Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Overnights)

NHS Jobs; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs is seeking an Advanced Clinical Practitioner for overnight shifts in Sunderland, delivering urgent care with high clinical standards. You will conduct face-to-face assessments, make autonomous decisions, and manage patients across ages with acute to chronic conditions.

Responsibilities include history-taking, examinations, diagnoses, prescribing within competence, ordering imaging, and pathways to secondary care or GP services.

Qualifications

• Registration with NMC or HCPC.
• MSc in Advanced Practice (or equivalent) with Non-Medical Prescribing.
• 6+ years post-qualification experience, including 3 years in primary or urgent care.
• Right to work in the UK and Enhanced DBS clearance.

Responsibilities

• Conduct face-to-face consultations independently.
• Perform clinical assessments, develop differential diagnoses, and treatment plans.
• Prescribe medications within scope of competence.
• Order and interpret x-rays and manage injuries.
• Refer to secondary care or back to GP as appropriate.

Skills

Clinical decision-making

Autonomous working

Communication skills

Education

MSc in Advanced Practice

Non-Medical Prescribing

Level 3 safeguarding

Job description

Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Overnights)

Hours: Overnights 00:00-08:00 7 days per week As an Advanced Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Clinical Practitioner, you'll play a vital role in delivering high-quality, integrated urgent care to our patients. Working independently through face-to-face consultations in urgent care, you will be accountable for delivering safe, clinical decision-making and expert care to a high standard. Acting within your professional boundaries, your duties will include aspects of the patient journey including initial history taking; clinical physical assessment; diagnosis; treatment; prescribing medication and evaluation of their care. Your Role Work independently while taking full accountability for professional actions. Evaluate patients of all ages, from infants to adults, presenting with acute, non-acute, or chronic medical conditions. This includes injuries and illnesses. Conduct comprehensive patient assessments, including history-taking, physical examinations, and the development of differential diagnoses and treatment plans, in any clinical setting. Order and interpret x-rays, managing injuries such as fractures using evidence-based practice, including local and national guidelines. Manage illnesses and injuries according to evidence-based practice. Facilitate patient care pathways by making appropriate referrals to secondary care or referring them back to their own GP surgeries. Prescribe medications within the scope of clinical competence. What You'll Need NMC or HCPC registration MSc in Advanced Practice (or equivalent) with Non-Medical Prescribing 6+ years post-qualification experience, including 3 years in primary care or urgent care (UTC/ED) Level 3 safeguarding certification Right to work in the UK Enhanced DBS clearance