Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 23 April 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £49,387 - £64,750 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 May 2026 |
| Location: | Ipswich, IP4 5PD |
| Company: | Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7960881/432-HR122-26 |
Summary
Are you an experienced Senior Nurse or Allied Health Professional (AHP) seeking your next career challenge?
If you are, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a specialised and autonomous practitioner to join the team at the Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) as an ACP or trainee ACP (depending on qualifications).
In this development role - you will work towards successfully completing the Advanced Practitioner (AP) MSc (Level 7) programme in line with the Trust framework for advanced practice and their primary professional regulatory body.
You will play a key part in the UTC's day to day operations by providing high quality care to patients and support to your UTC colleagues, as well as championing a culture of excellence - enhancing team skills, promoting multidisciplinary collaboration, and driving continuous improvement.
Our UTC operates from a state-of-the-art, purpose-built facility adjacent to our brand-new Emergency Department. With a single point of entry for all walk-in urgent and emergency patients, our model ensures that individuals are seen by the right team at the right time. Working closely with dedicated, GPs, nurses, and AHPs, the UTC provides care for a wide range of urgent but non-life threatening conditions.
• To successfully complete the Advanced Practitioner (AP) MSc (Level 7) programme in line with the Trust framework for advanced practice and their primary professional regulatory body, with the expectation that on successful completion the post holder will move into a qualified ACP role at Band 8a.
• The post holder will be working towards fulfilling the expectations and core capabilities of an ACP as set out in the Multi-professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice in England (HEE, 2017) and the Trust’s Qualified ACP Job Description.
• During the apprenticeship/training programme the tACP will be supported to provide expert professional and independent clinical care which enables the coordination of a multi-professional seamless service for patients under clinical supervision.
• Drawing upon a diverse range of knowledge to determine evidence based therapeutic interventions, which will include prescribing medication where legally allowed.
• The tACP will be expected to demonstrate all four pillars of practice, being involved in and leading upon leadership activities that enable a rich culture of education, research and quality evidence-based practice.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bringwhat’swidely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you
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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Sunday 3 May 2026