Band 8a ACP TAC Team - 12 Month Fixed Term contract

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust; Poole; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals Dorset seeks a Band 8a ACP to lead the Trauma Assessment Coordination Team across Poole and Bournemouth hospitals on a 12-month fixed-term basis. You will provide senior clinical leadership, drive safety and patient-centred care, and oversee quality, governance and workforce across Trauma and Orthopaedics.

The role requires a registered healthcare professional with senior Trauma and Orthopaedics experience, strong communication, and capacity to work flexibly across both

Qualifications

• Registered healthcare professional with senior clinical experience in Trauma and Orthopaedics.
• Master’s degree in Advanced Clinical Practice and Advanced Clinical Assessment qualification.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Trauma Assessment Coordination Team across Poole and Bournemouth hospitals.
• Provide senior clinical leadership to multidisciplinary teams and ensure safe, person-centred urgent care.
• Oversee governance, quality, workforce, performance and service improvement across Trauma and Orthopaedics within UHD.
• Collaborate with Senior Matron, medical leads, ward leads and managers to optimise capacity and pathways.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Communication skills

Operational management

Improvement skills

Education

Master’s degree in Advanced Clinical Practice

Advanced Clinical Assessment qualification

NMC Registered Nurse (or allied health qual)

Continuous professional development (CPD) evidence

Job description

Band 8a ACP TAC Team - 12 Month Fixed Term contract

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Main area Trauma and Orthopaedics Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Fixed term: 12 months (to be worked flexibly across Poole and Bournemouth hospitals) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (flexible working across Poole and Bournemouth hospitals) Job ref 153-SU07015

Department name 01. UHD - General Recruitment Site University Hospitals Dorset Town Poole and Bournemouth Salary £57,528 - £64,750 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 12/11/2026 23:59 Interview date 18/11/2026

As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.

We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £500m transformation programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.

In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.

We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.

We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.

At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.

As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support the preparation of their application. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of your own experience and suitability. Personal integrity is an important part of the recruitment process.

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to provide senior clinical and operational leadership for the Trauma Assessment Coordination Team at Royal Bournemouth Hospital and Poole Hospital ona 12 month fixed term contract .

Working across both sites, you will lead two important front-door services and play a central role in delivering safe, effective, responsive and person-centred urgent care.

You will provide visible leadership to the multidisciplinary teams, supporting a positive staff experience, consistent standards of care and effective operational delivery.

You will have oversight of quality, safety, clinical governance, patient experience, workforce, performance and service improvement across both Trauma and Orthopaedics .

Working closely with the Senior Matron, medical leads, ward leads and operational managers, you will meet changing patient needs and make effective use of available capacity and Lower Limb Fragility pathways.

Identify , manage and elevate quality, workforce, financial and operational risks.

We are looking for a registered healthcare professional with senior clinical experience gained within Trauma and Orthopaedics . You will bring strong communication , operational management, workforce and improvement skills, together with the confidence to manage complex quality, safety, performance and workforce challenges.

For UHD employees, this fixed-term post will be offered as a secondment in line with the Trust’s Secondment Policy. Please speak with your line manager before applying.

Main duties of the job

To understand the full requirements of thi s role please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Working for our organisation

UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.

This service is cross site between Poole and Bournemouth Hospitals. The ability to work flexibly across both sites is essential.

There is a planned move for the Trauma and Elective Orthopaedics to switch sites between Poole and Bournemouth in Spring 2027.

If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.

UHD has active networks including Women’s, BAME, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant interview schemes.

AI tools may be used, but applications must honestly reflect your own skills and experience. Integrity is key to our recruitment process.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities are described in the JD that is attached to the advert.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Current NMC Registered Nurse (Level 1) or relevant Allied Health Qualification
• Master’s degree in Advanced Clinical Practice
• Advanced Clinical Assessment qualification
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Experience

• Autonomous advanced clinical assessment, clinical reasoning, diagnosis and management of patients with complex presentations. Clinical decision-making and diagnostic skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Teaching, mentorship, and coaching abilities
• Competence with electronic patient records and NHS IT systems
• Demonstrable theoretical and practical knowledge of acute care in Trauma & Orthopaedics
• Managing patients through trauma and lower limb fragility pathways
• Using data, audits or evaluation to improve clinical services and demonstrate outcomes
• Patient education, shared decision-making and empowerment
• Working in partnership with multidisciplinary teams and all levels of staff
• Clinical leadership, supervision, education or development of nursing staff
• Service development, pathway redesign or quality improvement, including implementing and evaluating change

Knowledge

• Clinical governance and risk management.
• NHS policy and healthcare quality standards
• Evidence-based practice and research utilisation
• Professional and legal aspects of advanced practice
• Safeguarding adults and children

Please note:

Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.

This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.

Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.

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.