Job summary
Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Department: Emergency Department
Band 8A
Hours: 37.5 per week on a rota which will include early, lates, twilights and night shifts. All MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working
Are you ready to lead, innovate, and deliver exceptional care in a fast-paced clinical environment?
#TeamMKUH have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join our Emergency Department.
As an ACP, you'll manage the full patient journey--from initial assessment to diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation. You'll work within a multi-professional framework, making complex decisions with confidence, compassion and care.
Additionally, you will organise complex care planning and follow ups, including discharge planning and referrals to another services/organisation
You should have excellent interpersonal skills, resilience, emotional intelligence, and a professional manner, and be able to prioritise and organise your workload and work under pressure.
Furthermore, the successful candidate will collaborate across our internal and external partners, including medical and nursing teams, allied health professionals, social care, and urgent care providers.
Interview date: 08.10.2025
Main duties of the job
We care We communicate We collaborate We contribute
The role is established in line with the national framework: multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice in England (HEE,2017).
Advanced Clinical Practice is characterised by a high degree of autonomy and complex decision making. The post holder is an experienced practitioner who is practising within their professional boundaries, who will provide care for the presenting patients from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of care. The post holder will demonstrate safe clinical decision-making including the prescribing of medicines.
This is underpinned by a master's level award or equivalent that encompasses the four pillars of clinical practice, leadership and management, education, and research, with demonstration of core capabilities and area specific clinical competence.
Advanced clinical practice embodies the ability to manage clinical care in partnership with individuals, families, and carers. It includes the analysis and synthesis of complex problems across a range of settings, enabling innovative solutions to enhance peoples' experience and improve clinical outcomes. The post holder will demonstrate critical thinking within the clinical decision-making process.
The role will encompass a 7-day working pattern with an element of shifts and out of hours working to meet the needs of the patients and service.
About us
Milton Keynes University Hospital, in proud partnership with the University of Buckingham, is a University Teaching Hospital committed to advancing patient care through cutting-edge research and education. With a "Good" rating from the CQC and significant investment underway, this is an exciting time to join our team and grow your career.
As a medium sized general hospital, we provide a full range of general medical and surgical services, including a busy Emergency Department, Maternity, and Paediatrics. As the population of our city and surrounding areas continues to grow rapidly, we are expanding and enhancing our facilities to meet rising demand and improve access to care for all our communities.
We are also proud to offer a growing portfolio of specialist services. In January 2025 we opened our state-of-the-art Radiotherapy Centre, bringing advanced cancer treatment closer to home. Our services also include neonatology, specialist surgical care, and a wide range of diagnostics, supported by the new Community Diagnostic Centre at Whitehouse Health Centre.
Further investment is underway, including the construction of Oak Wards - a new ward block featuring two 24-bed wards - and the recently approved Women and Children's Centre, set to open by 2030.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
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Request, perform, interpret, and follow up on diagnostics tests to support clinical decision making.
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Communicate with and take the views of the patients/relatives and carers on board to ensure that informed consent is obtained prior to investigations and or treatment.
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Leadership and management
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Promote best practice for the patients, using standards, clinical guidelines, and research/audit findings.
Please refer to the job description for further details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
-
Request, perform, interpret, and follow up on diagnostics tests to support clinical decision making.
-
Communicate with and take the views of the patients/relatives and carers on board to ensure that informed consent is obtained prior to investigations and or treatment.
-
Leadership and management
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Promote best practice for the patients, using standards, clinical guidelines, and research/audit findings.
Please refer to the job description for further details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse or paramedic with current registration with a professional regulatory body.
- Master's degree in advanced clinical practice
- Non-medical prescriber
- Advanced Life Support Provider status
Desirable
- A clinical leadership/management qualification/experience
- APLS/EPALS Provider status
- ETC/ATLS Provider status
- ALS/APLS/EPALS/ETC/ATLS Instructor status
Qualifications and knowledge
Essential
- Clinical History Taking and Physical Examination training/experience.
- Evidence of autonomous practice with high level of decision making.
- Highly developed communication skills (written and verbal)
- Specialist knowledge in the service
Experience
Essential
- Substantial clinical experience of managing undifferentiated emergency cases
- Experience in clinical governance (risk management and complaints management)
- Experience in investigating serious untoward incident with follow up actions
- Experience in providing expert clinical care and advice
- Evidence of research skills
- Evidence of critical thinking with regards to effective patient management.
Desirable
- Experience of leading quality improvement initiatives
- Evidence of producing and presenting clinical papers/posters
Skills
Essential
- Ability to seek and provide peer reviews and support
- Ability to participate in a full shift rota
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to provide advice to other staff/teams
- Up-to-date knowledge of adult and child safeguarding
- Up-to-date knowledge of infection prevention and control issues
- Able to support personal resilience by seeking feedback and advice
- Able to engage patients and families in decision making
- Able to translate national guidance and guidelines into practice
Desirable
- Updated national initiatives on ACP
- Previous experience as an ACP.
Personal Development
Essential
- Ability to be flexible, to have flair and initiative and be able to work in a team
- Motivated / positive - self-directed and committed.
- Professional image
- Have an ongoing personal development plan
- Ability to organize, priorities and coordinate work
Communication
Essential
- Excellent communication skills with colleagues and people at all levels
- Flexible approach to work
- Good listener
- Team player
- Ability to manage stressful situations, raise clinical issues and work independently to ensure the patients' needs are being met
- Ability to manage and motivate self and others.
Specific requirements
Essential
- Able to perform the duties of the post with reasonable aids and adaptations
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse or paramedic with current registration with a professional regulatory body.
- Master's degree in advanced clinical practice
- Non-medical prescriber
- Advanced Life Support Provider status
Desirable
- A clinical leadership/management qualification/experience
- APLS/EPALS Provider status
- ETC/ATLS Provider status
- ALS/APLS/EPALS/ETC/ATLS Instructor status
Qualifications and knowledge
Essential
- Clinical History Taking and Physical Examination training/experience.
- Evidence of autonomous practice with high level of decision making.
- Highly developed communication skills (written and verbal)
- Specialist knowledge in the service
Experience
Essential
- Substantial clinical experience of managing undifferentiated emergency cases
- Experience in clinical governance (risk management and complaints management)
- Experience in investigating serious untoward incident with follow up actions
- Experience in providing expert clinical care and advice
- Evidence of research skills
- Evidence of critical thinking with regards to effective patient management.
Desirable
- Experience of leading quality improvement initiatives
- Evidence of producing and presenting clinical papers/posters
Skills
Essential
- Ability to seek and provide peer reviews and support
- Ability to participate in a full shift rota
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to provide advice to other staff/teams
- Up-to-date knowledge of adult and child safeguarding
- Up-to-date knowledge of infection prevention and control issues
- Able to support personal resilience by seeking feedback and advice
- Able to engage patients and families in decision making
- Able to translate national guidance and guidelines into practice
Desirable
- Updated national initiatives on ACP
- Previous experience as an ACP.
Personal Development
Essential
- Ability to be flexible, to have flair and initiative and be able to work in a team
- Motivated / positive - self-directed and committed.
- Professional image
- Have an ongoing personal development plan
- Ability to organize, priorities and coordinate work
Communication
Essential
- Excellent communication skills with colleagues and people at all levels
- Flexible approach to work
- Good listener
- Team player
- Ability to manage stressful situations, raise clinical issues and work independently to ensure the patients' needs are being met
- Ability to manage and motivate self and others.
Specific requirements
Essential
- Able to perform the duties of the post with reasonable aids and adaptations
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).
