Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Ambulatory Care

We seek to recruit a combination of Ambulatory Care ACPs (8a) and Senior ACPs (8b) who will oversee the development of our advanced clinical practice agenda in the ED and significantly impact our healthcare services. Your role will be pivotal, shaping the future of our patient care. You will be supported by a team of operational and medical leaders alongside, Senior ACPs, a care group Lead ACP and our Trust Lead ACP.

The ACP team at Walsall NHS Trust was rated "outstanding" by the CQC. We have an active research agenda and close links with local Universities, having co-developed acute medical MSc modules in association with the University of Birmingham. The Medical and Long-Term Division has substantially invested in ACPs in the Emergency Department/ MSDEC, offering unique professional growth and development opportunities. We have developed comprehensive training strategies, regularly teaching local and national audiences via teams or simulation-based education.

We have a highly developed post-qualification plan that enables Qualified or Senior ACPs to map out where they wish to focus their non-clinical time across divisional research, leadership, or teaching goals. We have an active and ever-expanding research agenda, which will provide opportunities for you to be supported in achieving peer-reviewed publications., The post holder will practice independently as an already qualified/senior Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) across the Emergency Patient Pathway. This clinically focused role will include skills in supporting departmental coordination, service and line management responsibilities, education and mentorship.

The role will encompass the skills of assessment, examination, diagnosis, and treatment within an agreed-upon scope of practice within the designated directorate. The postholder will assist in the safe treatment, referral, and discharge of patients within the ED setting within the Division of Medicine.

The post holder will be expected to maintain and build upon Walsall's national reputation for delivering advanced practice programmes. We will also need to revisit the supervision we provide for our trainees, increasing the amount of 1-2-1 time they receive in collaboration with medical colleagues.

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust provides integrated acute and community Healthcare in the West Midlands serving a population of 260,000 residents. Walsall Manor Hospital houses the full range of district general hospital services. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and we are continually upgrading. Construction of the new integrated critical care unit was completed in2018, extension of a Neonatal Unit and brand new, state of the art Emergency Department is in the process of being completed.

We have now moved into our new, state-of-the-art Urgent and Emergency Care. We are ranked as the second-best Trust in the Midlands for ambulance handover and regularly perform in the upper quartile of the four-hour emergency care standard.

Colleagues highly regard our organisation as a supportive and collaborative workplace, reflected in our trust's values of teamwork, respect, compassion, and professionalism. We are committed to investing in our workforce and fostering a positive and dynamic work environment.