Job summary

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust are seeking an enthusiastic and highly skilled Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join the Acute Stroke Service.

This role is central to the delivery of high-quality hyper acute and acute stroke care, supporting patients across the stroke pathway including Hyper Acute Stroke Unit (HASU), acute stroke wards, and rapid-access Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA) clinics.

The ACP will be an experienced, knowledgeable, and autonomous practitioner providing advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management of patients presenting with suspected or confirmed acute stroke and TIA. Advanced practice is underpinned by the four pillars of clinical practice, leadership, education, and research, with a strong focus on direct patient care and service development.

The postholder will join the service during an exciting time of expansion. The expectation will be for the postholder to form part of a weekend rota which may change as more roles are approved and recruited to. A full overview of this in contained in the detailed job description below.

You will be a part of an established ACP community within CHFT. We can offer the following benefits:

• 20% non-clinical time for you to develop across the four pillars of advanced practice
• ACP peer teaching
• Trust ACP Lead support
• Allocated medical supervisor

Main duties of the job

• Work closely with the Stroke Consultant team, stroke nursing team, therapists, radiology, and emergency services to provide safe, effective, and timely care to patients with suspected or confirmed stroke and TIA across HASU, acute stroke wards, and outpatient settings.
• Undertake advanced clinical assessment for patients presenting with acute neurological deficits, including differentiation between stroke, TIA, and stroke mimics.
• Act as an autonomous practitioner within agreed scope, providing expert clinical decision-making in complex, time-critical situations.
• Hold direct responsibility for a caseload of acute stroke and TIA patients, ensuring evidence-based care plans, escalation where required, and effective discharge planning.
• Support the hyper acute stroke pathway, including:
• Initial assessment and prioritisation
• Coordination of urgent imaging
• Support for thrombolysis and thrombectomy pathways
• Ongoing monitoring and escalation of clinical deterioration
• Undertake independent prescribing to optimise secondary stroke prevention and symptom management in line with national and local guidelines.
• Accurately request and interpret radiological and pathology investigations relevant to acute stroke and TIA management.
• Provide advanced clinical care for patients attending TIA / rapid-access stroke clinics, including risk stratification, initiation of secondary prevention, and onward referral.

About us

We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation.Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS- yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff andthe local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.

Job summary

Are you a GP with some ENT experience and a desire to take your skills further in a flexible, multi-disciplinary team? We're looking for motivated GPs to join our ENT colleagues at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) as General Practitioners with an Extended Role (GPwER) in ENT.

This opportunity allows you to continue working in primary care whilst helping shape a more integrated approach to ENT care across our region.

Main duties of the job

About the role

• Up to 2.5 Programmed Activities (PAs) per week (1 PA = 4 hours)
• Outpatient clinics (typically two per week)
• Referral triage and Advice & Guidance
• Primary care education, clinical supervision and liaison with LMCs
• Participation in ENT clinical governance and up to 0.5 SPA for development

Ability to increase PAs dependent on successful applicants availability and service need.

Whether you're looking to broaden your clinical experience, develop a special interest alongside your GP work, or play a role in improving how ENT care is delivered for your patients -- we'd love to hear from you. CHFT is nationally recognised for innovation in elective care delivery and offers a supportive, digitally advanced environment to grow your career.

About us

What We Offer

• Part-time salaried role on the Specialty Doctor scale (from £5,917 to £23,850, depending on experience and time commitment)
• No on-call or emergency duties
• Supportive team and structured mentoring
• Flexible working alongside your existing primary care role

Details

Date posted

14 October 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Specialty Doctor

Salary

Depending on experience £59,175 - £95,400 per annum pro rata (dependent on experience)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

372-SURG-MD209

Job locations

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Acre Street

Lindley, Huddersfield

HD3 3EA

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust has comprehensive facilities for the diagnosis, care and treatment of ENT disease. The successful candidate will be expected to provide ENT services in conjunction with colleagues and will contribute to the development of ENT services as follows:

Clinical

• Assessment and treat patients referred with ENT conditions
• Triaging of referrals received by CHFT as well as providing Advice & Guidance
• Provision of a range of clinical interventions (e.g. micro-suction, flexible nasal endoscopy, audiology, etc.)
• The knowledge to signpost patients to other support services, including local and national patient support groups

Education and Collaborative Responsibilities

• Support and train primary care colleagues in ENT management
• Provide remote support (e.g. telephone/email advice)
• Collaborate with other GPwERs and local ENT teams

Service development

• Help shape integrated ENT pathways across primary and secondary care
• Develop management guidance for common ENT conditions
• Contribute to joint training sessions for GPs, nurses and wider MDT

Job description Job responsibilities Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust has comprehensive facilities for the diagnosis, care and treatment of ENT disease. The successful candidate will be expected to provide ENT services in conjunction with colleagues and will contribute to the development of ENT services as follows: Clinical Assessment and treat patients referred with ENT conditions Triaging of referrals received by CHFT as well as providing Advice & Guidance Provision of a range of clinical interventions (e.g. micro-suction, flexible nasal endoscopy, audiology, etc.) The knowledge to signpost patients to other support services, including local and national patient support groups Education and Collaborative Responsibilities Support and train primary care colleagues in ENT management Provide remote support (e.g. telephone/email advice) Collaborate with other GPwERs and local ENT teams Service development Help shape integrated ENT pathways across primary and secondary care Develop management guidance for common ENT conditions Contribute to joint training sessions for GPs, nurses and wider MDT

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Applicants must be Registered with the General Medical Council and hold a Licence to Practice
• MRCGP or equivalent

Desirable

• MRCS ENT or equivalent
• Other higher degree (PhD, Masters)

Experience and Achievements

Essential

• Demonstrate clinical experience and competence in ENT specialty - minimum 6 months ENT experience in a rotational post or equivalent (although please note CHFT offers the opportunity to train successful candidates)

Desirable

• Understanding current issues within ENT and the future direction of the specialty
• Understanding current issues within the wider NHS
• Attendance at a recognised management course
• Shows ability to work with and lead others across professions

Teaching and Training

Desirable

• Training in clinical and educational supervision
• Attendance at a teaching course
• Formal qualification in teaching/education
• Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors and non-medical staff.

