Advanced Clinical Practitioner or Trainee | The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 03 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Dependent on Experience |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 October 2025 |
| Location: | Wolverhampton, WV10 0QP |
| Company: | Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7416260/225-DIV1-7416260 |
Summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join our existing Surgical Nurse Practitioners in Surgical SDEC. SDEC is a surgical same day emergency care unit. Successful ACP’s will provide expert assessment, examination, treatment and management skills to aid the development of the new unit. Supporting both the medical and nursing team to shape and develop the SDEC will be an integral part of the role. The post-holder, will play a pivotal role in the supervision and support of trainee ACP’s and the development of advanced practice within the Surgical SDEC unit.
We are looking for ACP’s that are passionate about their role, its development and achieving better outcomes for patients. You will be required to possess an MSc in Advanced Practice (or equivalent clinical Master’s Degree), certification in Independent and Supplementary prescribing, teaching qualification, and able to demonstrate possession of core skills in Advanced Life Support.
We invite you to arrange an informal visit and look at the fabulous facilities available within the new centre.
It is also important to note, if you currently do not posses an ACP, we put you on the correct education programme to obtain one.
The post holder will be practicing autonomously as an advanced practitioner within Surgery to provide patient-centered clinical care. The role will encompass the skills of assessment, examination,
diagnosis and treatment within an agreed scope of practice throughout the surgical SDEC Unit.
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS Trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We welcome the rich diversity that exists within our communities and workforce and are building a workforce that can help us to realise our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We are passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients. We are delighted that we have been rated as a “Good” organisation by CQC, following our inspection in 2019 and just like you, we are ambitious about what we do.
Bring your dedication and determination here, and you will benefit from the support of an experienced and enthusiastic multi-professional team committed to the delivery of brilliant patient care. We have been nationally recognised for providing excellence in healthcare; we are home to the busiest and most technologically advanced Cardiac Centre in the West Midlands. We have a strong research focus; the Trust hosts the Clinical Research Network West Midlands (CRN WM), which is part of the National Institute for Health Research, the clinical research delivery arm of the NHS.
Please refer to the attached job description for the full job description and main responsibilities
This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Sep 2025