Emergency Nurse Practitioner

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; North Shields; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking an Emergency Practitioner to support urgent treatment services. The successful candidate will possess skills in managing minor and major illnesses and work effectively within multidisciplinary teams. Responsibilities include patient assessment, planning care, and promoting health standards. This role ensures high clinical standards and involves supervising junior staff. Applications close on 28 Dec 2025.

Qualifications

• Experience with urgent treatment patient care.
• Understanding of emergency policies and procedures.
• Ability to work independently and in partnership with a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Manage and provide patient care with advanced knowledge.
• Support the Department Manager in accountability.
• Independently assess, plan, implement and evaluate care programmes.
• Discharge patients or refer to appropriate departments.
• Promote health with all patients and carers.
• Take responsibility for nursing service organization in absence of senior nurses.
• Deliver governance standards according to Trust frameworks.
• Supervise and educate junior nursing and medical staff.

Skills

Skills in minor injury/illness

Skills in major illness

Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams

Patient triage skills

Job description

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust – Emergency Practitioner

A vacancy at Northumbria Healthcare – NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking for experienced practitioners with skills in minor injury/illness and major illness who can work alongside Consultants, General Practitioners, practitioners, staff nurses and healthcare assistants in our Urgent Treatment Centres.

This role may require assessment centre or psychometric tests. We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Responsibilities

• To apply advanced knowledge and skills during the management and provision of patient care, working within defined parameters.
• To support the Department Manager in her accountability of the department, pay and non‑pay budget.
• To independently triage, assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care in partnership with the patient and the multidisciplinary team.
• To discharge patients or refer to appropriate department (Streaming & Navigation).
• To promote health with all patients and carers.
• To take responsibility on a regular basis for the organisation and coordination of nursing services in the department in the absence of senior nurses.
• To deliver governance standards in line with the ‘Essence of Care Standards’ and the Trust’s Governance framework.
• To ensure the delivery of ‘Compassion in Practice’ – Nursing.
• To work within Trust Patient Group Directions.
• To practice within Emergency Practitioner Policies.
• To assume responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the implementation of evidence based programmes of care after examination, investigation and diagnoses, providing accurate treatment.
• 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/HCPC or any applicable governing body.
• To be responsible for all 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 a collective leadership culture within the trust.

This advert closes on Sunday 28 Dec 2025.