Junior Nurse Practitioner

South Tyneside And Sunderland Nhs Foundation Trust; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to join the Sunderland Community Frailty Team. The role focuses on autonomous assessment and coordination of care for older adults with frailty in community settings, including care homes and MDT involvement.

You will conduct CGAs, develop care plans, and lead complex assessments with support for investigations and prescribing as needed. The post offers opportunities for innovation and professional development.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC registration.
• Nursing or related degree.
• Advanced clinical assessment skills accreditation or willingness to work towards.
• Non Medical Prescriber or willingness to complete extended prescribing training.
• Car driver with ability to travel across sites.
• Leadership and management course.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the delivery and development of the specialist service through evidence-based practice in line with national standards for patient safety.
• Plan and deliver safe, effective, compassionate patient care for dedicated care pathways as an autonomous practitioner.
• Continuously improve clinical care standards within the governance framework.
• Exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code and ensure effective internal and external communication regarding patient care and resources.
• Provide education and training to clinical staff within the Trust; offer specialist advice and support to patients and staff.

Skills

Advanced clinical assessment

Non-medical prescribing

Advanced decision-making

Driving licence

NMC Registered Nurse

Education

Nursing degree

NMC registration

Job description

Job summary
We are looking for a highly motivated Nurse Practitioner to work within the Sunderland Community Frailty Team in Sunderland. The team consists of Band 7 and Band 6 Nurse Practitioners who are based in each of our six Community Integrated Teams. You will be responsible for out of hospital care assessment and co-ordination of care and services to people who live in their own home or nursing or residential care and are identified as having moderate to severe frailty, multiple co-morbidities complex needs or who are identified as high intensity service users. You will work as a member of the Multidisciplinary Team and will be required to attend and participate care home and community MDTs. You will be an autonomous practitioner.
You will be responsible for pro-actively case finding patients with moderate to severe frailty and undertaking CGAs Comprehensive assessment, personalised care planning, providing support and advice to enhance self-care and improve quality of life for older people and reducing level of frailty wherever possible.
You will work autonomously, assessing individual patient needs, initiating investigations, with support determining a differential diagnosis and initiating appropriate holistic, evidence-based treatment and care. You will refer patients who require medical intervention to the appropriate services.
There will be considerable opportunity for innovation, personal development and job satisfaction
Main duties of the job
As a Junior Nurse Practitioner in the Community Frailty Team you will be an experienced Registered Nurse, who preferably has experience at Band 6 level, you will have a great working knowledge of care of older people and patients with frailty and complex health needs and you will be a confident autonomous professional. You will be adynamic, approachable and self-motivated individual, you will be responsible for ensuring high standards are maintained and you will have a desire for continual improvement.
You will have:

• A full UK driving licence and access to a car
• Registered Nurse with NMC
• A nursing or related degree
• Advanced clinical assessment skills accreditation or willingness to work towards
• Non-medical prescribing qualification or willing to work towards extended prescribing skills
• Advanced decision-making skills

For further information please contact Ashley Burnett 07920190936 or Denise Slark 07500850431
About us
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One Team One Trust - There are many reasons to work at our Trust. From our commitment to putting people first to our accessible services and award winning teams. We have a passion for research, innovation and tackling inequalities. We are committed to respect, fairness and civility and promote a compassionate, caring and positive culture / working environment.
We welcome all applications irrespective of peoples race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. Looking after our workforces health and wellbeing is a priority for us. We also provide access to high quality education, training, career progression and support. Flexible working is supported via our Flexible Working Policy.
The Trust employs around 8,746 people and provides a range of hospital services to a local community of around 430,000 residents. We also provide a range of more specialised services outside this area. We offer our staff outstanding benefits - Fitness Centre (SRH), libraries at both hospital sites, chaplaincy support and access to a Care Co-ordinator to help staff with childcare arrangements. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for full details

• To coordinate the delivery and development of the specialist service through the use of effective evidence based practice in line with agreed national standards for patient safety and monitoring.
• To be accountable for the planning and delivery of safe effective and compassionate patient care in relation to dedicated pathways of care, working as an autonomous practitioner.
• To continuously improve clinical care standards in line with the clinical governance framework.
• To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code.
• To ensure effective communication internally and externally regarding patient care and resources.
• Provide education and training to clinical staff across the Trust.
• Provide specialist clinical advice and support to patients and clinical staff within the Trust on the management and care of patients within the specialist area.
• To provide direct access for patients, either face to face or telephone consultation.
• To represent the service nationwide.
• To play a key role in ensuring that national and local standards/targets for the specialist area are met.
• To manage/lead practitioner led clinics in relation to reviewing patients and play a key role in optimising complex treatment regimes, facilitating hospital discharge and preventing avoidable hospital admissions.
• To undertake research relevant to the needs of the specialist area.
• To comply with the trusts vision, values and behavioural compact:
• Awareness of relevant national health and social care policy.
• Knowledge of best practice in area of specialism.
• Thorough understanding of expanded roles/professional practice issues.
• Clinical teaching experience.
• Ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information, where persuasive, motivational, negotiating, training, empathic or reassurance skills are required.
• Able to work without supervision.
• Competent in the use of IT packages.
• Evidence of competency in relation to clinical practices appropriate to the post.
• Experience of the specialist which would normally be gained through working as a Band 5 or 6
• Experience of leading a team/supervising junior staff.
• Evidence of innovation in practice.
• Experience of coordinating care for a caseload of patients.

Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Nurse
• Mentorship certificate/Practice Assessor training or demonstrable equivalent experience.
• Clinical skills accreditation or willingness to complete.
• Non Medical Prescriber or willingness to complete.
• Leadership and Management course.
• Qualification in specialty.

Physical Skills
Essential

• Ability to assist patients to move as per Trust Moving and Handling Policy.
• Car Driver with ability to travel across sites.

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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Junior Nurse Practitioner • Sunderland, United Kingdom