Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Urgent Community Response

Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and highly motivated registered healthcare professional to join our Virtual Ward and Urgent Community Response Service as a Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner. Offered at Band 7, this structured three-year development programme combines supervised clinical practice, rotational experience and academic study towards an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice, including Independent Non-Medical Prescribing.

Working as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, you will assess and manage patients with complex and urgent health needs across our Virtual Ward and Urgent Community Response pathways. You will be supported by experienced clinicians to develop advanced knowledge, skills and confidence across the four pillars of advanced clinical practice: clinical practice, leadership and management, education, and research. As you progress through the programme and demonstrate the required competencies, you will take on increasing autonomy and contribute to quality improvement, clinical governance and service development. Following successful completion of all academic, clinical and organisational requirements, you will be eligible to progress to a Band 8a Advanced Clinical Practitioner role.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

Main duties of the job

• Undertake comprehensive, person-centred assessments of patients with complex and undifferentiated clinical needs across the Virtual Ward and Urgent Community Response service.
• Use advanced clinical reasoning to assess, investigate, diagnose and develop appropriate treatment and management plans, with support and supervision throughout the training programme.
• Request and interpret diagnostic investigations, monitor patient progress and adjust care plans to achieve safe and effective outcomes.
• Prescribe medicines and treatments following completion of the Independent Non-Medical Prescribing qualification, in line with your agreed scope of practice and Trust policies.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary and multi-agency colleagues across primary, community and secondary care.
• Complete the MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice and demonstrate competence across the four pillars of advanced practice: clinical practice, leadership and management, education, and research.
• Maintain a comprehensive portfolio of clinical and academic evidence and actively participate in supervision, appraisal, reflective practice and continuing professional development.
• Participate in seven-day and out-of-hours service delivery as clinical competence and experience develop throughout the programme.

About us
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Details
Closing date: 06 November 2026
Date posted: 23 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 825-8322956-OPS

Essential Training & Qualifications

• Accepted on to and/or already commenced the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (ANP or ACP) Masters programme or a willingness to work towards commencing the Masters programme on the next available cohort.
• Registered Health professional with relevant Degree within profession.
• Non-Medical Prescriber (V300).
• Relevant post registration experience in Frailty, acute medicine, care of the older adult, End of Life Care.
• Teaching module at level 6 /7 and evidence of mentoring at all levels pre and post registration.

Essential Experience

• Evidence of expert advanced professional/clinical knowledge and experience within an acute and/or community setting.
• Experience of working within a fast moving service, managing patients with undiagnosed clinical conditions, requiring investigations, interpretation of diagnostics, formulation and adjustment of management plans.
• Evidence in involvement in supporting the development of programmes of care, protocols and clinical audit.

Essential Knowledge & Skills

• Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner skills, underpinned by theory and experience.
• These skills should include the ability to undertake a comprehensive assessment /review of existing patients or new admissions to the ward.
• Develop an individualised care plan which is patient centred and has a multi- disciplinary approach.
• Physical assessment skills.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
Address: Mount McKinley, Shrewsbury Business Park, Shrewsbury, SY2 6FG, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.shropscommunityhealth.nhs.uk/

Contact
For questions about the job, contact: Senior ACP, Shirley Pickstock, shirley.pickstock@nhs.net, 07977556539

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