualified Advanced Clinical Practitioner with recent Primary Care experience.
• Must hold non-medical prescribing qualifications.
• Significant experience in urgent and primary care (min. 18 months).

Responsibilities

• Deliver patient-centered quality care independently within the Urgent Treatment Centre.
• Conduct assessment, diagnosis, clinical decision-making, and health promotion.
• Lead and support a multi-disciplinary team in achieving effective service delivery.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Leadership skills

Critical thinking

Education

MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice

Relevant registered professional qualification (e.g., NMC/HCPC)

Job description

Go back Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Urgent Treatment Centre

The closing date is 29 June 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified Advanced Clinical Practitioner who has recent experience in Primary Care, to work in our Urgent Treatment Centre.

We require a forward thinking, well organised and motivated individual with a positive attitude.

Interested applicants must be a qualified ACP and hold core advanced practice competencies. Working as an Independent Non-Medical Prescriber is an essential.

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) will use specialist knowledge and skills to provide healthcare independently to patients.

You will act as a role model, delivering advanced practice and promoting clinical effectiveness in care. You will be required to work autonomously in delivering independent assessment, clinical examination, diagnosis, prescribing, health promotion, clinical decision making, planning of care and safe discharge of our patients within an agreed scope of practice.

You will be expected to work under the four pillars of advanced practice and be able to provide evidence of ongoing CPD in these pillars at appraisal.

An informal discussion about the role is encouraged, please contact via email.

Main duties of the job

The post holder candidate will be practicing in an independent manner within the Urgent Treatment Centre to provide patient-centred quality care for those patients with primary care presentations. This will encompass the skills of history taking, extended assessment, examination, diagnosis and treatment within an agreed extended scope of practice whist provided definitive care with limited requirement for supervision.

About us

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people - patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing 'outstanding' care to our patients and rated 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH's values - Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent - are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people's age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 29 June 2025

Interviews are due to be held on 10 July 2025

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Relevant registered professional qualification (eg NMC/HCPC)
• MSc in Advanced clinical practice which includes oAdvanced Assessment, diagnosis, referral and discharge oAssessing and managing risk oCritical thinking and analytical skills oDecision making/clinical judgement and problem solving oHigher levels of autonomy oDeveloping therapeutic interventions to improve service user outcomes oAdvanced psychomotor skills oHigher level communication skills oManaging complexity
• Non-medical prescribing
• Recognised teaching qualification
• Recognised leadership qualification
• ALS
• ePLS
• RCSEd Diploma in Urgent Medical Care or College of Paramedics Diploma in Urgent & Primary Care

Knowledge / Experience

• Significant urgent and primary care experience (Minimum 18 months)
• Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner in out of hours of Primary Care.
• Significant experience of working in primary care as a highly autonomous practitioner
• Portfolio of evidence showing skills competence and achievements in practice/speciality
• Evidence of ability and knowledge on how to undertake audit and feedback
• Implementation of audit/research recommendations
• Evidence of audits undertaken and outcomes
• Clear understanding of urgent and emergency care performance targets and ability to identify opportunities to improve service delivery
• In-depth understanding of quality issues including clinical governance.
• Relevant experience of service transformation.
• Evidence of presentations at local / national levels
• Experience in recruitment and retention matters, staff appraisal and performance management
• Commitment to the on-going implementation of the Trust strategy.
• Evidence of involvement with primary research.

Skills

• Excellent communication skills: interpersonal, written and verbal
• Confidence to adapt to an evolving and changing service.
• Proven leadership skills, with a vision to work with others

Additional Requirements

• Evidence of multi-disciplinary team working
• Evidence of supporting others' development
• Competent and confident approach to practice
• Experiencing of working in pressurised environment, regularly involving conflict and aggression.
• In good health and evidence of a good attendance record
• Ability to synthesise information, consider and evaluate risks and options when making difficult decisions
• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust