Band 7/8a Advanced Clinical Practitioner

BHR Hospitals; Romford; Hybrid; GBP 64,000 - 71,000; Full time

Job summary

BHRUT in Romford is advertising a Band 7/8a Advanced Clinical Practitioner opportunity in vascular surgery. The role starts at Band 7 with a planned progression while undertaking an advanced nurse practitioner course, including a two-year program and nurse prescribing units, with mentorship from established vascular ANPs.

The post supports assessment and co-ordination of patients from outlying wards, working across sites, and offers a secure development path for experienced vascular nurses

Qualifications

• Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council or Nursing and Midwifery Council.
• Evidence of mentoring and supervision background.
• Flexible around working across site.

Responsibilities

• Continually evaluate, reflect upon and audit own practice at individual and systems level.
• Actively seek and participate in peer review and planned reviews with mentor.
• Continually assess and monitor risk in practice and address wider risk factors.
• Use professional judgement in managing complex and unpredictable care events.

Skills

Self-motivation

Independent working

Mentoring

Education

HCPC or NMC registration

Job description

Band 7/8a Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Band 7/8a

Main area Surgery Grade Band 7/8a Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 162-7974-SURG

Site Surgery Medical Staffing Town Romford Salary £63,665 - £70,887 Per Annum inclusive Salary period Yearly Closing 28/10/2026 23:59

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated registered nurse to join our vascular service as a trainee advanced nurse practitioner. this developmental role is ideal for an experienced surgical nurse with a background in vascular nursing at band 6/7 who wishes to advance their practice and become an expert practitioner in vascular care. the successful candidate will work alongside an established vascular MDT supporting the assessment and co-ordination of patients from outlying wards and King George hospital. The candidate must be flexible around working across site. The post holder will commence in post as a band 7 and will be expected to undertake the advanced nurse practitioner course with some self-directed learning, and the security of the post will be dependent upon successful completion of the units. This is a minimum of a 2 year course including the nurse prescribing unit. Mentorship will be provided by the surgical ANPs.

Main duties of the job

Continually evaluate, reflect upon and audit own practice at individual and systems level, selecting and applying valid and reliable approaches and methods which are appropriate to needs and context, and acting on the findings.

Actively seek and participate in peer review of own practice and participate in planned reviews of training and practice with assigned clinical mentor.

Continually assess and monitor risk in own and others’ practice and challenge others about wider risk factors.

Use professional judgement in managing complex and unpredictable care events and capture the learning from these experiences to improve patient care and service delivery.

Working for our organisation

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.

We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

• Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council or Nursing and Midwifery Council

Experience/ Knowledge

• Evidence of strong mentoring and supervision background

Personal Qualities

• Self-motivated and able to work independently and autonomously

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Flexible working
We welcome applications from candidates seeking flexible working or job sharing where service needs allow.

Pre-employment checks
Please provide references from your current or most recent employer, including your line manager or supervisor. Successful applicants will also be required to complete pre-employment checks, including identity verification through TrustID and any role-specific clearances.

Certificate of Sponsorship
In line with UKVI guidance, we are unable to provide a Certificate of Sponsorship for Band 2 and Band 3 roles.

Recruitment process
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Inclusion
BHRUT is committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Applicants who declare a disability under the Equality Act 2010 or identify as a Care Leaver and choose to be considered under our Disability Confident or Care Leaver schemes will be guaranteed an interview where they meet the essential criteria.

Safeguarding
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We have a wide range of flexible, temporary and part-time opportunities.