Job summary
Advanced Practitioner Band 8a/Trainee Advanced Practitioner Band 7
We are expanding our backpain service and have exciting opportunities for Advanced Practitioners/Trainee Advanced Practitioners, full or part time.
Job Summary
Appointment to band 7 or 8A is dependent on skills, experience, knowledge and qualifications (please view both Job Descriptions attached to the vacancy). If appointed as band 7,you will follow the AP training programme and when completed would move to band 8A.
The postholder will work autonomously within the four pillars of advanced practice -clinical, leadership, education and research to deliver the highest clinical standards in the practice of advanced assessment and treatment of back pain patients. The service is Outpatient based with clinics held in multiple locations within South Tees.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will act independently in the management of an often complex and chronic caseload of back and sciatic pain patients.
You will be responsible for advanced assessment , diagnosis and treatment planning involving use of imaging, when necessary. This will involve knowledge of all possible multidisciplinary treatment pathways and appropriate referral/signposting.
You will liaise with primary care and external agencies to enable and ensure quality service provision for your client group.
Acting as a clinical leader, you will provide specialist advice to patients, carers and multidisciplinary teams, while maintaining up to date knowledge to influence practice and develop care pathways.
About us
We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:
- Your leadership Impact
- Leading your Team to Success
- Leading into the Future
- Service Improvement for Beginners
- Developing your Service Improvement Skills
- Lean Practitioner
The leadership and improvement programme aims to:
- Explore leadership within the NHS
- Promote Trust Values and behaviours
- Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
- Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to leave and complete service improvements within the scope of your role
After you complete six and a half days of training, you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of addition in house and externally provided course and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications Band 8a
Essential
- Registered healthcare practitioner
- MSc in advanced Clinical Practice/Royal college credentialed/ HEE accredited AP
- Completed portfolio of professional development which evidences an advanced level of clinical practice in line with HEE (2025) framework for AP
- Portfolio demonstrating continued professional development and ongoing assessments
- Formal research module completed at level 7 (master's level).
- Will work towards and complete any appropriate credential routes which are available and applicable to the clinical area
Desirable
- ALS provider / instructor
Knowledge and skills Band 8a
Essential
- Professional knowledge acquired through a professional qualification which enables registration with a health care regulating body.
- Supplemented by significant post-registration experience and specialist knowledge of the clinical area.
- Management skills gained through theory and / or significant practice experience
- Leadership skills
- Contribution to policy development
- Ability to autonomously problem solve, analyse, compare, and interpret complex information before making a decision
- Has physical skills to ensure accuracy and dexterity required for clinical procedures
- Has led research and implemented service change/improvement
Experience Band 8a
Essential
- Extensive clinical experience in speciality
- Has led audit and research within the service
- Can refer independently to other members of the MDT
- Has lead on the development of standard operating procedures (SOPs) and/or local policy.
- Lead's and delivers educational teaching in relation to the speciality
- Supports Junior doctors/nurses/AHPs to develop their own scope of practice
- Can lead in Change management
Knowledge Band 7
Essential
- Professional knowledge acquired through a professional qualification which enables registration with a health care regulating body.
- Evidence of management skills gained through theory and practice
- Standard keyboard skills
- Has physical skills to ensure accuracy and dexterity required for clinical procedures
- Working knowledge of the trust AP strategy and policy
- Working knowledge of the multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice
- Ability to problem solve, analyse, compare and interpret complex information before making a decision
Qualifications Band 7
Essential
- Registered healthcare practitioner
- Successfully completed modules/ short courses which are relevant to their role and are equivalent to master's level (L7) Supplemented by post graduate specialist training which may have been delivered in house.
- Portfolio demonstrating continued professional development
- ILS/ALS provider (dependant on clinical area)
- Ability and drive to complete the MSc in advanced clinical practice successfully and attain the full AP MSc qualification
- Will work towards and complete any appropriate credential routes which are available and applicable to the clinical area
Experience Band 7
Essential
- Extensive clinical experience in the speciality at a senior level
- Service improvement experience
- Experience leading a team
- Undertakes and contributes to criteria led discharge where this is available
- Refers to other members of the MDT
- Leads by example and is a role model to junior staff
- Facilitates timely discharge
Person Specification
Qualifications Band 8a
Essential
- Registered healthcare practitioner
- MSc in advanced Clinical Practice/Royal college credentialed/ HEE accredited AP
- Completed portfolio of professional development which evidences an advanced level of clinical practice in line with HEE (2025) framework for AP
- Portfolio demonstrating continued professional development and ongoing assessments
- Formal research module completed at level 7 (master's level).
- Will work towards and complete any appropriate credential routes which are available and applicable to the clinical area
Desirable
- ALS provider / instructor
Knowledge and skills Band 8a
Essential
- Professional knowledge acquired through a professional qualification which enables registration with a health care regulating body.
- Supplemented by significant post-registration experience and specialist knowledge of the clinical area.
- Management skills gained through theory and / or significant practice experience
- Leadership skills
- Contribution to policy development
- Ability to autonomously problem solve, analyse, compare, and interpret complex information before making a decision
- Has physical skills to ensure accuracy and dexterity required for clinical procedures
- Has led research and implemented service change/improvement
Experience Band 8a
Essential
- Extensive clinical experience in speciality
- Has led audit and research within the service
- Can refer independently to other members of the MDT
- Has lead on the development of standard operating procedures (SOPs) and/or local policy.
- Lead's and delivers educational teaching in relation to the speciality
- Supports Junior doctors/nurses/AHPs to develop their own scope of practice
- Can lead in Change management
Knowledge Band 7
Essential
- Professional knowledge acquired through a professional qualification which enables registration with a health care regulating body.
- Evidence of management skills gained through theory and practice
- Standard keyboard skills
- Has physical skills to ensure accuracy and dexterity required for clinical procedures
- Working knowledge of the trust AP strategy and policy
- Working knowledge of the multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice
- Ability to problem solve, analyse, compare and interpret complex information before making a decision
Qualifications Band 7
Essential
- Registered healthcare practitioner
- Successfully completed modules/ short courses which are relevant to their role and are equivalent to master's level (L7) Supplemented by post graduate specialist training which may have been delivered in house.
- Portfolio demonstrating continued professional development
- ILS/ALS provider (dependant on clinical area)
- Ability and drive to complete the MSc in advanced clinical practice successfully and attain the full AP MSc qualification
- Will work towards and complete any appropriate credential routes which are available and applicable to the clinical area
Experience Band 7
Essential
- Extensive clinical experience in the speciality at a senior level
- Service improvement experience
- Experience leading a team
- Undertakes and contributes to criteria led discharge where this is available
- Refers to other members of the MDT
- Leads by example and is a role model to junior staff
- Facilitates timely discharge
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
