Trainee

NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Liverpool is seeking a Trainee Advanced Practitioner in Acute Medicine, offering a unique opportunity for clinicians with five years' experience. The role involves active participation in patient care, clinical assessments, and leadership in a multidisciplinary team. Candidates should aim to pursue a master's degree while benefiting from a supportive training environment. This position offers a full-time role on a secondment basis, focused on developing advanced clinical expertise.

Benefits

Supportive development environment

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years' post-qualification experience relevant to acute medicine.
• Evidence of participation in audit and research.
• Registered clinician with appropriate professional qualification.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to daily ward rounds and support clinics in Acute Medicine.
• Perform comprehensive clinical assessments and develop individualized treatment plans.
• Maintain a comprehensive clinical portfolio demonstrating progression across advanced practice pillars.

Skills

Clinical examination skills

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Basic IT skills

Education

Masters Degree in relevant discipline

Teaching and assessing qualification

Job description

Trainee Advanced Practitioner - Acute Medicine

Band 8a: Annexe 21

Main area: Acute Medicine

Grade: Band 8a: Annexe 21

Contract: Secondment: 12 months (Trainee Position: Annexe 21)

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (7 day service. Variable shift pattern, 8-4, 1-9 and long days 7.30-21:00. Minimum of 1 weekend per month)

Job ref: 287-RMED-55-26

Department name: LUH - 1 General Staffing (AFC posts)

Site: Royal Liverpool Univeristy Hospital

Town: Liverpool

Salary: Annexe 21: dependant on experience

Closing: 20/02/2026 23:59

Job Overview

We're excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for a nurse or AHP with at least five years' acute medicine experience to join our team of Advanced Practitioners in the Acute Medicine Department at the Royal Liverpool Hospital. You'll be joining a supportive group of eight qualified Advanced Practitioners and four trainees who are passionate about high-quality patient care.

If you're a dynamic, forward-thinking clinician who's eager to deepen your clinical expertise and pursue a master's degree in advanced health care practice, we'd love to hear from you.

This post is aimed at clinicians who already hold a minimum of 20 Level 7 credits relevant to advanced practice and who are motivated to complete their MSc through a supported two- or three-year programme, undertaken alongside a structured clinical portfolio.

Essential Criteria

• Minimum of five years' post-qualification experience relevant to acute medicine.
• Trainee ACP: Applicants working towards the ACP apprenticeship or those who can demonstrate recent Level 7 study will be considered.
• A minimum of clinical examination and diagnostics is required.
• Clinicians will be employed under Annexe 21 until all academic and clinical requirements are completed, with the expectation that these will be achieved within a three-year timeframe.

Main duties of the job

The ACP role within Acute Medicine is predominantly clinical, with approximately 15% dedicated to leadership, education, and research. This position offers the opportunity to work as an integral part of the medical team. You will contribute to daily ward rounds, support clinics, and clerk patients referred to the Acute Medicine service.

In this role, you will develop the skills to perform comprehensive clinical assessments, request and interpret appropriate investigations, and confidently initiate individualized treatment plans. You will manage patients within the acute inpatient setting while also delivering care through established ambulatory pathways or virtual review services in the outpatient environment.

During your training, you will be fully supported to develop a robust clinical portfolio that evidences your progression across all four pillars of Advanced Practice.

As a qualified Advanced Practitioner, you will work autonomously within your scope of practice, delivering high-quality, safe, and effective clinical care. Your practice will align with the standards outlined in the Multi-Professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice in England, as well as the NMC Principles of Advanced Practice where applicable. You will also be expected to maintain and continue developing a professional portfolio once qualified.

Working for our organisation

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Clinical Practice

As a Trainee You Will, Under Appropriate Supervision

• Undertake structured clinical assessments, including history-taking, examinations, and development of differential diagnoses.
• Request and interpret investigations with increasing independence as competency is achieved.
• Contribute to the development of individualized treatment plans, escalating to senior clinicians when required.
• Participate in daily Acute Medicine ward rounds, contributing to clinical decision-making, documentation, and multidisciplinary discussion.
• Assess and clerk patients referred to Acute Medicine, identifying acuity and escalating promptly when concerns arise.
• Develop skills in recognising and managing deteriorating patients, with support from senior clinicians during emergency situations.
• Support safe patient flow through high-quality documentation, early escalation, and collaborative working.

Leadership and Management

With Guidance And Supervision, You Will

• Contribute to quality improvement projects and audits within the Acute Medicine service and Same Day Emergency Care.
• Develop leadership behaviours through role modelling, reflective practice, and participation in team activities.
• Contribute to creating a positive learning environment.
• Participate in governance processes to build understanding of risk, safety, and quality within the department.

Education and Training

As Part Of Your Trainee Development, You Will

• Engage in a structured training plan aligned to your MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice and the requirements of the ACP Framework.
• Participate in supervised clinical sessions to develop your assessment, diagnostic, and decision-making skills.
• Participate in teaching activities for students and junior staff.
• Maintain regular meetings with your clinical supervisor and academic mentors to support your progression.

Research and Evidence-Based Practice

With Support, You Will

• Apply evidence-based practice to your clinical reasoning.
• Contribute to audits, evaluations, and service improvement projects.
• Begin to develop skills in reviewing and implementing clinical guidelines and pathways.

Professional Portfolio and Governance

As a Trainee ACP, You Will Be Expected To

• Maintain a comprehensive clinical portfolio, demonstrating your progression across the four pillars of Advanced Practice.
• Work toward meeting the competencies required for ACP qualification.
• Engage in regular supervision, work-based assessments, and formal review of your academic and clinical development.
• Adhere to the Multi-Professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice and, where applicable, the NMC Principles of Advanced Practice.

Communication and Team Working

You Will

• Communicate effectively with patients, carers, and colleagues, seeking support when dealing with complex or sensitive situations.
• Contribute to handovers and maintain accurate clinical documentation.
• Develop strong working relationships across Acute Medicine, ED, specialty teams, and community services to support continuity of care.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Clinical Professional Qualification. Degree level with appropriate registration.
• Masters Degree or equivalent in relevant discipline.
• Teaching and assessing qualification.
• Relevant post registration qualification/equivalent.
• Prescriber.
• Evidence of participation in audit and research.

Experience

• Demonstrable relevant experience within the speciality.
• Evidence of effective management.
• Evidence of effective leadership skills.
• Evidence of staff development.
• Evidence of change management.
• Evidence of application of current clinical service issues and developments.

Knowledge

• Understanding and application of healthcare governance.

Skills

• Excellent communication skills.
• Committed to delivering high standards of patient care.
• Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing.

Other

• Supportive of colleagues.
• Enthusiastic and motivated with the ability to motivate the team.
• High level of personal and professional credibility.
• Act as role model for staff.

Important Application Notes

Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.

Posts advertised to 'internal staff' are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.

Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months' of their 18^th birthday.

The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £26.50 (standard disclosure) or £54.50 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers) are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.

Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.

Applicant Requirements

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.

Application numbers: This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

Documents to Download

• Job Description (PDF, 233.8KB)
• Risk ID (PDF, 344.6KB)
• Recruitment Documents (PDF, 383.5KB)
• Life at LUHFT Benefits (PDF, 333.2KB)

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Paul Scott

Job title: Lead Advanced Nurse Practitioner (Acute Medicine)

Email address

Telephone number: 0151 706 3512

Additional information: If you would like further information regarding this role or wish to arrange an informal visit please contact Paul Scott via email.

Other Contact: Sheryl Snelson: Interim Group Lead ACP LUHFT and LWH