Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Go back Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 03 March 2026

Are you passionate about providing exceptional care to the elderly? Do you thrive in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment? Join our dedicated team as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) and make a real difference in the lives of frail, elderly patients.

As an ACP, you will be at the heart of our geriatric Acute wards, working closely with doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and support staff. Your role will be crucial in ensuring that our patients receive the highest quality care.

You will have the autonomy to make complex clinical decisions, deliver advanced therapeutic interventions and lead clinical practices. This position offers a unique blend of clinical excellence, leadership and continuous professional development. With no on-call commitments and a supportive out-of-hours service, you can focus on what you do best -- providing outstanding patient care.

You can be part of a team that values excellence, collaboration and continuous improvement in a supportive and educational environment. Apply today and take the next step in your career as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner!

Please read the attached full job description and person specification in the additional documents section.

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other.

We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs -

Home Office guidance has changed as of the 9th April, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer to the job description attached.

• Ability to effectively organise and manage clinical workload
• Understanding of the current structure of the NHS
• Attendance at Management Course

• Excellent oral and written communication skills and confidence to discuss patient management with other members of the MDT
• Broad & advanced knowledge of clinical pathophysiology
• Has a sound level of knowledge in relation to invasive and non invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
• Ability to take a full systematic focused history
• Ability to make a diagnosis based on interpretation of imaging and pathology results
• Has the knowledge to support safe clinical decision making in relation to discharge
• Clinical governance, current health service priorities. National and local nursing agenda
• IT literate
• Knowledge of more than one area of clinical practice - i.e surgery, medicine, orthopaedics, ITU
• Health and safety

• Registered with relevant healthcare professional body (NMC / HCPC / GPC etc)
• MSc in advanced clinical practice
• Meet the criteria as outlined by the relevant specialty college or faculty (where applicable)
• Evidence of on-going personal and professional development
• ALS provider
• Non-medical prescriber
• Relevant teaching qualification
• Evidence…