Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Emergency Department


Company:	Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£57,528 - £64,750 pro rata, per annum
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	WIGAN, WN1 2NN
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	12 Nov 2026
Closing date:	12 Dec 2026

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Summary

A Vacancy at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The UEC team are excited to offer an Advanced Clinical Practitioner Post.

We want to appoint an Advanced Clinical Practitioner in the speciality of Urgent and Emergency Care. Advanced Practice is characterised by a high degree of autonomy and complex decision making. This will develop the freedom to act and make clinical judgements to satisfy the expectations and demands of the role.

The role encompasses the four pillars of practice in line with the Multi-professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice in England. The pillars include clinical practice, leadership and management, evaluation and research, with demonstration of core capabilities and area of specific clinical competencies.

The post will involve caring for patients with diverse needs including patients presenting with undifferentiated and differentiated conditions, complex co-morbidities, elderly patients and patients with diverse needs.

Please note you must have aMSc in Advanced Practice and aNon-Medical Prescribingqualification to be eligible for this post. These are mandatory qualifications.

The post will involve working within the Advanced Clinical practitioner team to triage and deal with request for same day / urgent visits and support the management of the daily visit workload. Mentorship, support and guidance will be provided as required

The post will involve developing and maintaining supportive working relationships with the medical, nursing, AHP and multi-professional and multi-agency teams.

The applicant will be self-motivated and show a willingness and aptitude to learn and develop. The applicant will show a desire to improve patient care through the application of advanced clinical skills and knowledge, leadership, education and research skills.

The applicant will develop advanced knowledge and skills to prevent / avoid attendance at ED and hospital admission, reduce the length of hospital admissions and facilitate early discharge if appropriate.The applicant will be allocated a medical mentor who will oversee the achievement of ongoing clinical competencies, with the support from the ACP team. Regular reviews and support will be provided as needed.

· Assess a range of patients with undifferentiated and differentiated problems and under supervision if needed and work towards the development of a comprehensive management plan in undifferentiated and differentiated presentations.

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is proud to provide high‑quality acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, our staff are central to everything we do — we believe thathappy staff make for happy patients, and this ethos underpins our culture and our success.

We have a strong, recognised track record in staff engagement and in living our values:

• People at the Heart

• Listen and Involve

• Kind and Respectful

• ONE Team

We are committed to placing patients at the heart of every decision and delivering safe, effective care that protects dignity and enhances experience. We seek to recruit people who share our values, our passion for high‑quality care, and our belief in working together as One Team.

At WWL, we recognise the strength that comes from a rich and diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all sections of society and are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

Professional / Clinical Practice:

· Ensure clinical practice reflects all current NMC documents including (a) Code of professional Conduct (b) Standards for record keeping (c) Administration of Medicines.

· Work within the trust” s policies and procedures and the parameters set down in agreed local clinical protocols and guidelines and national best practice guidelines such as those published by NICEand within own sphere of competence. Trust policies, procedures and guidelines can be found on the trust website.

· Develop and utilise advanced knowledge and skills to assess, examine, diagnose, plan, treat and refer patients if needed to meet the patients physiological, psychological and social needs and in response to the changing needs of the service.

· Utilise appropriate investigations to confirm diagnosis and action as needed.

· Work towards organising the clinical management of patients, utilising advanced knowledge and skills prioritising patients accordingly. This may be through triage, face to face and telephone consultations, MDT meetings as appropriate using professional clinical judgement.

· Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations with the support and guidance from other team members.

· Work towards managing situations that are unfamiliar, complex or unpredictable and seeking to build confidence in others with the support and guidance from other team members. This will involveutilising clinical judgement and decision making to initiate appropriate interventions and treatment for patients.

· Make and receive referrals to and from other health care professionals

· Communicate patient’s condition, verbally and in writing as required, to other members of the multi-professional and multi-agency team and contribute towards the decision-making processes in patient management.

· Discuss with mentor / supervisor the utilization of medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice.

· Non- Medical Prescribing qualification (V300) as agreed in the MSc Advanced Practice.

· Support and promote patient independence and daily living within their home.

· Support patients to make healthy lifestyle choices through implementing health education and promotion strategies and promote self-care where appropriate

This advert closes on Sunday 22 Nov 2026

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