An exciting opportunity to join our Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) team at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Hospitals.
Successful candidates will join a team of enthusiastic trainee and qualified ACP’s within the General Surgery Directorate. The post holder will work on the managerial rota, and work in the Surgical Assessment Unit (SAU), including Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) and Emergency Departments (ED).
Please note we welcome applications from those seeking a Trainee ACP role (band 7) or those already qualified as an ACP (Band 8a) Please refer to the relevant job descriptions and person specifications for further detail.
The post holder will be an experienced Nurse, Paramedic or AHP who will demonstrate a high level of expertise within the specialist service providing advice, education and support to staff, patients, their families and carers whilst they uphold the trust values.
The post holder, once trained, will be practising autonomously as an advanced clinical practitioner (ACP) within General Surgery to provide patient-centred clinical care across several wards. . Their scope will encompass the skills of advanced clinical assessment, physical examination, diagnosis and treatment within an agreed scope of practice throughout the directorate. The post holder will work towards keeping proficient in a set of core skills, defined by the Advanced Practice Assurance Group (APAG), which will allow them, if appropriate and deemed necessary, to be proposed to assist or be deployed to other clinical areas in a similar capacity, in order to ensure patient safety is maintained.
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust ranks among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and was named the second-best Trust to work for in the South East in the 2023 and 2024 NHS Staff Survey.
We are a large acute hospital trust in south-east England, providing general hospital services and specialist care to around 600,000 residents in West Kent and East Sussex. With a dedicated and diverse team of over 8,000 staff we are proud to offer specialised cancer services to over two million people through the Kent Oncology Centre.
Fordcombe Hospital, near Tunbridge Wells, became part of the Trust in October 2024. Specialising in planned care, it offers two operating theatres, 28 inpatient and day-care beds, diagnostic services (X-ray, MRI, CT, and endoscopy), and consultation/treatment rooms.
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JOINING US INCLUDES A COMPREHENSIVE BENEFITS PACKAGE:

• At least 27 days of annual leave plus public/bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time staff).
• Membership in the NHS Pension Scheme, with a 20.6% employer contribution and life assurance benefits
• Blue Light card eligibility
• And more, additional benefits can be found in the benefits documents below
  We’ve provided all the details you need about this role in the job description and person specification. Please take a moment to review the criteria in the person specification and share specific examples in your application that demonstrate how you meet these requirements. Please also check your application for errors/omissions prior to submission.
  Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)
  All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date had been agreed.
  Following your corporate induction you will be expected to attend the Trust’s 2-week Induction Programme for RNs, NAs, RMs, ODPs and Paramedics. The programme is full-time (please email mtw-tr.professionalstandards@nhs.net if this is problematic) and will involve travel to both Trust sites. The programme includes supernumerary shifts in the clinical area, classroom-based sessions and e-learning

Please refer the Job description for details