8a - ADVANCED CARE PRACTITIONER
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Poole, BH15 2JB
Salary
£57,528 to £64,750
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
4 September 2026
4 days left
In plain English
What this job actually involves
The Advanced Clinical Practitioner works on older persons' care wards, assessing, diagnosing and treating patients ready for discharge but still needing care. You will lead the clinical team, mentor staff and help improve services. Suitable for experienced health professionals with strong decision‑making skills.
What you'll need
- Registered health professional (e.g., nurse, therapist) with advanced practice experience
- Master's level education or equivalent advanced training
- Proven ability to assess, diagnose and treat older patients independently
- Leadership experience and ability to mentor junior staff
- Good communication and teamwork skills
- Willingness to engage in research, audit and quality improvement
How to boost your chances
- Highlight any ACP or advanced practice roles on your CV
- Give examples of leading a team or improving a service in your application
- Refresh knowledge of NHS older‑person care guidelines
- Prepare to discuss how you use evidence to make clinical decisions
- Gather references who can speak to your leadership and clinical skills
- Be ready to travel between Poole and Bournemouth hospitals
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Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and highly motivatedAdvanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join our Older Persons Continuing Ca...
The Advanced Clinical Practitioner will work within our Older Persons Continuing Care Wards (OPCC Wards) at Poole and Bournemouth Hospitals and will provide clinical leadership and advanced autonomous practice across the Directorates OPCC Wards.
The post holder will be responsible for the ongoing assessment, diagnostics, and treatment of older persons who are medically fit for discharge but have ongoing care needs. Utilising an advanced level of professional accountability, autonomy, and judgement, underpinned by Masters level theory and experience. This includes highly complex decision-making across a broad range of differentiated and undifferentiated individual presentations and complex situations, synthesising information from multiple sources to make appropriate, evidence-based judgements and/or diagnoses.
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The Advanced Clinical Practitioner will work within our Older Persons Continuing Care Wards (OPCC Wards) at Poole and Bournemouth Hospitals and will provide clinical leadership and advanced autonomous practice across the Directorates OPCC Wards.
The post holder will be responsible for the ongoing assessment, diagnostics, and treatment of older persons who are medically fit for discharge but have ongoing care needs. Utilising an advanced level of professional accountability, autonomy, and judgement, underpinned by Masters level theory and experience. This includes highly complex decision-making across a broad range of differentiated and undifferentiated individual presentations and complex situations, synthesising information from multiple sources to make appropriate, evidence-based judgements and/or diagnoses.
Leadership & Management
- Provide visible clinical leadership within the Olde and across the Directorate.
- Support prioritisation of workload and operational flow
- Contribute to service transformation, redesign and integration aligned to national and Trust strategic priorities.
- Champion quality improvement, governance and values-based care.
- Support workforce development and advanced practice role modelling.
Education
Act as an expert resource for ACPs, trainee ACPs, ECPs and the wider multidisciplinary team.
- Provide clinical supervision, mentorship and support.
- Develop, deliver and evaluate specialist education programmes.
- Contribute to embedding the ACP role in line with national capability standards.
Research & Evidence-Based Practice
- Promote a culture of enquiry and continuous improvement.
- Apply critical appraisal skills to inform clinical decision-making and pathway development.
- Participate in audit, service evaluation and quality improvement initiatives.
- Support implementation of best practice and emerging evidence within older persons services.
You will
- Hold a Masters degree in Advanced Clinical Practice (or be near completion) aligned to the NHS England framework.
- Demonstrate capability across all four pillars of advanced practice.
- Be an independent prescriber (or working towards).
- Have substantial experience managing frailty, complex multi-morbidity and older adult care.
- Be confident practising autonomously
- Show strong leadership, influencing and service development skills
Why Join our OPCC Wards?
- Work within a supportive, forward-thinking multidisciplinary team on a nurse-led Ward
- Make a meaningful impact on outcomes and experience for older people.
If you are an experienced ACP ready to lead, innovate and practise at the highest level of advanced capability, we would love to hear from you.
UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.
UHD has active networks including Women's, BAME, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant interview schemes.
AI tools may be used, but applications must honestly reflect your own skills and experience. Integrity is key to our recruitment process.
EDUCATION
Essential
- Hold a Master's degree in Advanced Clinical Practice (or be near completion) aligned to the NHS England framework.
GENERAL
Essential
- Demonstrate capability across all four pillars of advanced practice.
- Be an independent prescriber (or working towards).
- Have substantial experience managing frailty, complex multi-morbidity and older adult care.
- Show strong leadership, influencing and service development skills
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
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First seen
13 August 2026
Last checked
17 August 2026
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