Lead ACP - Urgent and Emergency Care

Job summary

Are you a passionate, highly skilled Advanced Clinical Practitioner ready to take your career to the next level? Are you a dynamic leader with a commitment to delivering safe, effective, and patient-centred care in fast-paced, high-acuity environments? Join us in the Acute Care Division as Lead Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) for Urgent and Emergency Care at MYTT, where your expertise and sound clinical leadership will directly influence patient outcomes, staff development, and service innovation. The post holder will be expected to provide visible leadership to our ACP teams across all three sites; Pinderfields Emergency Department, Dewsbury Emergency Department and Pontefract Urgent Treatment Centre.

Main duties of the job

As the Lead ACP, you will be a clinical and strategic leader within our Urgent and Emergency Care services. Working at the forefront of patient care, you will: Professionally lead the ACPs and Trainee ACP's in emergency and urgent care. This will include supporting their personal development as well as helping guide and develop their roles within their specialities. Provide full line-management responsibilities including induction, appraisal, development and workforce retention as well as managing sickness and absence, disciplinary and performance issues that may arise. Lead and support organisational change and wider organisational strategy to ensure efficient service delivery, productivity and compliance with National Urgent and Emergency Care targets. Contribute to the writing and submissions of future ACP/advanced practice workforce business plans, supporting the current budgets. To implement and lead the standardisation of advanced roles within urgent and emergency care; in line with the Trust ACP/advanced practice strategic plans Motivate, inspire and develop the ACP workforce in achieving excellence in their role; maximising potential, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external good practice To influence the governance agenda for the team and specialty by developing systems of governance to support adherence to professional accountability and assurance ACP frameworks

About us

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation. We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, car lease and home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Employer details

Employer name

The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Pinderfields Hospital

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF1 4DG

Employer's website

https://www.midyorks.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Pinderfields Hospital

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF1 4DG

Employer's website

https://www.midyorks.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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