Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Hampshire Orthopaedic Centre

Job overview

We are excited to announce that the opening of our state-of-the-art Orthopaedic Centre in Winchester began in September 2025 with a great success. This new facility is a testament to our Trust’s ongoing commitment to enhancing healthcare services in the region and working collaboratively with orthopaedic services across Hampshire and Isle of Wight to serve patients across our communities.

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner role is designed to complement and enhance traditional medical roles, working collaboratively within the MDT which includes:

• Delivering an advanced level of practice within a field of elective orthopaedic surgery practice both independently and in partnership with the multidisciplinary team under the clinical supervision delegated by a consultant and/or Specialist Registrar.
• Using collaborative and independent judgement to assess, investigate, diagnose, plan, implement, manage, and evaluate the clinical care and management of elective orthopaedic patients
• Taking initiative and responsibility for providing clinical leadership, supervision, and structured teaching for the MDT to facilitate ongoing training and education.
• Taking a lead on audit and research within the unit contributing to developing and evaluating policies and protocols incorporating current best evidence.
• Promoting good clinical governance and implementation of the organisational strategy and work within agreed trust/unit protocols and guidelines.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be involved in establishing and delivering a high-quality service using state of the art models of care, for patients undergoing elective joint replacement surgery by facilitating an ambulatory lower limb arthroplasty pathway. In addition to clinical supervision of the trainees, you will work with key stakeholders to develop clinical pathways, audit and governance structures, that will establish a culture of innovation, productivity and constant improvement amongst the wider multidisciplinary team. Ultimately, this will result in the provision of clinical care for day case and inpatient arthroplasty patients; discharge planning and liaising with Anaesthetic and Surgical Consultants, escalating where appropriate.

If this role appeals and you have the required knowledge, experience, skills, motivation and resourcefulness we welcome your application.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) will perform at an advanced level under the core capabilities across the four pillars of Advanced Practice (Health Education England Multi-Professional Framework 2017):

• Clinical Practice
• Leadership and Management
• Research
• Education

To deliver an advanced level of practice within a specialist field, acting as a role model.

The ACP will practice both independently and in partnership with the multidisciplinary team under the clinical supervision delegated by a consultant and/or Specialist Registrar and/or under the guidance of the Lead ACP.

The post holder will use collaborative and independent judgement to assess, investigate, diagnose, plan, implement, manage, and evaluate the clinical care and management of the patients.

Responsible for providing clinical leadership, supervision, and structured teaching for trainee ACPs and the wider multidisciplinary team to facilitate ongoing training and education.

The post holder will work within a team of Advanced Clinical Practitioners providing consistent clinical cover to the Hampshire Orthopaedic Centre. They will be involved in establishing and delivering a high-quality service using state of the art models of care for patients undergoing elective joint replacement surgery, facilitating an ambulatory arthroplasty pathway.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered healthcare professional on relevant part of the NMC/ HCPC Register
• MSC in Advanced Clinical Practice
• Proven Clinical Leadership Skills
• Independent Prescribing (V300)

Desirable criteria

• Teaching qualification
• Leadership qualification

Experience & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Recent experience in relevant speciality (for example Orthopaedics)
• Evidence of Managerial Responsibilities
• Proven close working relationships with clinical colleagues
• Current experience of audit, research and development
• Experience in designing or delivering teaching programmes

Desirable criteria

• Awareness of budgetary responsibilities

Skills & Ability

Essential criteria

• Understanding of and desire to lead on quality issues
• Evidence of autonomous and competent advanced practice (4 pillars)
• Highly developed communication skills
• Evidence of strong organisational and time-management skills
• Evidence of ability to adapt to changing service demands

Desirable criteria

• Quality management and experience of accreditation
• Experience of working within elective surgery