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Major Trauma Advanced Practitioner

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Salford, M6 8HD

Salary

£57,528 to £64,750

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

1 September 2026

1 days left

Job description

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Advanced Practitioner to join the Major Trauma team at the Greater Manchester Major Trauma Hospital (GMMTH...

Working alongside consultant surgeons and physicians, specialty teams, nursing staff, therapists and the Major Trauma coordination team, the Advanced Practitioner will play a key role in ensuring timely assessment, safe patient flow, high-quality documentation and adherence to national Major Trauma standards, including tertiary surveys and rehabilitation planning.

The successful candidate will have a strong background in acute care, emergency medicine, trauma, or surgical specialties. You will demonstrate advanced clinical skills, excellent communication and leadership abilities, and a passion for improving outcomes for patients with major trauma.

This role offers the opportunity to work within a highly specialist service at the forefront of trauma care, contributing to service development, education, research and quality improvement in a dynamic and supportive team environment.

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Professional Registration

Essential

  • Current NMC registration first level nurse or HPC registration for physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist

Qualifications

Essential

  • MSc Advanced Clinical practice
  • Non medical prescriber

Knowledge training and experience

Essential

  • Effective communicator able to communicate complex and highly sensitive information
  • Evidence of ability to manage own clinical case load working autonomously
  • Experience within an acute specialty

Desirable

  • Experience within an acute major trauma specialty/ environment
  • Evidence of involvement in policy and practice change
  • Evidence of proactive involvement in the mentorship and development of AHP's and clinical practice

Skills and abilities

Essential

  • Demonstrates highly developed specialist knowledge and expertise across a wide range of medical conditions that is underpinned by a foundation of theory and continued acquired knowledge and skills through CPD
  • Demonstrate assertiveness, tact and diplomacy appropriately
  • Computer literacy

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

NHS Jobs

First seen

18 August 2026

Last checked

20 August 2026

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About the employer

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Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

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