Advanced Practitioner Emergency Department/Paediatric (Band 8a) - Emergency - Buckinghamshire H[...]

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust as an Advanced Practitioner in Emergency Department/Paediatric, where you'll make an impact in a dynamic environment. This role offers the chance to provide high-quality patient care while benefiting from ongoing learning and NHS perks.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

NHS pension scheme

Access to NHS discount schemes

Health and wellbeing services

Qualifications

• Masters in Advanced Practice or equivalent, mapping across the 4 pillars.
• NMC or HCPC registration is essential.
• Significant post-registration experience, particularly at Band 7.

Responsibilities

• Deliver patient-centred care with a high degree of autonomy.
• Practice across the four pillars of Advanced Practice.
• Engage in leadership and management roles within the team.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical decision-making

Communication

Analytical skills

Education

Masters in Advanced Practice

First-level degree in base profession

NMC or HCPC registration

Tools

Computer literacy (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Job description

Advanced Practitioner Emergency Department/Paediatric

Band 8a

Main area Emergency Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Job share
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Shift and 7 day working.) Job ref 434-IM7112562-A

Site Stoke Mandeville Hospital Town Aylesbury Salary £53,755 - £60,504 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 14/07/2025 23:59

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
• Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
• Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
• Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [e-mail] or phone [phone].

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.

Job overview

Are you an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner looking to make a real impact in a dynamic and fast-paced emergency setting? We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated ACP to join our Emergency Department (ED) team, working predominately within our Children's Emergency Department. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the forefront of emergency care, playing a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care in a busy and diverse environment.

If you are passionate about emergency medicine and want to be part of a forward-thinking, patient-focused team, we would love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

The AP will be expected to practice across the four pillars of Advanced Practice: Clinical, Leadership and Management and Research. They will fulfil the expectations and capabilities outlined in the Multi-Professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice in England.

An established/qualified AP will deliver patient-centred care with a high degree of autonomy, independent assessment and clinical decision-making.

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact [e-mail] (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [e-mail] quoting the vacancy reference number."

Person specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

• First-level degree (HEI Level 5 or 6) or equivalent in the undergraduate base profession
• NMC or HCPC registration
• Masters in Advanced Practice or equivalent, which maps across the 4 pillars
• Qualified as a non-medical prescriber (if able under professional registration)
• Evidence of continuing professional development. (including further level 7 modules that support practice)
• Accreditation as an Advanced Practitioner of willingness to work towards (including NHSE digital badge) or Royal College of Emergency Medicine ACP portfolio.
• Post-graduate management and/or leadership training
• Qualification in teaching

EXPERIENCE

• Substantial post-registration experience and three years experience working at band 7 or equivalent.
• Experience in complex case management.
• Experience working independently at Advanced Practice level
• Excellent clinical acumen and practical procedural skills (with evidence of competency and capability) as an independent practitioner, as per Job Description for role
• Demonstrate an in depth knowledge and experience of clinical examination, history taking, pharmacology, pathophysiology, etc.
• Experience of instigating and interpreting investigations and initiating appropriate plans of care for patients.
• Experience of multi-agency / multi-disciplinary team working across service interfaces.
• Evidence of teaching and sharing knowledge with others in the MDT or externally to organisation.
• Demonstration of leadership in clinical practice
• Evidence of involvement of audit/quality improvement/successful change management
• Experience working in Emergency department or similar setting, extensive experience in paediatric emergency care

SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE

• Excellent effective verbal and written communication skills
• Highly motivated and have the ability to motivate others
• Ability to effectively prioritise workload
• Ability to educate and clinical supervise others in the promotion of high standards of patient care
• Commitment to training and continuous development of self and others
• Ability to appraise evidence, using analytical and problem-solving skills to inform decision-making, and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
• Ability to communicate highly complex information situations including where there are barriers to understanding.
• Ability to identify, develop and implement risk management and clinical governance systems at an expert level.
• Computer literate – word, excel, PowerPoint

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

• Ability to travel cross site and to community.
• Ability to work days/nights/rotation
• Enhanced level DBS

PPE requirements:Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.

Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

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 Esa Rintakorpi Job title Consultant Nurse in ED and Deputy SDU Lead Email address [e-mail]