Advanced Nurse Practitioner

NHS; Newcastle City Council; On-site; AUD 101,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Newcastle City Council seeks an Advanced Nurse Practitioner for its Neurosurgical ward. The role involves providing expert clinical care and leadership in a fast-paced environment with a focus on trauma. Candidates must have significant experience and qualifications, including NMC registration and independent prescribing. This position offers an exciting opportunity to develop clinical skills within a respected institution.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years post-qualifying experience required.
• Experience working within Trauma and Orthopaedics.
• Must be an independent prescriber.

Responsibilities

• Organise clinical management of patients and monitor treatment response.
• Initiate drug therapy within clinical guidelines.
• Respond to emergency situations with clinical judgement.

Skills

Health Assessment

Management/Leadership

Teaching in Acute Environment

Clinical Judgement

Independent Prescriber

Education

NMC Registration

3 years post qualifying experience

Job description

Overview

Go back University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

The closing date is 29 September 2025

Am exciting opportunity has arisen for the post of Advanced Nurse Practitioner Neurosurgery within our Neurosurgical ward at Royal Stoke. This post holder will experience Neurosurgical patients and Trauma on our neurosurgical ward at Royal Stoke.

Responsibilities

Provide direct expert professional clinical care through health assessment, initiation of treatment, formulation and alteration of treatment and monitoring of care programmes. Facilitate the development of clinical practice through research and education of the multidisciplinary team. Evaluate care through quality assurance initiatives and assessment of clinical outcomes. Be an expert resource for other healthcare practitioners. Ensure that the highest standards of clinical care are delivered. The post holder will ensure the maintenance of clinical excellence. The post holder will provide specialist clinical leadership within this area of care and will lead and develop specialist education.

Main duties of the job

Organise the clinical management of individual patients, utilising clinical knowledge and advanced skills to assess, diagnose, plan, implement and initiate changes where required. This will include monitoring and evaluation of the response to treatment through analysis and interpretation of clinical tests and investigations and the discharge of the patient. Respond to emergency situations, utilising clinical judgement and decision making to initiate appropriate interventions and treatment for patients. Initiate drug therapy/medication within the parameters of agreed clinical guidelines and in accordance with present legislation for the supply and prescribing of medication. Monitor and evaluate clinical outcomes of patient-centred care involving the patient and their carers wherever possible. Make and receive referrals to and from the collaborative care team. Take every opportunity to promote the health of patients and initiate health education strategies as necessary.

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by our staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Job responsibilities

Organise the clinical management of individual patients, utilising clinical knowledge and advanced skills to assess, diagnose, plan, implement and initiate changes where required. This will include monitoring and evaluation of the response to treatment through analysis and interpretation of clinical tests and investigations and the discharge of the patient. Respond to emergency situations, utilising clinical judgement and decision making to initiate appropriate interventions and treatment for patients. Initiate drug therapy/medication within the parameters of agreed clinical guidelines and in accordance with present legislation for the supply and prescribing of medication. Monitor and evaluate clinical outcomes of patient-centred care involving the patient and their carers wherever possible. Make and receive referrals to and from the collaborative care team. Take every opportunity to promote the health of patients and initiate health education strategies as necessary.

Person Specification

NMC registered

• 3 years post qualifying experience
• Health Assessment
• 1 year of management / leadership experience
• experience of working within Trauma and orthopaedics
• experience working in Trauma and orthopaedics
• Health assessment
• Independent prescriber
• experience of teaching in an acute environment

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.

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust