Emergency Nurse Practitioner

Integrated Care System; Alnwick; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in Alnwick seeks an Emergency Nurse Practitioner to join their Urgent Treatment Centre. The role requires being an autonomous practitioner, responsible for assessing care needs and supervising staff. Ideal candidates will have relevant nursing qualifications and experience, offering a competitive salary ranging from £47,810 to £54,710 annually. Join a leading organization focused on quality and innovation in healthcare.

Qualifications

• Registered Mentor with teaching experience or equivalent.
• Knowledge of coaching and mentoring practices.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient care needs and implement evidence-based programmes.
• Supervise and educate junior nursing and medical staff.
• Maintain high clinical standards and accountability.

Skills

Coaching and mentoring

Quality improvement techniques

Education

1st Level Registered Nurse

Diploma in nursing/health related subject

Degree in related nursing studies

Emergency Nurse Practitioner Course

Tools

Clinical Skills Qualification

Non-Medical prescribing course

Job description

Go back Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Emergency Nurse Practitioner

The closing date is 10 August 2025

Opportunity for nurse practitioners with minor injury/illness and major illness skills to work with a team including General Practitioners, nurse practitioners, and healthcare assistants in our Urgent Treatment Centre at Alnwick Hospital.

We are looking for an autonomous practitioner who is happy to work independently treating a varied group of patients. We promote a culture of inclusive leadership and are keen to continually develop our staff.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

• To apply advanced knowledge and skills during the management and provision of patientcare, working within defined parameters. Lead specialist in Minor Injuries in Emergency Care.
• To support the Department Manager in her accountability of the department, members ofstaff, pay and non pay budget

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting application.

Job responsibilities

• To assume responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the implementation of evidencebased programmes of care after examination, investigation and diagnoses, providing accuratetreatment.
• To supervise, support and educate junior members of nursing and medical staff.
• To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• To be responsible for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards.
• To work within the Urgent treatment Centres for Northumbria Healthcare Trust.
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of acollective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistentleadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching topromote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working andcollaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• 1 st Level Registered Nurse/ HCPC Registered/ AHP
• Registered Mentor / ENB 998 or PP126/ 127
• Teaching certificate 998/997 PP 122/123 or 7307 with teaching experience or equivalent
• Diploma in nursing/health related subject - working towards degree
• ENB 199 or University equivalents
• Emergency Nurse Practitioner Course or equivalent experience
• IRMER Course (to be completed within first six weeks of appointment if not already achieved
• Clinical Skills Qualification or equivalent
• Non- Medical prescribing course
• Evidence of ongoing professional and practice development
• D32/33/34 NVQ Assessor
• Degree in related nursing studies
• Management Qualification
• Leadership Qualification
• ACLS/PALS Course

Experience

• Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
• Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods

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.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£47,810 to £54,710 a yearpro rata per annum