Clinical Nurse Practitioner

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Redcar; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Clinical Nurse Practitioner to join their Urgent Community Response service. The role demands a non-medical prescriber with significant clinical experience. Responsibilities include providing in-depth assessments and treatments to patients in their own homes, aiming to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions. Applicants must demonstrate advanced clinical skills and a commitment to patient-centered care, with a salary range of £47,810 to £54,710 per annum (pro rata).

Benefits

Leadership and improvement training

Support for professional development

Qualifications

• Must be a non-medical prescriber with demonstrable experience.
• Completed advanced physical assessment course or willing to pursue level 7.
• Registered as fit to practice by NMC as an adult nurse.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care and treatment to patients at home to prevent hospital admissions.
• Assess nursing care and treatment requirements for patients with complex needs.
• Participate in a 24/7 Urgent Community Response service.

Skills

Advanced clinical skills

Effective communication skills

Organisational skills

Team leadership experience

Clinical governance knowledge

Education

Independent non-medical prescriber certification

Advanced physical assessment course (level 7)

Teaching and mentoring qualification

Diploma or Degree from professional body

Job description

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Nurse Practitioner

The closing date is 15 December 2025

Secondment is possible for current employees of University Hospitals Tees; if you are applying for a secondment post, you must seek authorisation from your manager who will go through the secondment policy with you.

An excellent opportunity has arisen within Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland Community Services. We are looking for skilled and outstanding senior clinicians to join our Urgent Community Response (UCR) service within the Growing the Friarage and Community Collaborative.

Non-Medical Prescribing is essential.

If you possess innovation, dynamism, drive and are passionate about patient focused care, this could be the challenge you are looking for.

You will have significant post‑registration experience, be a non‑medical prescriber and have advanced clinical skills to help you effectively manage a caseload of patients with highly complex needs. You will utilise your advanced clinical skills, non‑medical prescribing and case‑management approach which will have a direct and positive impact on the person's ability to cope with an acute presentation with the aim to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions.

Experience of working in a community setting, working within an emergency assessment unit or rehabilitation would be an advantage and we welcome informal visits to the areas.

Main duties of the job

In the role of the Community Clinical Nurse Practitioner you will be a key member of the unplanned Urgent Community Response Service providing an in‑depth assessment of nursing care and treatment for patients in their own home to prevent unnecessary admissions and/or facilitate timely discharge from hospital.

Hours of operation is 24 hours per day over 7 days per week within the UCR service.

The successful candidate(s) will join a team of UCR Clinical Practitioners with a wealth of clinical knowledge and experience who will support and encourage you in your new post.

Successful candidate must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role.

About us

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

• Your Leadership Impact
• Leading your Team to Success
• Leading Into the Future
• Service Improvement for Beginners
• Developing your Service Improvement Skills
• Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

• Explore leadership within the NHS
• Promote Trust values and behaviour
• Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
• Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in‑house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

• To be an independent non‑medical prescriber with demonstrable experience
• To have completed the advanced physical assessment and disease management skills course (level 7) OR have completed the physical assessment and disease management skills course (level 6) AND be willing to work towards the level 7 course within the first 2 years of appointment.
• Teaching and mentoring qualification
• To hold a Diploma or Degree awarded by professional body.
• Registered as fit to practice by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) as a registered adult nurse.

Knowledge & Skills

• Participate in regular clinical supervision
• Able to assume additional managerial responsibility and prioritise this accordingly
• Demonstrates an ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team.
• Knowledge of clinical governance and risk assessment/management

Experience

• Demonstrates enhanced clinical knowledge and skills relevant to role.
• To display effective communication skills, communicating complex, sensitive and contentious information to others
• Demonstrates excellent organisational / delegation / prioritisation skills.
• Able to evidence team leadership experience
• Evidence of post graduate training/experience in leadership

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.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum (pro rata)