Trainee / Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) Paediatrics

TN United Kingdom; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and supportive team as a Trainee/Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Paediatrics. This role offers the chance to deliver high-quality, patient-centered care across multiple hospitals, working with a dedicated multi-disciplinary team. With access to structured development pathways and strong clinical supervision, you'll enhance your skills in a friendly environment that values innovation and teamwork. Be part of a forward-thinking organization that prioritizes work-life balance and inclusivity, making a real difference in the lives of children and young people.

Benefits

Access to NHS pension plan

Generous holiday allowance

Employee health and wellbeing services

Onsite nurseries

Cycle to work scheme

Flexible working options

Career progression and training support

Qualifications

• Registered healthcare professionals with experience in paediatric settings.
• Willingness to work towards or hold an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide general paediatric acute care within an acute clinical area.
• Contribute to education, research, audit, and practice development.

Skills

Clinical Assessment

Decision-Making

Non-Medical Prescribing

Team-Based Care

Innovation in Healthcare

Education

Registered Healthcare Professional

MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice

Job description

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Trainee / Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) Paediatrics, Wakefield

Are you a motivated, experienced Paediatric Nurse looking to take the next step in your career as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP)? Or are you already an established ACP looking for a dynamic, supportive team where your skills can truly shine?

At Mid Yorkshire NHS Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, we are excited to offer an opportunity for a Paediatric Trained or Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our friendly and forward-thinking team. You’ll be based across our hospitals, which include Pinderfields, Dewsbury, and Pontefract, delivering high-quality, patient-centred care to children and young people.

What We Offer:

• A supportive multi-disciplinary team committed to excellent paediatric care
• Access to structured ACP development pathways, including funding for MSc-level training (for trainees)
• Opportunities to work across emergency care, inpatient paediatrics, and community interfaces
• Strong clinical supervision and mentorship from senior clinicians
• Involvement in teaching, quality improvement, and service development

The post holder will be practicing within an Acute Paediatric clinical area to provide general paediatric acute care. This will encompass the skills of assessment, examination, diagnosis and treatment within an agreed scope of practice. Upon completion of Core Competencies, they will contribute to the Tier 2 Medical rota.

The post holder will work across nursing and medical boundaries demonstrating leadership in providing expert care, contributing to education, research, audit and practise development.

On completion of relevant competencies, the practitioner will have demonstrated clinical expertise, competence, confidence and be able to work within an autonomous and defined sphere of practice, maintaining records and in collaboration with the Medical and Nursing team.

Key requirements

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details.

We’re looking for individuals who are:

• Registered healthcare professionals (NMC, HCPC or equivalent)
• Experienced in paediatric settings (acute, emergency or community)
• Either willing to work towards, or already hold, an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice (or equivalent)
• Competent in clinical assessment, decision-making, and non-medical prescribing (or working towards it)
• Enthusiastic about innovation, education, and team-based care

Be part of MY team

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Application guidance:
We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.

• Access to the NHS pension plan
• Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
• Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
• Extensive benefits and support, including:
• Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Car lease salary sacrifice scheme
• Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
• Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
• Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
• Career progression, training and support

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