County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Advanced Clinical Practitioner
The closing date is 13 July 2026
An exciting opportunity has arisen for motivated and enthusiastic clinicians to join our team as a band 7 Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP). This role is ideal for individuals who are passionate about developing advanced clinical skills and contributing to high‑quality, patient‑centred care within a supportive and forward‑thinking service. We provide a fully supported training pathway designed to help you progress into a confident, autonomous Advanced Clinical Practitioner. You will receive supervision from experienced ACPs, Consultants, and members of the wider multidisciplinary team, along with protected time for both academic and clinical development. As part of our commitment to your growth, you will have access to CPD opportunities, leadership development, and advanced practice networks. This role offers a clear progression within a team that is committed to supporting your success and professional journey.
This is an excellent opportunity to develop into an autonomous advanced practitioner and play a key role in shaping the future of care within our service. If you are ambitious and compassionate we would be delighted to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
- Perform comprehensive clinical assessments, undertake diagnostic reasoning, and contribute to the management of patients with undifferentiated and complex presentations.
- Request and interpret investigations within your scope of practice and deliver safe, effective, person‑centred care as part of the multidisciplinary team.
- Participate in service development, quality improvement, teaching, and audit, while engaging in extended study.
Job responsibilities
- Management and Leadership
- Identifying need for change, leading and managing change, including service development.
- Developing case for change.
- Negotiation and influencing skills.
- Networking.
- Acting as a role model providing mentorship and/or clinical supervision to other staff/learners, supporting them in applying theory to practice.
- Clinical Responsibilities
- Decision making/clinical judgement and problem solving.
- Carrying out complex procedures such as fascia iliac block under supervision.
- Flexible role depending on the needs of the department; assessing and treating undifferentiated patients attending the ED.
- Working autonomously within the boundaries of agreed protocols.
- Key role in optimising ambulance handovers and seeing and treating.
- Exploring complex issues and making complex decisions encouraging the effective participation of everyone involved.
- Clinical governance
- Equality and diversity.
- Ethical decision‑making.
- Assessing and managing risk.
- Non‑medical prescribing in line with legislation.
- Developing confidence.
- Developing therapeutic interventions to improve service‑user outcomes.
- Promoting and influencing others to incorporate values‑based care into practice.
- Public health, epidemiology, health education and promotion.
- Development of advanced psycho‑motor skills.
- Educational Responsibilities
- Principles of teaching and learning.
- ALS provider and willingness to undertake EPALS and ATLS.
- Supporting others to develop knowledge and skills.
- Promotion of learning/creation of learning environment.
- Service user/carer teaching and information giving.
- Developing service‑user/carer education materials.
- Acting as a resource for improving health.
- Teaching, mentorship and coaching.
- Research
- Access research/use information systems.
- Involvement in research.
- Involvement in audit and service evaluation.
- Implement research findings into practice including use and development of policies, protocols and guidelines.
We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under‑represented.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Evidence of professional knowledge acquired through a Masters degree or equivalent level of demonstrable professional knowledge/experience.
- Supplemented by evidence of post‑graduate diploma specialist training, experience, short courses plus further specialist training.
- Recognised Teaching qualification.
- Registered Mentor.
- Non‑Medical Prescribing or willingness to undertake.
- Clinical Assessment course.
- Knowledge and experience of Emergency Care.
Statutory Registration
- Registered Nurse on part 1 of the NMC register; Valid UK NMC PIN or HCPC registration (Paramedic or Allied Health Professional with a registered professional qualification).
Experience
- Experience in emergency care.
Special Skills & Knowledge
- Ability to communicate condition‑related information to patients/clients and carers.
- Ability to communicate highly sensitive, complex condition‑related information to patients and relatives, demonstrating empathy and reassurance.
- Accountable for own professional actions, lead specialist for defined area. Demonstrable knowledge of integrating research and evidence‑based practice into clinical work.
Special Requirements
- Able to work day and night.
- Driving posts must have a valid Full UK driving licence.
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.
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515 a year, pro rata.
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