Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Fuse Health - Derby
Salary: £46,000–£58,000 per year
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Training time: 20% of the working week
Fully funded MSc: Advanced Clinical Practice
Number of vacancies: Two
Develop into an Advanced Clinical Practitioner with the time, funding and supervision to succeed.
Fuse Health is looking for two motivated and experienced registered healthcare professionals to join us as Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioners.
This is a structured development opportunity combining clinical practice with a fully funded master’s degree in Advanced Clinical Practice.
You will work across acute, primary, urgent and community care services in Derby, developing the clinical knowledge, practical capability, leadership skills and professional confidence required to practise as an autonomous Advanced Clinical Practitioner.
Twenty per cent of each working week, equivalent to approximately 7.5 hours, is allocated to university study, training and professional development.
You will be supported by dedicated educational and clinical supervisors, senior ACPs and a consultant throughout the programme.
The opportunity
As a Trainee ACP, you will:
- Complete a fully funded MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice
- Receive 20% protected training and university time each week
- Develop advanced clinical assessment and examination skills
- Learn to assess and manage patients presenting with undifferentiated illness
- Gain experience across acute, primary, urgent and community care
- Develop clinical reasoning, diagnosis and treatment-planning skills
- Work towards safe and effective autonomous practice
- Build competence in clinical leadership, education, research and service improvement
- Maintain an evidence-based clinical portfolio
- Participate in regular supervision, teaching and reflective practice
- Contribute to the development of accessible, high-quality local healthcare services
Your responsibilities and level of autonomy will increase gradually in line with your demonstrated competence, university progress and agreed development plan.
Your working week
This is a full-time role of 37.5 hours per week.
Approximately:
- 80%-30 hours: supported clinical practice and workplace development
- 20%-7.5 hours: protected university study, training and professional development
Clinical experience:
The programme provides experience across a varied clinical environment, including:
- Acute care
- Primary care
- Urgent care
- Community care
- Multidisciplinary working with GPs, consultants, ACPs and other healthcare professionals
This breadth of experience will help you develop the capabilities needed to assess and manage patients across different care settings.
Training and supervision
You will receive:
- A fully funded MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice
- Protected university and training time
- A dedicated educational supervisor
- A dedicated clinical supervisor
- Regular support from senior Advanced Clinical Practitioners
- Regular consultant support
- Planned clinical supervision and progress reviews
- Support to develop your clinical portfolio
- Workplace-based assessments
- Opportunities to participate in research and service improvement
- Support to apply learning safely within clinical practice
Your development will be managed through a clear training plan with agreed learning objectives, supervision arrangements and progress reviews.
Who we are looking for:
We welcome applications from experienced registered healthcare professionals who are ready to progress towards advanced clinical practice.
Relevant professional backgrounds may include:
- Nursing
- Paramedicine
- Physiotherapy
- Pharmacy
- Other appropriate allied health professions, subject to university eligibility and service requirements
Essential requirements
You must have:
- Current registration with the appropriate UK professional regulator
- A relevant healthcare degree or equivalent recognised qualification
- Relevant post-registration clinical experience
- Experience of assessing and caring for patients in an appropriate clinical setting
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- The ability to undertake postgraduate study at master’s level
- The ability to meet the selected university’s entry requirements
- A commitment to completing the full MSc programme
- Strong communication and multidisciplinary-working skills
- A commitment to patient safety and evidence-based practice
- The ability to reflect on practice and respond constructively to supervision
- The ability to work across different clinical environments in Derby
Desirable experience
It would be helpful to have:
- Experience in acute, primary, urgent, emergency or community care
- Experience assessing patients with undifferentiated presentations
- Evidence of leadership, teaching or mentorship
- Experience of audit or quality improvement
- An interest in research and service development
- Experience working across organisational or professional boundaries
- An existing portfolio demonstrating clinical development
- Prescribing Quaslification
- Previous level 7 study
Salary and progression
The salary range for this role is £46,000–£58,000 per year.
The appointed salary and progression through the range will depend on completion of training milestones and previous acredited learning.
Why join Fuse Health?
You will receive:
- A fully funded MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice
- 20% protected training and university time
- Dedicated educational and clinical supervision
- Regular support from senior ACPs and a consultant
- Experience across four connected areas of care
- A structured pathway towards advanced clinical practice
- Opportunities to contribute to service improvement
- Support with research and portfolio development
- A collaborative, clinician-focused working environment
- Company pension
- Enrollment in the company bonus scheme
- cycle2work scheme
- Car salary sacrifice scheme
Important practical information:
- Number of posts: Two
- Hours: 37.5 hours per week
- Location: Derby
- Working arrangement: In-person clinical work with protected university and training time
- Contract: Permanent
- Clinical base: Derby
- Travel: The role may include work across different clinical and community settings
- Driving requirement: Full UK Driving License
- Closing date: 26/08/2026
Selection process:
The selection process is expected to assess:
- Readiness for master’s-level study
- Clinical experience and professional development
- Patient-safety awareness
- Communication and multidisciplinary working
- Clinical reasoning and reflective practice
- Motivation to become an ACP
- Ability to manage the demands of combined clinical work and postgraduate study
- Alignment with Fuse Health’s values and approach to patient care
The final process may include a structured interview, clinical scenario and discussion about academic readiness.
Please tell us if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process.
Apply
Your application should explain:
- Why you want to become an Advanced Clinical Practitioner
- How your experience has prepared you for advanced-practice training
- How you will manage the demands of clinical work and postgraduate study
- How you have demonstrated safe, compassionate and collaborative patient care
- What you hope to contribute to Fuse Health and the communities we serve
All appointments are subject to satisfactory professional-registration, employment and pre-employment checks.
Pay: From £46,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Flexitime
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Sick pay
Experience:
- Base profession: 3 years (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- registration with the relevant professional body (required)
Work Location: In person
