Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Clinical Night Team
| Posting date: | 16 April 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £57,528 - £64,750 band 8a year 3 annex 21 until relevant competencies achieved |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 16 May 2026 |
| Location: | Preston, PR29HT |
| Company: | Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7941331/438-PB3990-A |
Summary
A Vacancy at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The Clinical Night Team (CNT) are a team of established Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP), the Qualified ACPs provide advanced clinical cover 19:30 -07:30 across all adult inpatient areas and the emergency department for patients with a decision to admit and awaiting a ward bed.They will arrange appropriate management and treatment plans for in patients, supporting admission areas with the assessment of patients with a variety of undifferentiated presentations whilst working within the trusts guidelines, policy and procedures.The CNT work alongside the on-call medical and surgical teams supporting the medical staff to remain in the admission areas to clerk new admissions. Provide the AKI service over night. The ACPs are supported by a team of Assistant Practitioners.
The successful candidate will work within the Clinical Night team independently reviewing and treating patients across all divisions in the organisation.
You willwork alongside both resident and senior doctorsacting as an autonomous practitionerdelivering a high quality service. Responsibilities will include assessments of patients using a range of assessment methods to determine ongoing plans of care.
You will also be responsible for independent reviews of inpatients who are receiving ongoing ward based care and escalate care where escalation is indicated to the relevant speciality and medical staff.
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
You will attend the medical, surgical and orthopaedic handovers at the beginning of a shift receiving tasks from the evening on call teams. You will manage complex and unpredictable events providing leadership, advice and support to the emergency department, in patient ward staff and medical teams, whilst ensuring the safety of patients, families and carers. You will act as a clinical role model / advocate for developing and delivering care that is responsive to changing requirements whilst maintaining effective professional and productive communication with patients, relatives, the multi-disciplinary team
Clinical referrals will be received via the Smart page app and organisational bleep system these responsibilities will include but are not limited to the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of acutely unwell patients, supportive management of chronic conditions as well as general on call ward tasks such as routine prescribing, check bloods and review blood results, interpret 12 lead ECGs. Respond to 2222 calls as core members of the cardiac arrest team.
This advert closes on Thursday 30 Apr 2026
The Clinical Night Team (CNT) are a team of established Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP), the Qualified ACPs provide advanced clinical cover 19:30 -07:30 across all adult inpatient areas and the emergency department for patients with a decision to admit and awaiting a ward bed.They will arrange appropriate management and treatment plans for in patients, supporting admission areas with the assessment of patients with a variety of undifferentiated presentations whilst working within the trusts guidelines, policy and procedures.The CNT work alongside the on-call medical and surgical teams supporting the medical staff to remain in the admission areas to clerk new admissions. Provide the AKI service over night. The ACPs are supported by a team of Assistant Practitioners.
The successful candidate will work within the Clinical Night team independently reviewing and treating patients across all divisions in the organisation.
You willwork alongside both resident and senior doctorsacting as an autonomous practitionerdelivering a high quality service. Responsibilities will include assessments of patients using a range of assessment methods to determine ongoing plans of care.
You will also be responsible for independent reviews of inpatients who are receiving ongoing ward based care and escalate care where escalation is indicated to the relevant speciality and medical staff.
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
You will attend the medical, surgical and orthopaedic handovers at the beginning of a shift receiving tasks from the evening on call teams. You will manage complex and unpredictable events providing leadership, advice and support to the emergency department, in patient ward staff and medical teams, whilst ensuring the safety of patients, families and carers. You will act as a clinical role model / advocate for developing and delivering care that is responsive to changing requirements whilst maintaining effective professional and productive communication with patients, relatives, the multi-disciplinary team
Clinical referrals will be received via the Smart page app and organisational bleep system these responsibilities will include but are not limited to the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of acutely unwell patients, supportive management of chronic conditions as well as general on call ward tasks such as routine prescribing, check bloods and review blood results, interpret 12 lead ECGs. Respond to 2222 calls as core members of the cardiac arrest team.
This advert closes on Thursday 30 Apr 2026