Advanced Clinical Practitioner Respiratory Medicine

Advanced Clinical Practitioner Respiratory Medicine

The closing date is 04 January 2026

Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Respiratory medicine covering inpatient and outpatient work within the Princess of Wales Hospital Bridgend.

This post is fixed term for 12 months to meet the needs of the service.

Main duties of the job

Clinical assessment, diagnosis and management of patient presenting with acute and chronic respiratory conditions - differentiated and undifferentiated.

Education - education of others and self.

Leadership - lead on change and support development of guidelines and policies.

Lead on the development of Acute Respiratory Assessment Unit.

Research - use of evidence based practice and support/lead on project development.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This does not mean essential; while the candidate does not need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short listing and selecting candidates. This isn't 'fluency', just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see 'Welsh Language Guidance' in the documents right at the bottom.

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board, part of NHS Wales, serves a large population across a diverse and beautiful region, steeped in history and heritage. With nearly 13,500 staff, our health board is one of Wales's largest employers.

Together, we are Team CTM; a workforce dedicated to offering excellent patient care and support to the 450,000 people across our three regions, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. We operate three District General hospitals, several community hospitals, primary and community care facilities.

CTM's location offers the best of South Wales, just 20 minutes from Cardiff's vibrant city life, the natural beauty of the Brecon Beacons, and the serene coastline at Ogmore. Whether you enjoy lively urban amenities, peaceful countryside, or seaside escapes, our location makes an ideal setting for both work and personal life.

Our CTM 2030 Strategy-Our Health, Our Future-focuses on uniting our region around shared health and wellbeing goals. Our values guide us daily:

• We listen, learn, and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We work together as one team

CTM employees enjoy benefits including a leading pension, generous leave, flexible work, career growth, and access to ongoing learning and development.

At CTM, you'll find a welcoming, team oriented workplace that values diversity and compassion, where you can take pride in your work and the difference it makes.

Job responsibilities

The ACP will work as an autonomous clinician and will be expected to provide assessment, diagnostic investigations and management of patients both as inpatient and outpatient clinical settings.

They will need be able to undertake a clinical examination, request and interpret radiology, biochemistry, haematology, histology, and microbiology results.

Will be expected to impart sensitive diagnosis, undertake sensitive conversations around Treatment Escalation/DNARCPR/EOL.

Will be expected to refer to other key specialists to support the management of the patients in the service clinically and from a discharge point of view.

Will be expected to independently discharge patients from the service inpatient and outpatient.

Education:

Provision of education to a multi professional audience around specialist area of practice and to patient and families. Maintenance of own education and a live portfolio of evidence in line with HEIW Enhanced and Advanced Framework for Wales and HB requirements.

The candidate is expected to have completed or working toward Level 7/Masters level clinical education and non medical independent prescribing qualification.

Leadership:

Lead on service change. Influence the agenda around specialist area of practice locally and nationally. Support the development of clinical guidelines and policy.

Influence the agenda around Respiratory medical services across CTM.

Provide professional development of band 7 ACPs/CNSs in the service.

Research:

An excellent opportunity has arisen to join our well established, motivated and forward thinking respiratory medical/ at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner.

Clinical:

Use of Evidence Based Practice.

Undertake QiP/ audit/research projects related to specialist area of practice.

The post is open to fully trained Advanced Clinical Practitioners from nursing or AHP backgrounds. Those with extensive and experience in respiratory medicine who have yet to achieve Advanced Practice status or all of the key skills and requirements for this role will be considered. In this instance a developmental post at band 7 with application of Annex 21 will adopted.

Person Specification Clinical

• Broad experience in respiratory medicine
• Able to competently assess, diagnose and treat a wide a range of respiratory conditions
• Can undertake pleural aspiration and chest drain insertion. Can undertake Ultrasound pleura effusion
• Can set up and support NIV

Education

• In receipt of Level 7/MSc Clinical/AP
• In receipt of NMIP
• Maintains a live portfolio of evidence supporting the 4 pillars of Enhanced/Advanced practice
• Can demonstrate ability to develop teaching packages and deliver teaching to a multi professional audience
• Able to provide mentorship to others
• Holds a valid education/teaching qualification
• In receipt of Independent Authorisation of Blood Transfusion Qualification

Leadership

• Demonstrates ability to lead change
• Demonstrates ability to work autonomously in clinical practice
• Demonstrates ability to provide professional leadership and development to ACP/CNS workforce
• Demonstrates the importance of leadership in the ACP role
• Holds a leadership qualification

Research

• Demonstrates ability to undertake a Qip/Audit based project
• Demonstrates ability to use evidence-based practice to support clinical management
• Demonstrates an understanding of how to undertake a Qip/Audit based project

Skills

• Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B2) are Desirable for this Role.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

£56,514 to £63,623 a year per annum pro rota