Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled and passionateLead Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP)to join the Urgent and Emergency Care Clinical Division WTWA. This senior clinical role is integral to the ongoing transformation of urgent and emergency services, providing expert clinical leadership and supporting high standards of care delivery across our Adult and Paediatric Emergency Department (ED) and Urgent Treatment Centers (UTC). As a Lead ACP, you will work autonomously at an advanced clinical level, managing patients across the full spectrum of undifferentiated emergency presentations. You will also provide visible clinical leadership, mentoring and developing a growing team of ACPs, Trainee ACPs and Emergency Nurse Practitioners (EP), ensuring excellence in clinical practice, education, and service innovation. This is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated ACP to influence strategic service development, enhance patient experience, and support safe, effective urgent care pathways.
Main duties of the job
Lead the clinical delivery of care within the Urgent and Emergency Care, across the Adult and Paediatric ED and UTCs.
Provide high-level assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and discharge planning for a broad range of emergency presentations.
Lead the supervision, development, and appraisal of ACPs and Trainee ACPs and ENPs supporting workforce growth and clinical excellence.
Collaborate with senior clinical, operational, and education leaders to drive quality improvement and service innovation.
Contribute to governance activities, including audit, incident review, and clinical effectiveness initiatives.
Champion an open honest culture of compassionate, patient-centered care in line with Trust values.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse Midwife or AHP
- Registration with either the NMC or HCPC
- Non-Medical Prescriber
- Master's Degree - evidencing all 4 pillars of advanced practice in relevant specialty/subject
Experience
Essential
- Significant recent experience as a qualified ACP
- RCEM Portfolio
- Experience of leading and managing teams/individuals
- Experience of audit/service improvement projects
- Experience of leading or implementing research in the clinical environment
- Experience of using/embedding evidence-based practice
Desirable
- Leadership training
- Journal publication and conference presentation experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the professional code of conduct and the duties of the ACP
- Understanding of life supports interventions and treatments at expert leve
- Advanced Life Support
- Safeguarding adults and children
- Knowledge of common conditions leading to critical illness
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse Midwife or AHP
- Registration with either the NMC or HCPC
- Non-Medical Prescriber
- Master's Degree - evidencing all 4 pillars of advanced practice in relevant specialty/subject
Experience
Essential
- Significant recent experience as a qualified ACP
- RCEM Portfolio
- Experience of leading and managing teams/individuals
- Experience of audit/service improvement projects
- Experience of leading or implementing research in the clinical environment
- Experience of using/embedding evidence-based practice
Desirable
- Leadership training
- Journal publication and conference presentation experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the professional code of conduct and the duties of the ACP
- Understanding of life supports interventions and treatments at expert leve
- Advanced Life Support
- Safeguarding adults and children
- Knowledge of common conditions leading to critical illness
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).
