Trainee Advanced Critical Care Practitioner
Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom Full-time Posted 2 hours ago
An exciting opportunity has arisen for additional trainee Advanced Critical Care Practitioners to join our existing ACCP programme within critical care .
The critical care team are seeking to develop the ACCP role. 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 to the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine Curriculum for ACCPs with the University of Plymouth to MSc level leading to FICM membership.
Successful candidates will be band 7 in training and progress to Band 8a upon completion of the full MSc in ACCP, membership with FICM and completion of locally agreed pillars of clinical practice.
As a Trainee Advanced Critical Care Practitioner, you will already be an experienced clinician ideally with extensive Critical Care knowledge, and a high level of clinical skill. Applicants are welcomed from those 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. Applicants must be successful at BOTH interviews.
Base Location: UHD - Bournemouth/Poole/Christchurch
Interview Date: July 9th 2026
The ACCPs will work closely with the current extended critical care team and alongside medical colleagues. They work autonomously or under Consultant supervision in specific circumstances to deliver patient care to Level 1-3 critically ill patients across the Trust. The role includes review of patients on acute wards and in the Emergency Department. The ACCP role is a vital component in the development of 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 clear patient-centred focus. In the next five years we will amalgamate the existing two critical care units (one on the Poole site and one on the Royal Bournemouth Site) into a new build critical care unit 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 provide support in the new unit. There is an emphasis on developing health care practice through ownership, research/evidence-based practices, commitment and multidisciplinary involvement.
You will be a motivated team player who possesses excellent verbal and written 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.
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team mates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
In some cases this means that a services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have 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. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nigel Chee Job title: Consultant Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Email address: nigel.chee@nhs.net Telephone number: 03000194193
Dr Matthew Taylor Consultant Anaesthetics and Intensive Care -
Matthew.Taylor6@nhs.net
The critical care team are seeking to develop the ACCP role. 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 to the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine Curriculum for ACCPs with the University of Plymouth to MSc level leading to FICM membership.
Successful candidates will be band 7 in training and progress to Band 8a upon completion of the full MSc in ACCP, membership with FICM and completion of locally agreed pillars of clinical practice.
As a Trainee Advanced Critical Care Practitioner, you will already be an experienced clinician ideally with extensive Critical Care knowledge, and a high level of clinical skill. Applicants are welcomed from those 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. Applicants must be successful at BOTH interviews.
Base Location: UHD - Bournemouth/Poole/Christchurch
Interview Date: July 9th 2026
The ACCPs will work closely with the current extended critical care team and alongside medical colleagues. They work autonomously or under Consultant supervision in specific circumstances to deliver patient care to Level 1-3 critically ill patients across the Trust. The role includes review of patients on acute wards and in the Emergency Department. The ACCP role is a vital component in the development of 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 clear patient-centred focus. In the next five years we will amalgamate the existing two critical care units (one on the Poole site and one on the Royal Bournemouth Site) into a new build critical care unit 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 provide support in the new unit. There is an emphasis on developing health care practice through ownership, research/evidence-based practices, commitment and multidisciplinary involvement.
You will be a motivated team player who possesses excellent verbal and written 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.
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team mates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
In some cases this means that a services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have 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. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nigel Chee Job title: Consultant Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Email address: nigel.chee@nhs.net Telephone number: 03000194193
Dr Matthew Taylor Consultant Anaesthetics and Intensive Care -
Matthew.Taylor6@nhs.net
