Lead for Advance Clinical Practice

• Provide professional leadership for Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs) across the Trust.
• Lead the development, implementation and evaluation of the Trust Advanced Practice Strategy, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives.
• Work with clinical leaders to support workforce planning, recruitment and service development for ACP roles.
• Collaborate with education providers to develop and commission advanced practice programmes that meet workforce needs.
• Establish and maintain governance frameworks compliant with statutory, regulatory and professional standards.
• Lead workforce development initiatives, ensuring ACP training supports service transformation and patient care.
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness and impact of ACPs across services.
• Oversee education, competency, credentialing and professional development of ACPs.
• Drive the four pillars of Advanced Practice: Clinical Practice, Leadership, Education and Research.
• Develop Trust-wide competencies and portfolios for advanced and consultant-level practice.
• Provide expert advice on advanced and consultant practice to senior leaders and the Trust Board.
• Keep abreast of developments in advanced practice and implement relevant improvements.
• Review advanced and specialist roles across professions, identifying opportunities to strengthen and standardise practice.
• Promote best practice, innovation and collaboration across acute and community services.

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

Essential

• Clinical experience as evidenced by working at a ACP role
• Knowledge of ACP multi professional framework Education, supervision in assessment of learners within the clinical setting
• Knowledge of ACP/ACCP programmes
• Knowledge of Clinical Governance
• Experience of managing and developing staff
• Knowledge of CPD requirements for trainee and ACP staff

Essential

• Proven ability in professional leadership and fostering leadership in others
• Responds to the needs of the organisation to change and reset objectives
• Ability to present, prepare and write reports
• Able to think creatively, analyse and solve problems
• Knowledge of supervised practice programme and recruitment

Desirable

• Manage post registration educational contracts
• Ability to integrate and apply, research education and clinical expertise in practice managing and completing projects