Paediatric Advanced Clinical PractitionerNHS
Job summary
The Paediatric Advanced Clinical Practitioner in the Emergency Department provides expert assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management for patients presenting with undifferentiated illness or injury.
They function as an autonomous practitioner within a multidisciplinary team, bridging medical and nursing roles to enhance continuity, safety, and efficiency across the emergency care pathway.
Main duties of the job
Expert assessment, diagnostics, procedural skills, acute management.
Service improvement, supervision, MDT coordination.
Teaching, competency development, clinical coaching.
Audit, evidence-based practice, data interpretation.
Job description
The post holder will be an integral member of the team working collaboratively with medical, nursing, and allied healthcare professionals undertaking advanced roles and responsibilities under the direction of the Consultant in charge of the patients care and reporting to the Head of Nursing.
The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) will work within agreed protocols and guidelines exercising independent judgement in history taking, examination, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of a specific or diverse and undetermined caseload of critically or acutely or chronically ill or injured patients who may have highly complex acute presentations or more minor common illnesses and injuries.
The ACP will act as a professional resource for the multi-professional teams, patients and carers. They will ensure that evidence-based practice is inherent in all aspects of care and treatment; and ensure this knowledge is disseminated throughout the clinical area, across the Trust and externally as appropriate.
About us
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
We have four primary goals:
- high-quality care for all,
- being a great place to work,
- partnerships for impact, and
- research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
- we are compassionate,
- we are proud,
- we are inclusive, and
- we are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.