Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner Acute Medicine

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is seeking a Band 8a Trained ACP, responsible for delivering clinical care and health assessments within the Acute Medical Unit. This role includes both training and clinical responsibilities, with an emphasis on professional autonomy and accountability across sites. Join a dedicated team focused on improving community health outcomes.

Qualifications

• Successfully complete training programme in 3 years.
• Ability to work cross-site and manage a 24/7 rota.

Responsibilities

• Deliver clinical care in the Acute Medical Unit.
• Provide advanced health assessments based on specialist knowledge.
• Accountable for professional practice within Trust policies.

Skills

Clinical care

Health assessment

Professional autonomy

Job description

Job overview

INTERNAL VACANCY

There is an expectation that you will successfully complete your training programme in 3 years. You will be supported with 15 hours of non-clinical time per week and required to work clinically 22.5 hours per week for years 1 and 2, subject to change depending on clinical and academic requirements. These hours will be between Monday - Friday, 0900-1700 hours, whilst in years 1 and 2, but may change when on rotation to other areas outside of Acute Medicine. In year 3, you will be expected to work 37.5 hours in clinical practice. Once you have completed all your internal competencies and academic study/exams successfully, you will undergo a sign-off appraisal to progress to a Band 8a Trained ACP role, provided all conditions are met.

Once you commence in a trained ACP role, you will be required to cover a 24/7 rota in line with service needs and working requirements.

In both your training and trained posts, regardless of base location, you will be required to work cross-site.

As part of your induction, you will be required to sign the 'Commitment by Financially Sponsored Employees' document, which is part of the Trust’s Development and Training Support Policy. This confirms that if you leave the Trust before completing your development (unless your contract is terminated by the Trust for reasons other than misconduct), you agree to repay in full the proportion of fees contributed by the Trust.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver and participate in the clinical care of patients attending the Acute Medical Unit and inpatients of the Trust.
• Prioritise health needs and intervene appropriately.
• Be professionally and legally accountable for all work undertaken, practicing at an advanced level of professional autonomy and accountability within Trust policies and the Nursing and Midwifery Code of Conduct (2008) or HCPC standards.
• Provide advanced and comprehensive health assessments based on a specialist body of knowledge.

Working for our organisation

This post will work for The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust within the Acute Medicine footprint, covering both RSH and PRH sites.

Our aim at SaTH is to empower colleagues at all levels to have the confidence, capability, passion, and knowledge to test changes and make improvements for SaTH and the communities we serve.