Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Surgical SDEC

NHS; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Chelmsford is seeking an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join their Surgical Same Day Emergency Care Unit. You will be responsible for patient assessment, diagnosis, and management, working autonomously within a multidisciplinary team. Ideal candidates will have relevant qualifications and experience. Competitive salary offered at approximately £55,690 per year.

Qualifications

• Must have completed Advanced Nurse Practitioner qualification.
• Experience working as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Work autonomously to assess, diagnose, and manage patients.
• Provide support and advice to patients and the multidisciplinary team.
• Independently assess, diagnose, treat, or escalate patients' conditions.

Skills

Autonomous working

Experience as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Communication with MDTs

Education

Advanced Nurse Practitioner qualification

Job description

Overview

Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Surgical SDEC at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. The closing date is 19 October 2025.

Are you an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) looking for your next challenge?

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Surgical Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) Unit, where you'll play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care within a fast-paced and innovative environment.

In this role, you will work autonomously to assess, diagnose, and manage patients within your scope of practice, ensuring that all clinical decisions are evidence-based and aligned with current guidelines. You will collaborate closely with the senior team, providing expert clinical leadership and supporting the ongoing development of the SDEC service.

Your advanced skills, sound clinical judgement, and ability to work independently will be pivotal in ensuring timely and effective care, helping to reduce admissions and improve patient outcomes.

If you're a motivated and skilled ANP ready to make a real impact within a dynamic surgical setting, we'd love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• Be primarily based in the surgical same day emergency department as part of the surgical workforce.
• Use physical assessment skills to contribute to a patient's diagnosis on emergency presentation to the department.
• Order relevant investigations to assist with the diagnosis of the patients presenting condition and review the results.
• Provide support, information and advice to patients, carers and other members of the multidisciplinary team throughout the patient's surgical journey.
• Review patients in a wide range of clinical conditions, either diagnose and treat, or escalate where appropriate.
• Use clinical knowledge to independently assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatments and interventions for surgical patients in various settings frequently with complex undifferentiated or undefined presentations.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Job responsibilities

For more details on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached job description.

We look forward to your application!

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a high number of applications be received.

Person Specification

• Must have completed Advanced Nurse Practitioner qualification
• Experience working as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Understanding of working processes within a SDEC

• Understand the processes within an SDEC
• Have experience of working within an SDEC

Autonomous working

• Ability to confidently work autonomously
• Experience running autonomous clinics

MDT

• Experience working within, communicating with and referring to different MDTs
• Being a lead within MDT

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.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£55,690 a yearPer Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)