Trainee Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Overview

Main area Specialist Medicine - Respiratory Medicine. Grade NHS AfC:
Band
7. Contract Permanent. Hours Full time - 30 hours per week. Job
-MRC-7698177-B7.

Site:
Special Airways Service, Old McDonald John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. Salary £47,810 - £54,710 per annum. Closing: 04/02/2026 23:59.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals: the John Radcliffe Hospital
, Churchill Hospital
, and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence
, focused on compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

We use value-based interviewing to identify those who share our values and can deliver compassionate excellence. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit

Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Asthma Respiratory, Band 7 (Developmental) with progression to Band 8a on qualification.

We are offering an opportunity to join our Respiratory Asthma Service as a Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Band
7) with a clearly defined pathway to progression as a Qualified ACP (Band 8a). This role is for a registered nurse with substantial experience in asthma or respiratory care, either currently practicing at an advanced specialist level or aspiring to do so.

The post is supported by a structured development programme aligned to the Multiprofessional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice. You will contribute to assessment, diagnosis and management of patients with asthma, including those with complex and high-risk disease. You will progressively develop autonomous clinical decision making, with supervision, education and proficiency assessment.

If you are the clinician we are looking for, join our supportive, dynamic Special Airways (Asthma) team.

• Develop and provide comprehensive clinical care, specialist advice and support to patients in Special Airway service.
• Develop experience as an advanced, autonomous practitioner alongside the multidisciplinary team in Special Airways service.
• Competent in performing and interpreting spirometry and FeNO tests, able to run independent nurse-led clinics to diagnose and treat patients with airways disease (primarily asthma), with direct experience and involvement in airways disease research.
• Demonstrate and develop proficiency across the four pillars of advanced practice: clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research, evidenced through the academic programme and a portfolio of professional practice.
• Deliver the biologics service.
• Role model the values of the OUH, delivering person-centred care and service improvement.
• Work towards expanding knowledge and skills in advanced clinical practice, including prescribing of medications, therapies, lifestyle advice and care where appropriate.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country, providing a wide range of services and a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals:
John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, and Horton General Hospital.

Our values underpin the quality of care we offer and the professional relationships we maintain with patients and colleagues. We are committed to Delivering Compassionate Excellence and to the values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

We are dedicated to a safe, respectful hiring environment and encourage vaccination as appropriate for healthcare settings.

Clinical:

• Practice in compliance with their professional code of conduct; responsible and…