Trainee Advanced Critical Care Practitioner

All our qualified ACCPs have a job plan that reflect the 4 pillars of Advanced Clinical Practice which reflects their own areas of interest and use of their specialist knowledge, skills and experience to contribute to the critical care unit innovation and development. The training programme, as directed by the Faculty of Intensive Care medicine and NHSE, requires the trainee to complete a Masters in Advanced Clinical Practice, to include the Advanced Critical Care Practitioner Curriculum, Training for Advanced Critical Care Practitioners produced by the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (2023).

You will be assigned an ICU Consultant Educational Supervisor and a qualified ACCP mentor throughout your training. Applicants for this position should be a registered nurse or allied health professional, whose registration denotes can undertake the Independent Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification. Applicants should have substantial experience within Critical Care, to include 3 years in a senior position of band 6 or above.

You will have a degree or be able to demonstrate academic ability at degree level. A high level of commitment and dedication is required to successfully complete the ACCP training, both academically and clinically. We are, therefore, looking for people who can demonstrate their commitment to the specialty through a detailed record of continuous professional development and evidence of involvement in projects or activities that have added benefit to themselves or their unit.

ACCPs provide valuable clinical leadership. As such, we seek someone who has experience of working in a leadership role and has strengthened their leadership skills through formal training or experiential learning. This should include formal mentoring skills and evidence of teaching/supervising in clinical practice. Trainee ACCPs are paid at band 6 or 7 dependent on prior qualifications. On successful completion of all requirements of NHSE, FICM and UHNM, pay will be uplifted to band 8a.