Bank Advanced Nurse Practitioner - HMP Holme House

Spectrum Community Health CIC; Stockton-on-Tees; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is looking for a Bank Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) for HMP Holme House. The successful candidate will provide clinical support, manage complex care, and mentor junior practitioners while ensuring high standards in patient care. This role requires a dynamic individual with extensive experience in nursing, including leadership and independent prescribing capabilities.

Benefits

Access to NHS Pension

Annual leave on your Birthday

Training and Development opportunities

Flexible Working

Up to 33 days annual leave

Qualifications

• Experience working with vulnerable groups.
• Substantial autonomous practice experience.
• Demonstrable experience of working to the ANP competencies.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical assessment and treatment for patients autonomously.
• Mentor and supervise developing ANPs.
• Make evidence-based clinical decisions.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Mentoring

Leadership

Decision-making

Education

First level registered nurse

Independent prescriber

Accredited advanced nurse practice programme

Job description

Employer Spectrum Community Health CIC Employer type Public (Non NHS) Site HMP Holme House Town Stockton-on-Tees Salary £39.63 + enhancements for weekends, nights and bank holidays & WTD Salary period Hourly Closing 25/06/2025 23:59

Bank Advanced Nurse Practitioner - HMP Holme House

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Job overview

If you’re ready for a new challenge, come and join our Health and Justice team!

Spectrum is seeking a skilled, experienced Bank Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) to provide essential clinical support to our Health and Justice services.

We’re looking for a confident ANP with experience of managing complex care and making decisions autonomously, based on sound evidence-based principles. The ideal candidate will have experience in supporting vulnerable people and working collaboratively with GPs, pharmacists and Registered Nurses to provide the best outcomes for patients.

As an ANP, you’ll be a role model and ambassador to our nursing teams and will support them as a senior clinical leader, facilitating safe and effective prescribing, care planning and clinical decision-making.

You will also advise and mentor developing ANPs (where appropriate) and provide a high standard of leadership to colleagues. We’re looking for someone with expert clinical assessment skills and a real desire to make a difference – if that sounds like you, get in touch with us today.

Main duties of the job

• As an Advanced Nurse Practitioner, you will be responsible for autonomously making decisions in the clinical assessment and delivery of evidence-based treatment for patients.
  
  
• You will use clinical information to adjust care and treatment including medications or provide onward referral to appropriate health professionals.
• The role requires the effective delivery of primary care services including initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, safe and effective prescribing, care planning and evaluation of care. Prescribing acutely for clinical conditions appropriately and where relevant in accordance with NICE guidelines and local pathways and protocols.
  
  
• Undertaking medication reviews from SystmOne repeat templates including read coding entries and identifying individuals warranting MDTs or GP review.
  
  
• Providing mentoring and supervision to developing ANPs where appropriate.

Working for our organisation

BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE

Join our team

We’re looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative team.

Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge we’ve got a role for you!

• Access to NHS Pension
• Annual leave on your Birthday
• Refer a friend scheme
• Training and Development opportunities
• Flexible Working
• Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes
• Up to 33 days annual leave

Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award-winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not-for-profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company our focus is centred on people – our patients, service users, staff and partners.

We are building on our ambition to deliver the best in health and wellbeing on a values-driven ethos and to maintain the highest standards of patient care and service. We are an expanding organisation, but we aim to grow without compromising on quality and social value.

Our Mission

Holistic interventions delivered with compassion for the stigmatised and marginalised in our communities

Our Vision

Quality healthcare that makes a difference to people’s lives, regardless of circumstances.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details on the advertised role.

Person specification

Education and Training

• First level registered nurse.
• Post registration training and development
• Accredited advanced nurse practice programme OR substantial autonomous practice experience supported by the appropriate post registration qualification at degree or MSc level. (which maps across to ANP competencies)
• Evidence of substantial experience using advanced clinical examination & assessment skills within practice supported by the appropriate post registration qualification.
• Independent prescriber
• Evidence of extended practice – special skills in Clinical Examination and Diagnosis
• Evidence of continued professional development at masters level, including delivery of evidence-based care
• RCGP Certificate in the Management of Drug Misuse (Parts 1 or 2).
• Accredited Nursing leadership course

Knowledge and Experience

• Substantial autonomous practice working and multi-professional team working.
• Demonstrable experience of working to the ANP competencies (RCN/National)
• Evidence of ability to use advanced physical examination and assessment skills in practice and demonstrate continuous improvement to patient care
• Demonstrable experience coupled with a broad and sound knowledge of complex and common conditions in adults.
• Significant experience of working in a complex environment which allows for the full use of ANP skills e.g. nurse led clinics or emergency care centres, out of hours facilities, walk in centres or general practice.
• Experience of independent prescriber including identifying and leading change to clinical/ prescribing practice to improve service delivery
• Experience of application of clinical governance
• Experience of leading on the nursing agenda
• Experience of working within a secure environment.
• Experience of working with vulnerable groups.
• Experience of conducting and supporting research

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.