Audit and Research

Essential

• Knowledge of Audit principles and evidence of participation in and completion of audit projects

Disposition-Adjustment/Attitude/Commitment

Essential

• Good communication and empathy skills with patients
• Evidence of willingness to participate in a multi-disciplinary team environment to provide an integrated service
• Ability to work as a member of a team, both through communication and sharing workload
• Ability to manage high pressure situations e.g. clinical crisis
• Ability to prioritise and organise workload and co-ordinate staff
• Ability to integrate the care of a patient by many and various other clinical staff
• Willingness to work flexibly to deliver clinically effective and cost effective healthcare

Practical/Intellectual Skills/Personal Qualities

Essential

• Evidence of continual learning and development
• Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behaviour on others
• Digital Competence

Desirable

• Evidence of innovation

General

Essential

• Eligibility to work in the UK
• Ability to work in various locations throughout the network of services provided by Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
• For areas requiring EPP Clearance (Exposure Prone Procedures), this will also be a requirement of the health screening
• An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required with the Disclosure and Barring Service

Person Specification Qualifications Essential Applicants must be Registered with the General Medical Council and hold a Licence to Practice MRCGP or equivalent Desirable MRCS ENT or equivalent Other higher degree (PhD, Masters) Experience and Achievements Essential Demonstrate clinical experience and competence in ENT specialty - minimum 6 months ENT experience in a rotational post or equivalent (although please note CHFT offers the opportunity to train successful candidates) Desirable Understanding current issues within ENT and the future direction of the specialty Understanding current issues within the wider NHS Attendance at a recognised management course Shows ability to work with and lead others across professions Teaching and Training Desirable Training in clinical and educational supervision Attendance at a teaching course Formal qualification in teaching/education Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors and non-medical staff. Audit and Research Essential Knowledge of Audit principles and evidence of participation in and completion of audit projects Disposition-Adjustment/Attitude/Commitment Essential Good communication and empathy skills with patients Evidence of willingness to participate in a multi-disciplinary team environment to provide an integrated service Ability to work as a member of a team, both through communication and sharing workload Ability to manage high pressure situations e.g. clinical crisis Ability to prioritise and organise workload and co-ordinate staff Ability to integrate the care of a patient by many and various other clinical staff Willingness to work flexibly to deliver clinically effective and cost effective healthcare Practical/Intellectual Skills/Personal Qualities Essential Evidence of continual learning and development Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behaviour on others Digital Competence Desirable Evidence of innovation General Essential Eligibility to work in the UK Ability to work in various locations throughout the network of services provided by Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust For areas requiring EPP Clearance (Exposure Prone Procedures), this will also be a requirement of the health screening An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required with the Disclosure and Barring Service

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information 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. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Acre Street

Lindley, Huddersfield

HD3 3EA

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.cht.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Acre Street

Lindley, Huddersfield

HD3 3EA

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.cht.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job summary

Are you passionate about providing the best possible care and delivering care in the community?

Are you seeking a new challenge?

If so, we would love to meet you!

This is an exciting time for Calderdale's district nursing teams as we have established 5 community hubs each with its own unique and diverse needs.

We are seeking enthusiastic staff with excellent communication skills who are highly motivated and adaptable in a fast paced and ever changing environment.

Community nursing is an exciting and rewarding challenge and you will be supported by an expert team where training and development opportunities are actively encouraged in order to meet the clinical needs of the role. Support and development will be individualised depending on your current skills and experience.

Due to the nature of the work it is essential you have the means to travel to a number of destinations within work hours.

We have a post for a part time community phlebotomist in Calderdale, the working hours will be 8am - 12pm Monday - Friday.

We would welcome any informal visit to see our hubs in action and meet the teams.

We look forward to you joining us.

Main duties of the job

• An awareness of public user involvement in the service we provide.
• Carrying equipment, lifting, bending and standing for long periods.
• Walking long distances throughout the hospital, at clinics, GP surgeries and during domiciliary visits
• Preparing work areas
• Explaining to patients a number of procedures.
• Using persuasive skills and reassurance in dealing with those who are needle phobic.
• Assisting patients to dress and undress if necessary
• Collecting blood samples into appropriate containers.
• Recording details of blood samples taken and, where appropriate, obtaining and recording medical information from patients.
• Collecting blood samples from patients with varying disabilities, behavioural problems, patients who faint/vomit and dealing with distressed patients in a sensitive manner.
• Having an awareness of the need to report any concerns regarding a patient's condition and/or safeguarding.
• Assisting team leader and supervisor.
• Supporting new and less experienced colleagues with training.
• Inter-departmental liaison.
• Being open and honest and learning from mistakes

About us

We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation.Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS- yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff andthe local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.