Advanced Clinical Practitioner
| Posting date: | 22 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £55,690.00 to £62,682.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £55690.00 - £62682.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 February 2026 |
| Location: | Kettering, NN16 8UZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9264-26-0051 |
Summary
Clinical and professional leadership At all times act as a professional role model using appropriate language to address patients and following Trust standards in care delivery Champion patient centred care planning ensuring staff understand their role in building relationships with individual patients and accept the Key Nurse role Uphold NMC code and standards, including record keeping and medicines management Be visible and available for patients and carers to discuss care plan and/or concerns Build an effective team To be working towards autonomously assessing and treating patients with highly complex clinical needs within the majors stream of the emergency department and the ambulatory care area Able to communicate effectively in difficult and sensitive situations with patients and their carers Able to use alternative methods of communication in highly complex situations to gain information required to reach a differential diagnosis and treatment plan Able to assimilate highly complex strands of information autonomously to reach a differential diagnosis, order appropriate investigations and begin first line treatments in line with local and national guidelines Able to assimilate highly complex information and use own skills and judgment to order appropriate investigations and developing the ability to prescribe and commence first line treatments for unselected patients in the majors stream of the Emergency Department and Ambulatory Care Have the skills of analysis to re-asses patients to judge effectiveness of prescribed treatments and interpret results of investigations in complex cases Deals with patients and their relatives in highly sensitive situations, developing skills of analysis and judgment to ensure best practice and outcomes To be developing the skills to autonomously assimilate and interpret complex information to reach clinical decisions on referring patients on to other specialties or be able to safely discharge home To present patients case to senior medical colleague with all relevant information in a structured and professional manner to enable discharge of patients home and provide written information for community services about this episode of care and any ongoing treatment/investigations required Use advanced clinical skills i.e suturing, midline insertion and arterial blood gases Education and practice development Undertake own personal training program within the time frame specified to progress to 8a Completion of non-medical prescribing qualification Completion of clinical examination module at masters level To complete MSC in advanced practice Complete and maintain personal portfolio of skills Actively engage in training delivery to other team members Actively identify the talent within the urgent care team to harness and develop Research, audit and evaluation Provide assurance that care is delivered to the standards set by the Trust through audit and reporting processes Publish the outcomes of audits along with action plans To promote and support innovative practice and ensure relevant research findings are incorporated into practice To indicate and support research projects in own ward area and directorate disseminating results for improvement in nursing standards. To ensure that practice is evidence based and promotes nursing ownership of change, within the guidelines of unit policies and procedures.