Advanced Practitioner Emergency Medicine

NHS; Salford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Salford is seeking an Advanced Practitioner in Emergency Medicine to join their Emergency Department team. The role involves working autonomously, contributing to clinical governance, and mentoring trainee practitioners. Candidates should possess a clinical Masters degree and extensive experience in the Emergency or Musculoskeletal specialty. This position offers a supportive working environment with opportunities for professional development and excellent work-life balance perks.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working opportunities

Protected hours for health and wellbeing activities

Qualifications

• Substantial experience within Emergency Medicine or Musculoskeletal specialty at a senior level.
• Extensive expert professional/clinical knowledge supplemented by specialist training.
• Effective communicator of complex and sensitive information.

Responsibilities

• Participate in Emergency Department team meetings.
• Contribute to departmental research and audit initiatives.
• Deliver teaching sessions and support trainee practitioners.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Communication skills

Teaching and mentoring

Leadership skills

Education

Clinical based Masters degree

HCPC Registration

Job description

Advanced Practitioner Emergency Medicine

The closing date is 05 October 2025

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Advanced Practitioner who is ready to take on a new and exciting challenge within the Emergency Village.

You will be a key member of the wider Advanced Practice team within the Emergency Department, working closely with the Senior Advanced Practitioner, Emergency Department Consultants, and the broader nursing and therapy teams across the Emergency Village.

This role will be primarily based within the Minor Injuries area of the Emergency Department. You will be expected to work as an autonomous practitioner, demonstrating a broad clinical skill set and expert knowledge in the assessment and management of neuro-musculoskeletal conditions within the emergency care setting.

The position offers excellent opportunities to further develop your emergency care skills across both injury and illness presentations. In addition, you will have the opportunity to work closely with the orthopaedic team through involvement in virtual trauma and fracture clinics.

Main duties of the job

As an Advanced Practitioner, you will be expected to work across all four pillars of advanced practice. You will be supported in maintaining an active Advanced Practice portfolio and will be allocated non-clinical time to help fulfil these responsibilities.

You will contribute to ongoing development projects within the Emergency Department and invest in your own continued professional growth, engaging with both in-house initiatives and regional networks.

Key responsibilities include:

• Active participation in Emergency Department team meetings
• Access to a comprehensive in-house clinical supervision and mentoring package
• Involvement in, and potential leadership of, departmental research and audit initiatives
• Delivering teaching sessions both internally and at local or national level
• Supporting the development of Emergency Nurse Practitioners and Trainee Advanced Practitioners
• Active involvement in clinical governance meetings.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS Trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and collaborating closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we are always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Learn more about us in our Candidate Information Pack

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Qualifications / Registration

• HCPC
• Clinical based Masters degree

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Substantial experience of which considerable experience is within ED/MSK specialty at a senior level
• Evidence of extensive expert professional/ clinical knowledge in area supplemented by specialist clinical training and CPD
• Demonstrates specialist expertise underpinned by theory acquired through CPD
• Excellent clinical reasoning / clinical decision making
• Evidence of involvement and leadership in teaching and mentoring learners
• Effective communicator able to communicate complex and sensitive information
• Evidence of effective people management and leadership skills
• Evidence of involvement in the development of programmes of care, protocols and clinical audit

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.

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust