Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Job summary

Full time, permanent position

We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated, Band 8a Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join our Surgical team.

As part of the Surgical Division, the service comprises a Surgical Assessment Unit (SAU) and two General Surgical inpatient wards, delivering care to both elective and emergency patients. Working with colleagues across the Urgent and Emergency Care Centre (UECC), the team is committed to ensuring patients receive timely assessment, effective clinical decision-making, and the most appropriate pathway.

The candidate will be a skilled autonomous practitioner with excellent assessment, diagnostic, and decision-making abilities. You will be committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care and will thrive within a multidisciplinary environment.

You will join a department that currently includes five qualified ACP's and one Trainee ACP. The post holder will work a structured rota alongside Foundation Year 1 and Senior House Officer colleagues, contributing to the assessment and management of surgical patients.

The department has a strong track record of supporting Advanced Clinical Practice development and offers robust supervision alongside educational opportunities. ACPs within the team actively contribute to service development, quality improvement, teaching, clinical audit, and research activities. Opportunities exist to develop specialist interests, advanced procedural skills relevant to general surgical practice.

The post holder will practise autonomously providing expert, patient-centred care. The ACP will undertake assessments, examination, investigation, diagnosis, treatment planning, referral, and discharge of patients with surgical conditions. The role will support innovative and efficient models of care that promote timely access to specialist assessment and intervention, ensuring safe effective patient care.

The post holder will be responsible for:

• Undertaking clinical assessment, clerking, diagnosis, and management of patients presenting with a range of surgical conditions.
• Requesting, interpreting, acting upon appropriate investigations to support clinical decision-making.
• Developing and implementing management plans, including admission, treatment, referral, and discharge decisions.
• Independently prescribing within scope of practice and in accordance with local and national policies.
• Working with Consultants, specialty doctors, nursing teams, ACPs, allied health professionals, supporting staff to deliver high-quality care.
• Participating in ward rounds, multidisciplinary team discussions, and surgical assessment services.
• Clinical advice and support to junior doctors, nursing staff, and other healthcare professionals.
• Maintaining comprehensive, and contemporaneous records.

In addition to direct clinical care, the post holder will contribute to the wider development of the service reflecting the four pillars of Advanced Clinical Practice.

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) is a combined acute and community Trust serving our local population of around 270,000 people. Our vision is to always act the right way and be proud to provide exceptional healthcare to the communities of Rotherham

As a Trust we are on a journey to excellence and our people and culture are at the heart of everything we do for patients. In the latest NHS Staff Survey ,show progress in areas that matter most to staff. We have seen good results in how colleagues feel about health and wellbeing, alongside increased confidence that employees are recognised and supported

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