Paediatric Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Paediatric Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Employer:

NHS Jobs

Location:

Birmingham, B29 6HZ

Pay:

£54,060 to £62,220 per year

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Disability Confident:

No

Closing Date:

07/05/2026

About this job

We provide specialist palliative care for children and young people with life limiting and life threatening conditions and support their families throughout their journey.

As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) at Acorns, you will develop specialist skills in paediatric palliative care and play a key role in delivering exceptional care.

Why Join Acorns?

As one of the UK's leading children's hospices, Acorns offers a warm, supportive, and hopeful environment where advanced clinical skills have a profound impact.

What You'll Do

• Draw on your existing clinical expertise while being supported to develop advanced paediatric palliative care skills.
• Act as a senior clinical leader, promoting safe, evidence based, child centred care.
• Provide autonomous clinical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for children with highly complex, life limiting and life threatening conditions.
• Lead on advanced care planning, symptom management, and urgent clinical decision making.
• Build strong, trusting relationships with families, offering sensitivity, honesty, and compassion.
• Build effective working relationships with hospitals, community teams, and specialist services to ensure seamless, individualised support.
• Engage in research, audit, and quality improvement to enhance care pathways.
• Offer education, coaching, and clinical leadership to colleagues across the service.

What We're Looking For

• Qualified Advanced Clinical Practitioner (or nearing completion of ACP training).
• Experience in paediatrics with an interest in palliative care, complex care, community care, or a related specialty.
• Willingness to develop skills and knowledge in paediatric palliative care.
• Confidence in managing complexity with strong clinical reasoning and autonomy.
• Exceptional communicator who offers families reassurance, clarity, and emotional support.
• Committed to delivering holistic, child centred care aligned with Acorns values.
• Passionate about continuous learning, service development, and collaborative working.

What Acorns Offers

Opportunity to make a profound difference to children and families every day.

• Support and guidance to develop the knowledge and skills required for palliative care.
• A compassionate, supportive, and expert multidisciplinary team.
• Protected time for CPD and strong clinical governance.
• Opportunities to innovate, lead, and shape the future of paediatric palliative care.
• A working culture rooted in kindness, growth, and wellbeing.
• Employee discounts from leading retailers, including the Blue Light Card, and a 7.5% contribution to a group personal pension plan or continuation of the current NHS pension scheme.
• Life assurance schemes, health cash plan, gym membership and equipment discount scheme, Bike2Work scheme.
• Save up to 42% on bikes and equipment.
• Wellbeing, legal and financial support.
• Annual leave entitlement increases with length of service.
• We would love you to join our Acorns family if you are motivated by care that truly transforms lives.

Interviews are scheduled to be held on 1 May. You must be eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this role.

We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults; successful candidates will undergo an enhanced DBS check for children and provide two satisfactory references.

Candidates will also need to provide evidence of immunisation against specific diseases or confirm willingness to receive necessary vaccinations.

As a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting organisation, we embed the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child into both culture and practice.

As an employee you will be a Duty Bearer for Children's Rights and support all children to be rights holders.