Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Acute services in Medicine and Frailty (Medicine for the elderly) at Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust. The post involves working across these services as part of the multidisciplinary team and as a valued member of the Advanced Practice team.
You must have NMC or HCPC registration.
You must hold an MSc in Advanced Practice and currently be or have recently been in an Advanced Clinical Practitioner role with sufficient post Masters experience in an advanced practice post. Ideally you should have experience in secondary care - Acute Medicine and/ or Acute Frailty.
You must have portfolio evidence of post MSc learning, development and assessment.
If you have a passion for Acute Frailty we are particularly keen to see your application.
Main duties of the job
You will be practising autonomously as an advanced clinical practitioner (ACP) within acute services to provide patient-centred quality care. This will encompass the skills of assessment, examination, diagnosis and treatment within an agreed scope of practice throughout acute services. You will support a new way of working that emphasises a more efficient and patient focused service and will ensure the safe referral and discharge of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations across acute medicine and medicine for the elderly. This role will have a predominantly clinical component. Non-clinical time is included and will be given related to appraisal, clinical audit, teaching, self-development, development of the service and research. The amount of time is flexible to meet these requirements.
You must have a desire to learn with exceptional interpersonal and organisational skills, which are essential for this role. You will take pride in the clinical area and create a culture where the team feel empowered. The service aims to deliver and sustain highest standards of care, quality and dignity for all patients and the ACP will be responsible for delivering this.
If you are keen to develop and work as part of our dynamic team then we would love to hear from you.
About us
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people - patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing 'outstanding' care to our patients and rated 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH's values - Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent - are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people's age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
If you require sponsorship for a Visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check you are not applying from a Red list country - Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
This vacancy will close at midnight on 17 July 2025
Interviews are due to be held on 30 July 2025
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
If you require sponsorship for a Visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check you are not applying from a Red list country - Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
This vacancy will close at midnight on 17 July 2025
Interviews are due to be held on 30 July 2025
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant registered professional qualification
- MSc Advanced Practice with a significant portfolio of clinical practice
- Completed full training program as a trainee AP in speciality field
- Advanced Non-medical prescribing (as required within scope of practice)
- Advanced life support (as required depending on clinical area)
Desirable
- Recognised teaching qualification
- ALS Instructor
- Recognised leadership qualification
Experience
Essential
- Team leadership experience, including effective staff management including HR issues, sickness, grievance and disciplinary management / investigation.
- Evidence of ability and knowledge on how to undertake/implement audit/research and feedback.
- In-depth understanding of quality issues including clinical governance.
- Well-developed IT skills
Desirable
- Experience in recruitment and retention matters, staff appraisal and performance management.
- Evidence of involvement in primary research.
- Evidence of audits undertaken and outcomes.
- Relevant experience of service transformation
- Evidence of presentations at local / national levels
- Implementation of audit/ research recommendations.
- Proficient with EPIC e-hospital system.
Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive post registration experience and demonstrable experience in relevant specialty area
- Established Advanced Clinical Practitioner
- Significant experience in an Advanced Practice post (Minimum 18 months)
- Portfolio of evidence showing skills competence and achievements in practice speciality.
- Awareness of relevant national and local key performance indicators
- Awareness of relevant local and national strategies
- Awareness of implications of advanced practice
Desirable
- Acute Medicine or Frailty experience in secondary care.
- Evidence of autonomous practice.
- Commitment to the on-going implementation of the Trust strategy.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to make decisions, organise and prioritise own workload.
- Proven leadership skills and proactivity in guiding own learning, with a vision to work with others.
- Able to maintain judgement under pressure
- Ability to form professional interpersonal relationships and to forge trust with colleagues and other stakeholders
- Demonstrate enthusiasm, assertiveness and commitment to all elements of role
- Adaptable, open and receptive to change
- Demonstrates attention to detail, completion and evaluation
Desirable
- Evidence of previous formal and informal teaching experience
- Previous publication(s)
- Change Management experience and/ or qualification
- Involvement in project delivery.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Evidence of multi-disciplinary team working
- Evidence of supporting others' development
- Competent and confident approach to practice
- Flexibility around anti-social working patterns, including evening and weekends.
- Ability to synthesize information, consider and evaluate risks and options when making difficult decisions
Desirable
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant registered professional qualification
- MSc Advanced Practice with a significant portfolio of clinical practice
- Completed full training program as a trainee AP in speciality field
- Advanced Non-medical prescribing (as required within scope of practice)
- Advanced life support (as required depending on clinical area)
Desirable
- Recognised teaching qualification
- ALS Instructor
- Recognised leadership qualification
Experience
Essential
- Team leadership experience, including effective staff management including HR issues, sickness, grievance and disciplinary management / investigation.
- Evidence of ability and knowledge on how to undertake/implement audit/research and feedback.
- In-depth understanding of quality issues including clinical governance.
- Well-developed IT skills
Desirable
- Experience in recruitment and retention matters, staff appraisal and performance management.
- Evidence of involvement in primary research.
- Evidence of audits undertaken and outcomes.
- Relevant experience of service transformation
- Evidence of presentations at local / national levels
- Implementation of audit/ research recommendations.
- Proficient with EPIC e-hospital system.
Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive post registration experience and demonstrable experience in relevant specialty area
- Established Advanced Clinical Practitioner
- Significant experience in an Advanced Practice post (Minimum 18 months)
- Portfolio of evidence showing skills competence and achievements in practice speciality.
- Awareness of relevant national and local key performance indicators
- Awareness of relevant local and national strategies
- Awareness of implications of advanced practice
Desirable
- Acute Medicine or Frailty experience in secondary care.
- Evidence of autonomous practice.
- Commitment to the on-going implementation of the Trust strategy.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to make decisions, organise and prioritise own workload.
- Proven leadership skills and proactivity in guiding own learning, with a vision to work with others.
- Able to maintain judgement under pressure
- Ability to form professional interpersonal relationships and to forge trust with colleagues and other stakeholders
- Demonstrate enthusiasm, assertiveness and commitment to all elements of role
- Adaptable, open and receptive to change
- Demonstrates attention to detail, completion and evaluation
Desirable
- Evidence of previous formal and informal teaching experience
- Previous publication(s)
- Change Management experience and/ or qualification
- Involvement in project delivery.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Evidence of multi-disciplinary team working
- Evidence of supporting others' development
- Competent and confident approach to practice
- Flexibility around anti-social working patterns, including evening and weekends.
- Ability to synthesize information, consider and evaluate risks and options when making difficult decisions
Desirable
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).