Acute Care Team Practitioner
| Posting date: | 22 January 2026 |
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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: | 05 February 2026 |
| Location: | Blackburn, BB2 3HH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9435-26-0026 |
Summary
They will review referred and ongoing patients and assess these patients who are considered at risk by the referring multi-professional team. They will act as a role model providing support, education and training to the multi-professional team caring for the critically ill patient. The post holder will have a degree of autonomy where they will be responsible for a caseload of patients across a number of specialties, to include an element of lone working. The post holder will be expected to work within a progressional role if all essential requirements are not met seeking and being supported to develop their experience and the implementation of clinical and non-clinical governance to modernise patient services. In addition, the post holder will be responsible for participating in clinical audit and nursing research, education, leadership and management. They will be required to work flexibly as an ACT team member to ensure standards are maintained, evaluated and improved. In addition, to the obligatory advanced clinical skills, the practitioner may be required to develop a range of additional skills or techniques that fall outside the usual scope of nursing practice.