Advanced Clinical Practitioner – Emergency General Surgery.
Band 8a | Full Time | 37.5 Hours Per Week.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join our fast-paced and dynamic Emergency General Surgery team.
You will become part of an established and supportive multidisciplinary team consisting of 5 Emergency General Surgeons and 4 Advanced Nurse Practitioners, delivering high-quality acute surgical care within a busy surgical service.
This role offers an excellent opportunity for an experienced ACP/ANP who thrives in a challenging clinical environment and is passionate about delivering safe, effective, and patient-centred care.
About the Role
The successful candidate will work across the four pillars of Advanced Clinical Practice:
- Clinical Practice
- Leadership and Management
- Education
- Research
You will play a key role in the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management of acute surgical patients while supporting service development, teaching, and quality improvement initiatives.
The successful candidate will be expected to work autonomously within their scope of practice, demonstrating advanced clinical decision-making skills while also working collaboratively within the wider multidisciplinary team.
Daily responsibilities will include:
- Daily management of acute surgical patients.
- Participating in consultant-led, registrar and independent ward rounds.
- Clerking and assessing new surgical referrals.
- Participating in the emergency care of acutely unwell surgical patients.
- Promptly identifying, assessing, and initiating treatment for the deteriorating patient.
- Coordinating and supporting resident doctors.
- Delivering teaching and education to the wider multidisciplinary team.
- Contributing to audit, research, and service improvement activities.
Safe and effective patient care is at the centre of everything we do, and we are looking for individuals who share this commitment.
All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.
We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.
We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.
The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.
Please see the attached Job Description & Person Specification for more information about the Advanced Nurse Practitioner opportunity available with WUTH.
