Advanced Nurse Practitioner

NHS; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Stoke-on-Trent is seeking an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join their ENT department. The role involves providing advanced clinical support and participating in innovative pathways for patient care. Ideal candidates should have an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice and relevant experience. This opportunity offers a dynamic work environment focused on enhancing clinical care and patient experience.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Peer support within the team

Inclusive and diverse work culture

Qualifications

• Must have MSc degree in advanced clinical practice or equivalent.
• Experience in Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) is desirable.
• Accreditation with The Centre For Advancing Practice is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced clinical skills and advice as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Assess patients and formulate treatment plans with the medical team.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills in the management of ENT patients.

Skills

Advanced Clinical Practice

ENT Experience

Research Participation

Teaching and Mentoring

Stress Management

Education

MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice

Job description

Overview

Go back University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Closing date: 10 October 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and highly motivated Advanced Clinical Practitioner to work within the field of Ear, Nose and Throat at UHNM. The applicant will be expected to support the department in the development of innovative pathways for ENT by learning key ENT skills such as nasendoscopy, ear examination and suctioning, and management of ENT emergency casualty clinic patients. This will be supported by the consultant workforce. Prior possession of these skills is desirable but not essential as they will be learned in the role.

UHNM has an established group of Advanced Clinical Practitioners with positive peer support, as well as support from the Senior Divisional Nursing Team and Consultant body within the Specialised Division. You will have the opportunity to contribute to and drive forward significant changes within the specialties.

We are looking for an innovative and forward‑thinking team member that will challenge traditional ways of working, and seek to enhance clinical care and deliver an excellent patient experience. You will work alongside the acute medical team and exercise advanced clinical expertise, levels of judgment, discretion and decision‑making in clinical care. We will consider applications for aspiring ACPs based on their knowledge and a skills and appoint at Band 7 level if the right candidate for the role.

Main duties of the job

The advanced clinical practitioner (ACP) provides advanced clinical practice as an integrated member of the multidisciplinary team within their speciality at the University Hospital of North Midlands.

The definition of Advanced Clinical Practice as stated by Health Education England (2017) is: delivered by experienced, registered health and care practitioners. It is a level of practice characterised by a high degree of autonomy and complex decision making. This is underpinned by a master’s level award or equivalent that encompasses the four pillars of clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research, with demonstration of core capabilities and area specific clinical competence.

The ACP has a trust‑wide responsibility to provide clinical excellence through the four pillars of advanced clinical practice. The clinical practice pillar accounts for a minimum of 80% of their contracted hours of work, and they practice with a significantly higher level of responsibility and autonomy which is comparable to that of the level of medical staff providing the same level of service.

You will provide advanced clinical skills and advice, demonstrating a sound understanding of the issues related to the identification, assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of the client group. The remit of the post is to assess patients and formulate treatment plans with the established medical team and nursing staff. You will be a non‑medical prescriber.

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 are 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 creates and encourages 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

For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MSc degree in advanced clinical practice or equivalent MSc.
• Experience in ENT
• Accreditation with The Centre For Advancing Practice

Qualifications

• Professional portfolio evidencing the ongoing practice in the four pillars of advanced clinical practice.
• Currently working as a qualified ACP
• Evidence of teaching, supervision and mentoring

Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience

• Experience of delivering training programmes & presentations to various levels of staff
• Active participation in research activity

Personal Qualities

• Demonstrates a strong desire to progress in specialty.
• Ability to work under pressure, manage competing priorities and unpredictable workloads
• Demonstrates a strong desire to progress in specialty

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