Advanced Practitioner / Trainee Advanced Practitioner - Breast

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting an Advanced Practitioner for the Breast Services. The role requires autonomous clinical decision making in a fast-paced environment and is underpinned by master's level study.

The post works with an established team including surgeons and nurses, with potential Trainee entry at Band 7 rising to Band 8a on qualification. Applicants may be qualified or trainee Advanced Practitioners, with opportunities for leadership, education and research

Qualifications

• Essential: Current NMC Registration, or Paramedic or AHP with registered professional qualification
• Essential: Completion of ACP MSc Apprenticeship
• Desirable: Already on ACP MSc apprenticeship programme due to complete within the next 6 months

Skills

Expert knowledge in Acute Medicine

Interpersonal and communication skills

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for either a qualified or trainee Advanced Practicioner to join Breast Services at the Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust. This role is suitable for an individual that is keen to be part of a fast-paced environment where every day is different.

The Advanced Practitioner (AP) is required to be an experienced registered healthcare professional working at an advanced level in clinical practice, who will exercise autonomy and decision making in a context of complexity, uncertainty and varying levels of risk, holding accountability for decisions made.

The AP role is underpinned by master's level study and encompasses the four pillars of clinical practice, leadership, management, education and research, with demonstration of core capabilities and specialty specific clinical competence. The AP will be an independent prescriber, having completed a recognised independent prescribing qualification, including annotation with their professional regulatory body and works within their scope of practice and relevant legislative authority.

This post is to work closely alongside our established team of 8 Consultant Surgeons, 1 Consultant Breast Care Nurse and 1 Qualified AP. All are supported by our experienced Breast Care Nurse team.

If the post is appointed to a trainee position, this will begin at a Band 7 before progressing to a Band 8a upon qualification.

Main duties of the job

Please see the attached document for more information on the specifics of the advanced practicioner role within breast surgery.

About us

The service has encompassed the full 4 tier skill mix thus supporting learning and development opportunities at all levels.

The Breast Surgical team includes Oncoplastic Breast Surgeons, Consultant Breast Care Nurse and Breast Care Nurses.

The imaging team includes Consultant Radiologists, Consultant Radiographer, Advanced Practitioners, Radiographers and Assistant Practitioners.

The multidisciplinary teams are innovative, cohesive and forward thinking, participating in multiple research and audit trials. The department receives excellent feedback from patients, registrars and students. The breast symptomatic pathway reflects the screening pathway to instil best practice.

Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym ICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.

Details

Date posted: 23 October 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £49,387 to £64,750 a year per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 297-8357421

Job responsibilities

Full details are available within the attached Job Description document which includes the main duties of the role, key dimensions of the position, as well as the required knowledge, skills and experience requirements.

Breast services at Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust (GHNFT) have an excellent reputation. Over recent years the service has grown to become one of the biggest breast units in the North-East of England. As our service continues to develop, we are looking to recruit additional Breast Care Nurse Specialists.

Our service is currently the lead provider for breast care services across Gateshead, Sunderland and South Tyneside. Feedback on our services is consistently excellent, with the service consistently ranked in the UKs top five in the National Cancer Survey of patients experience of care. GHNFT also provides the breast screening programme for Gateshead, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Durham and Chester-Le-Street, and as a result, we benefit from retaining an experienced and established specialist breast radiology team.

The future development of breast services is an organisational priority, with the growth in service demand being supported through investment, including the recruitment of additional Breast Care Nurses into our existing experienced team. Collaboration with Sunderland CCG has provided us with the use of a purpose-built breast clinic facility within Grindon Primary Care Centre. This allows GHNFT to provide locality-based breast care services for Sunderland patients. It is expected that all our breast team support the delivery of services from all localities from which breast services are provided.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Essential: Current NMC Registration, or Paramedic or AHP with registered professional qualification
• Essential: Completion of ACP MSc Apprenticeship
• Desirable: Already on ACP MSc apprenticeship programme due to complete within the next 6 months

Skills, Knowledge and Aptitude

• Essential: Expert knowledge and clinical skills in Acute Medicine
• Essential: High level of interpersonal and communication skills

Experience

• Essential: Substantial experience of working in acute or emergency care as a trainee or qualified ACP
• Essential: Substantial experience of care delivery

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Avenue, Gateshead, NE9 6SX, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.qegateshead.nhs.uk

For questions about the job, contact:Service Line Manager, Breast Services, David Tate, [e-mail], 01914455237

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