Trainee Advanced Critical Care Practitioner

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Trainee Advanced Critical Care Practitioner

The closing date is 30 May 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for two additional trainee Advanced Critical Care Practitioners to join our existing ACCP programme within critical care.

The critical care team is seeking to develop the (ACCP) role with the training and appointment of eight ACCPs over four years. We look forward to welcoming ACCPs to our multidisciplinary team to help develop and shape our critical care service of the future.

The role involves extensive training according to the National competency framework for ACCP, and a training programme aligned with the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine Curriculum for ACCPs with the University of Plymouth to MSc level, leading to FICM membership. Applicants undertaking the apprenticeship programme will be supernumerary for two years.

Successful candidates will be band 7 in training and progress to Band 8a upon completion of the full MSc and membership with the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine.

As a Trainee Advanced Critical Care Practitioner, you will already be an experienced clinician with extensive Critical Care knowledge and a high level of clinical skill. Applicants are welcomed from professional groups eligible to undertake non-medical prescribing under current statutory requirements.

Please also submit an application to Plymouth University ACCP course. Interviews for Plymouth University will be held in conjunction with the UHD interview.

Main duties of the job

The ACCPs will work closely with the current extended critical care team and alongside medical colleagues. They work autonomously or under Consultant supervision to deliver care to Level 1-3 critically ill patients across the Trust. The role includes reviewing patients on acute wards and in the Emergency Department. The ACCP role is vital in developing a flexible and sustainable workforce for Critical Care in the Emergency Care Hospital.

The current units are busy and progressive Critical Care Units with a patient-centred focus. In the next five years, we will amalgamate the existing two critical care units into a new build on the Royal Bournemouth site. This offers an exciting chance to develop the ACCP role within UHD and help develop services in the new unit. Over the next four years, we plan to train 8 ACCPs to support the new unit. There is an emphasis on developing healthcare practice through ownership, research, evidence-based practices, commitment, and multidisciplinary involvement.

You will be a motivated team player with excellent communication skills. The successful candidate should possess a strong desire to develop themselves to deliver outstanding care within the four pillars of advanced clinical practice, helping to develop the advanced practice strategy within the Trust.

About us

Our values define who we are as . They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team members and colleagues.

UHD is investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

Some services may move sites this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions at interview.

Please note, if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please read the full job description and person specification documents attached to this advert.

Additional contact information

Dr. Matthew Taylor, Consultant Anaesthetics and Intensive Care

Person Specification Technical Skills and Competencies

• Evidence of ability to gain technical skills and engagement in developing personal clinical skills

Knowledge

• Evidence of CPD in critical care and enthusiasm for aspects of critical care personal and skill development

Interpersonal skills

• Evidence of team working across the critical care MDT
• Evidence of reflective practice as detailed in professional portfolio for revalidation

Experience

• Significant experience working within a Critical Care unit and familiarity with critical care procedures
• Recent leadership experience within critical care
• Contributing to healthcare staff development at departmental and Trust levels
• Current teaching experience
• Experience undertaking audits
• Experience managing change
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary agencies
• Leading service development projects

Qualifications

• Registered healthcare professional (nursing, physiotherapy, or paramedic) with an associated degree
• Eligibility to complete non-medical prescribing course
• Maths and English GCSE at grade C or equivalent
• BSc at 2:1 or equivalent; evidence of additional postgraduate qualifications; advanced resuscitation training courses in adults

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, requiring a DBS check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust