Company: National Health Service
Location: Shrewsbury
Job Description:
Overview
In this senior ACP role, you will deliver expert assessment, diagnosis and management for acute, complex, undifferentiated conditions across acute care. You will lead, mentor and shape ACP-led services within Acute Medicine, contributing to transformation plans and cross‑disciplinary care. You will work with the MDT to optimise patient flow and outcomes, while progressing your own professional development. This position offers a strategic leadership element and a direct impact on service improvement and patient experience.
Responsibilities
- Provide expert clinical assessment and management across Acute Medical Wards, Same Day Emergency Care and ACP-led outpatient services
- Lead ACP-led services and drive innovative models of care
- Coordinate multidisciplinary care and supervise/mentor trainee and qualified ACPs
- Contribute to education and development of the wider workforce
- Work with consultants and MDT to enhance clinical standards, patient experience and operational performance
- Support delivery of the Hospital Transformation Programme and long-term service sustainability
Key requirements
- Registered professional with no restrictions on practice
- MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent
- Robust clinical curriculum relevant to specialist field
- Higher-level capabilities relevant to clinical area
- Extensive post-registration ACP experience (ideally with surgical experience at Band 8a or above)
- Evidence of management/leadership and autonomous practice
- Experience in teaching specialist skills and knowledge
- Evidence of service development in the last 2 years
- Desirable: research publication
- self-motivation
- lateral thinking
- change management
- advanced clinical assessment
- diagnostic interpretation
- prescription and treatment review
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Posted: November 1st, 2026