East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner

The closing date is 24 August 2025

Job summary

Are you an experienced Senior Nurse or Allied Health Professional (AHP) seeking your next career challenge?

If you are, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a specialised and autonomous practitioner to join the team at the Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) as a trainee ACP.

In this development role - you will work towards successfully completing the Advanced Practitioner (AP) MSc (Level 7) programme in line with the Trust framework for advanced practice and their primary professional regulatory body.

You will play a key part in the UTC's day to day operations by providing high quality care to patients and support to your UTC colleagues, as well as championing a culture of excellence - enhancing team skills, promoting multidisciplinary collaboration, and driving continuous improvement.

Our UTC operates from a state-of-the-art, purpose-built facility adjacent to our brand-new Emergency Department. With a single point of entry for all walk-in urgent and emergency patients, our model ensures that individuals are seen by the right team at the right time. Working closely with dedicated, GPs, nurses, and AHPs, the UTC provides care for a wide range of urgent but non-life threatening conditions.

Join us in shaping the future of urgent care delivery

Main duties of the job

During the apprenticeship/training programme the trainee ACP will be supported to provide expert professional and independent clinical care enabling the coordination of a multi-professional seamless service for patients under clinical supervision.
You will undertake assessment and treatment of patients in the UTC who may present with complex and/or chronic illnesses and/or injury; to determine a clinical diagnosis, treatment and appropriate discharge as indicated as well as maintaining patient records.
The trainee ACP will be expected to demonstrate all four pillars of practice, being involved in and leading upon leadership activities that enable a rich culture of education, research and quality evidence-based practice.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Date posted

15 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £62,682 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR609-25

Job locations

Ipswich Hospital

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

oExtensive post registration experience, which must be as a fully qualified healthcare professional.
oAbility to respond to, prioritise and analyse health conditions and ensure effective interventions are actioned in a timely manner
oAbility to deal effectively with clinical issues within defined procedures and guidelines
oAbility to work with undifferentiated and undiagnosed healthcare problems with support and under direct supervision.
oEvidence of management skills gained through theory and or practice.
oExperience of mentoring and developing staff.
oBroad post registration clinical experience.
oAbility to work autonomously and within a team.
oAbility to demonstrate the implementation of research into practice.
oAbility to undertake required clinical duties/procedures.

Desirable

oExperience in Emergency Medicine/acute medicine/paramedic/urgent care setting

Qualifications

Essential

oRegistered healthcare professional.
oIT literate.
oEvidence of continuing professional development.
oCurrently Working towards an MSc in Advanced Practice.
oRegistered independent non-medical prescriber.
oEvidence of teaching, supervision and assessment skills.
oLevel 2 Maths and English (GCSE grade A*-C or O-level grades 1-6) or recognised functional skills assessment and qualification.

Desirable

oEvidence of prior learning at level 7.
oPostgraduate qualification or training relevant to speciality.
oMentor/assessor and/or teaching qualification.
oParticipation in research or audit projects.
oALS provider/instructor.
oEvidence of mandatory training updates.
oManagement qualification / leadership training.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

oExtensive post registration experience, which must be as a fully qualified healthcare professional.
oAbility to respond to, prioritise and analyse health conditions and ensure effective interventions are actioned in a timely manner
oAbility to deal effectively with clinical issues within defined procedures and guidelines
oAbility to work with undifferentiated and undiagnosed healthcare problems with support and under direct supervision.
oEvidence of management skills gained through theory and or practice.
oExperience of mentoring and developing staff.
oBroad post registration clinical experience.
oAbility to work autonomously and within a team.
oAbility to demonstrate the implementation of research into practice.
oAbility to undertake required clinical duties/procedures.

Desirable

oExperience in Emergency Medicine/acute medicine/paramedic/urgent care setting

Qualifications

Essential

oRegistered healthcare professional.
oIT literate.
oEvidence of continuing professional development.
oCurrently Working towards an MSc in Advanced Practice.
oRegistered independent non-medical prescriber.
oEvidence of teaching, supervision and assessment skills.
oLevel 2 Maths and English (GCSE grade A*-C or O-level grades 1-6) or recognised functional skills assessment and qualification.

Desirable

oEvidence of prior learning at level 7.
oPostgraduate qualification or training relevant to speciality.
oMentor/assessor and/or teaching qualification.
oParticipation in research or audit projects.
oALS provider/instructor.
oEvidence of mandatory training updates.
oManagement qualification / leadership training.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

Employer's website

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