Job summary
- Main area
- Frailty Assessment & HOOH
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7/8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Out of Hours including weekends and Bank Holidays)
- Job ref
- 190-0324-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northern General Hospital
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £46,148 - £60,504 pa/pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/06/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 23/06/2025
Employer heading

Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Frailty Assessment & HOOH)
NHS AfC: Band 7/8a
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
An exciting career opportunity has arisen for a full-time job share opportunity within the Frailty Assessment/SDEC Unit and HOOH at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, for a qualified Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Band 7/8a depending on experience.
This is a fantastic opportunity to develop new clinical experience, skills and knowledge across the entire spectrum of the hospital out of hours and within Frailty Assessment Unit and SDEC.
Main duties of the job
The role provides specialist assessment and management of patients across our Frailty Assessment Unit, Frailty Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) and the HOOH Team under the supervision of a dynamic and supportive consultant body.
The successful candidate should have a friendly, compassionate and sensitive manner with a genuine desire and passion to help people. As this is a challenging role you must have the ability to demonstrate patience and empathy, with a good range of clinical skills, inspiring confidence and trust to all patients.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Please also note this vacancy is banded dependent upon applicants experience relevant to this post. The banding of the successful applicant/s will start at Band 7 unless applicants meet the necessary threshold of skills and experience required to start on Band 8a.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- (Band 7/8a) Registered Nurse with Valid NMC registration or Health Care Professional and registered with HCPC with relevant clinical experience
- (Band 7/8a) 1st Degree or equivalent experience
- (Band 7/8a) MSc in Advanced Practice (or equivalent qualification) (or due to complete in the next 6 months)
- (Band 7/8a) Non-Medical Prescriber
Desirable criteria
- (Band 7/8a) Evidence of further education
- (Band 7/8a) Teaching qualification
- (Band 7/8a) Advanced Communications Course
Experience
Essential criteria
- (Band 7/8a) Significant relevant experience as qualified ACP
- (Band 7/8a) Evidence of teaching within an Advanced Practice setting
- (Band 7/8a) Evidence of supporting educational development of Trainee ACP’s
- (Band 7/8a) Significant experience in Acute inpatient environments
Desirable criteria
- (Band 7/8a) Experience in teaching position/environment
- (Band 7/8a) Experience in managing frail patients
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- (Band 7/8a) Teaching Skills
- (Band 7/8a) Effective negotiating & leadership skills
- (Band 7/8a) Ability to work productively in a multidisciplinary environment with commitment to working as a team member.
- (Band 7/8a) Ability to complete work to deadlines
- (Band 7/8a) Excellent interpersonal skills
- (Band 7/8a) Excellent communication skills
- (Band 7/8a) Advanced Life Support provider
- (Band 7/8a) ECG interpretation
- (Band 7/8a) Experience conducting, analysing, and presenting the results of Audit
- (Band 7/8a) Cannulation
- (Band 7/8a) Venepuncture
- (Band 7/8a) Verification of Death
- (Band 7/8a) Arterial Blood Gas performance and analysis
Desirable criteria
- (Band 7/8a) Advanced Life Support Instructor
- (Band 7/8a) Experience working across a variety of acute inpatient settings
Further Training
Essential criteria
- (Band 7 / 8a ) Experience of Team leadership
- (Band 7 / 8a )Portfolio of evidence demonstrating practice across the four pillars
- (Band 8a) Sign off Portfolio with CASP or to be completed within the first year of working if external candidate.
Desirable criteria
- (Band 7 / 8a ) Leadership Course
- (Band 7 / 8a ) Complete (or significant portfolio evidence toward) specialist competencies
Other Factors
Essential criteria
- (Band 7 / 8a) Willingness to work on night duty but also in and out of normal working hours
- (Band 7 / 8a) Ability to work autonomously and manage workload
- (Band 7 / 8a) Ability to work to deadlines
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jen Harris
- Job title
- Nurse Consultant/ Clinical Lead for SDEC
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 2714507
- Additional information
Rachel Finnigan
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 0114 3052619
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