Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Out of Hours

NHS National Services Scotland; Hamilton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic Out of Hours Team as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner, where you will enhance your clinical skills while providing essential care to patients across various settings. This role offers the chance to work autonomously and collaboratively in a supportive environment, ensuring the highest standards of patient care. With a focus on professional development, you will be part of a team that values your contributions and fosters a culture of learning and growth. If you're passionate about making a difference in healthcare, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

8 days public holidays

NHS Pension Scheme

Paid sick leave

Occupational health services

Employee counselling services

Work-life balance policies

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with valid NMC/HCPC/GPHC Registration.
• Experience in advanced clinical practice and leadership roles.
• Knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical care and management for patients in various settings.
• Make autonomous decisions using advanced skills and knowledge.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams for patient care.

Skills

Advanced clinical practice

Clinical decision making

Communication skills

Teamwork and leadership

Time management

Problem solving

Education

Registered Nurse / AHP / Pharmacist

Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced clinical practice

Masters Level education

Tools

Basic information technology

Job description

The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join the hard-working but rewarding Out of Hours Team at Douglas Street, Hamilton.

This is an exciting opportunity to enhance your clinical knowledge & skills in order to develop your professional career.

The Advanced Practitioners will work autonomously across Primary, Community and Acute Services during the in and out of hours period, covering seven days including public holidays. They will be responsible for the clinical decision making for the population including assessment and treatment of patients in across the Primary, Community and Acute settings.

The Advanced Practitioner will work closely with the multidisciplinary team (MDT)/medical staff including the OOH Hub and Acute Services. Communicate on a daily basis about any patient they have seen overnight/ at weekend and who needs to be followed up by the GP / Acute Services during normal working hours

The Advanced Practitioner provides assessment, clinical care and management of both stable and acutely unwell patient and his/her family, making complex, autonomous decisions using advanced skills and knowledge, having overall responsibility for the assessment of care needs and the delivery of advanced care. Medical telehealth/telephone support will be available when required from an identified source.

NHS Lanarkshire

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

What we'll need you to bring

• Registered Nurse / AHP / Pharmacist with valid NMC/HCPC / GPHC Registration
• Educated to/working towards/operating at Masters Level
• Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced clinical practice and expertise within speciality / area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently
• Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the speciality
• Advanced Specialist knowledge and experience of relevant conditions, pathology, policies and procedures associated with the speciality/area of practice ensuring that the level of expertise can be utilised to deliver leadership within speciality
• Evidence of application of advanced practice skills in speciality and applying clinical judgement
• Evidence of further developed knowledge and experience in management and/or leadership
• Further education/evidence of Continuous Professional Development in area of speciality including study days/courses/post graduate qualification
• The post holder will possess excellent team-working/leadership skills and have the ability to motivate and influence others and work using own initiative
• Excellent listening, communication and interpersonal skills and effective time management skills
• Working knowledge of basic information technology
• The shift pattern will cover flexible rotational shifts and hours, therefore a full UK/EU/EEA driving license holder would be essential to meet the needs of the service

It would be great if you also have

• Non medical prescribing qualification
• Undertaking non medical prescribing qualification
• Undertake mandatory online training e.g. violence and aggression; blood transfusion
• Postgraduate experience transferrable to or in primary and community care
• Evidence of management, education and training experience
• Experience in a medical/surgical environment
• Competencies in medical assessment and intervention
• Knowledge of infection control guidelines
• Problem solving skills
• IT skills
• ILS/ALS

Contract type

Permanent

Full time

37 hours

Location and Working Pattern

This role will be based in Out of Hours Team within Douglas St Clinic.

The working pattern for this role is Rotational Shifts.

Looking to find out more?

If you’re looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you!

Please contact Jane Mc Donald, Senior Charge Nurse email: [e-mail]

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Lynn Deas, Recruitment Administrator on [e-mail] - (Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)

Why NHS Lanarkshire?

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service

• A minimum of 8 days of public holidays

• Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)

• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service

• Occupational health services

• Employee Counselling services

• Work-life Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

Further Information

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.

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NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent—regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

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Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire.

Please note that all Band 1 and Band 2 posts are not eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route.