Emergency Nurse Practitioner

Nhs Lothian; City of Edinburgh; Sur place; GBP 43 000 - 53 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

NHS Lothian invites applications for an Emergency Nurse Practitioner based at Astley Ainslie Hospital in Edinburgh. The role involves using specialist clinical judgment to manage minor injuries within the Flow Centre, via telephone, video, and face-to-face MIU assessments. You will provide patient and professional guidance and contribute to service development.

Part-time considered; 36 hours per week on a permanent contract. PVG scheme membership is required.

Responsabilités

• Undertake the role of the emergency nurse practitioner, using specialist clinical knowledge, decision making and clinical judgment in managing minor injuries within the Flow and Navigation Centre (FNC) by telephone, video consultation and face to face at MIUs.
• Provide advice to patients, healthcare professionals, other agencies, carers, clients and relatives.
• Support service development to improve practice and work collaboratively across healthcare boundaries, implementing and evaluating evidence-based standards, guidelines and policies.

Description du poste

Job reference: 262845
Salary: Band 6 (£43,231 - £52,679)
Job closing date: 12/11/2026
Job Type: Nursing and Midwifery
Location: Astley Ainslie Hospital
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 36 (part time may be considered)
Department: Flow Centre
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lothian

Role Overview

To undertake the role of the emergency nurse practitioner, utilising specialist clinical knowledge, decision making and clinical judgment in the management of minor injuries within the Flow and Navigation Centre (FNC) by telephone and video consultation and face to face at minor injuries units (MIU).

Provide advice to patients, healthcare professionals, other agencies, carers, clients and relatives.

Support the development of the service to improve practice and work collaboratively across healthcare boundaries, implementing and evaluating evidence based standards, guidelines and policies.

If after reading this information you have any questions, please contact Joan Logan, 0131 446 4540

About Us

We are looking for an inspirational leader who is caring, compassionate and motivated to join our strong, empowered and highly skilled nursing family.

Our Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan sets out our Vision, Ambitions and Values that enable excellent care for our patients and service users. It also demonstrates what you can expect from our organisation and what you can aspire to in your own career development. A collaborative, person focused approach is at the very centre of everything we aspire to achieve, and necessary to deliver care that is high quality, compassionate, safe and effective. We continue to work towards having a diverse and inclusive culture for people who work for us and use our services. We want everyone to realise their full potential and make a positive contribution. We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and communities. We are committed to supporting the development of a nursing and midwifery workforce that is made up of diverse skills and experiences. We are interested in your passion for developing with us as a leader as well as demonstrating alignment with the values and ambitions set out in our Strategic Plan. We are committed to providing the strong foundations of clinical education with our Clinical Education and Training team, our education co-ordinators, robust induction programmes and preceptorship as well as working with you to build on your leadership strengths.

Recruitment Process

We use a values and competency-based recruitment process that is linked to the ambitions set out in our Strategic Plan. Within NHS Lothian, Nursing and Midwifery interviews are linked to our Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan. We aim to offer an equitable experience and are sharing interview questions in advance.

Important Information

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.

Part time hours will be considered and salary will be pro rata.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.