Emergency Department Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner
| Posting date: | 14 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £38,682.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £38682.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 August 2025 |
| Location: | Nottingham, NG7 2UH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Apprenticeship |
| Job reference: | C9164-25-1550 |
Summary
Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details of the vacancy. Wed also like to hear from ACP trainees who are part way through their ACP MSc training and are looking to move to insert specialty or to a supported and established ACP training pathway. Successful applicants to these adult trainee ACP posts will undertake the Advanced Clinical Practice MSc as an apprentice at The University of Nottingham and follow our supported and established three year ACP training pathway consisting of: Year 1: appointed as a band 6 and expected to be working within your current scope of practice alongside the nursing role if base profession is outside of nursing and/or not currently working clinically within the emergency department. The trainee is released 15 hours a week to complete year 1 of the MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice. Year 2: Following successful completion of year 1 the trainee commences as a full-time supernumerary tACP and starts the work-based learning and non-medical prescribing modules. Supernumerary trainees will have dedicated consultant supervision time, consultant competency sign off, ACP mentorship and structured teaching; allowing completion of the work based learning competency portfolio. Following completion of non-medical prescribing and a percentage of the portfolio tACPs will be awarded a band 7 following an appraisal. Year 3: following successful completion of the year 2 modules and the portfolio, tACPs will undertake a VIVA, once completed the tACPs will undertake a supported transition onto the rota with a supervisory period. When the final gateway assessments/modules are completed the trainee will advance to a band 8a qualified PACP. Once qualified, along with clinical work across the department the individual will have weekly rostered time to undertake their own continued professional development alongside service development work. They will be given the opportunity to follow personal interests and pursuits whether that is in education, teaching, research or management. This is a unique opportunity for an enthusiastic and committed individual to undertake a career in advanced clinical practice. If you are seeking to continue your career in the NHS in Emergency Medicine whilst continuing to be at the forefront of patient care, come and join us. We look forward to hearing from you