Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner Emergency

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS trust in England is seeking a Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join their Emergency Department. This role offers extensive training and development opportunities in a supportive environment, with the expectation of progressing to a Band 8a role after successful completion of training. Applicants should be passionate about clinical practice and ready to work across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Passion for advancing clinical practice.
• Commitment to a comprehensive training programme.

Responsibilities

• Deliver clinical care in the Emergency Department.
• Prioritize health needs and intervene appropriately.
• Accountability for advanced level practice.

Job description

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join our dynamic and well‑established Emergency Department team. This role offers an excellent pathway for motivated clinicians looking to take the next step in their career, developing advanced clinical skills within a fast‑paced and supportive environment.

You will be fully supported through a comprehensive training programme, combining academic study with hands‑on clinical experience. Working alongside experienced ACPs, consultants, nurses, and the wider multidisciplinary team, you’ll gain the expertise and confidence to deliver high‑quality, patient‑centred emergency care. If you’re passionate about advancing your clinical practice, eager to learn, and ready to become part of a collaborative and forward‑thinking team, we’d love to hear from you.

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

In both your training post and trained post, irrelevant of base, you will be required to work cross site.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver and participate in the clinical care of patients attending the Emergency Department and inpatients of the Trust
• Prioritise health needs and intervene appropriately
• To be professionally and legally accountable for all work undertaken to practice at an advanced level of professional autonomy and accountability that is within Trust policies and the Nursing and Midwifery Code of Conduct (2008) or Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
• Provide a level of advanced and comprehensive health assessment based on a specialist body of knowledge.

Working for your organisation

This post will work for The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust 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 at SaTH and the communities we serve.

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