Night Nurse Practitioner – Training Post

NHS; Berwick-upon-Tweed; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Night Nurse Practitioner in Berwick. This role involves providing independent clinical assessments and managing patient care in the Urgent Treatment Centre. You will work as part of a dedicated team, ensuring high-quality service and support for patients overnight. Ideal candidates will have a strong clinical background, experience in A&E, and a commitment to professional development. This position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to advance within the organization.

Qualifications

• Must have clinical assessment qualification and A&E experience.
• Experience in coaching and mentoring practices required.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced clinical assessment and management of patients.
• Support the ward with clinical issues during night shifts.
• Engage with external agencies for high-quality patient service.

Skills

Clinical Assessment

Independent Practitioner

Coaching

Quality Improvement

Education

1st Level Live NMC Registered Nurse

Degree Level Study

Registered Mentor

Nurse Prescribing Course

Tools

ENB998/730

ILS (Advanced CPR)

IRMER Course

Job description

Go back Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Night Nurse Practitioner – Training Post

The closing date is 20 May 2025

We are looking to recruit a Night Nurse Practitioner to join our team working in Berwick Infirmary . The successful applicant must have a clinical assessment qualification with experience in working in A&E, Urgent treatment environment and have the skills to be an independent practitioner.

The Night practitioner team cover Urgent Treatment Centre and support the inpatient ward as hospital Clinical lead once UTC closes at Midnight. They will need to attend UTC overnight should anyone self present

The practitioners role is to provide independent advanced clinical assessment and management of patients in the Urgent Treatment Centre.

The practitioners are responsible for flow through the department and ensuring timely assessment, treatment, discharge and referrals where needed.

They are the senior nurse on site during the night and will support the ward with any clinical issues surrounding patient care

This post falls within the provisions of Agenda for Change Annex 20 - Development of Professional Roles, whereby upon completion of an agreed set of competencies you may move onto the next pay band without the need for an application for a post at a higher level.

For further information on Annex 20, please see:

http://www.nhsemployers.org/tchandbook/annex-16-to-20/annex-20-development-of-professional-roles

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

• Provide skilled and knowledgeable care and advice to patients and their carers.
• Complete assessments, planning, implementation and evaluation of direct care to patients.
• Work with all members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Engage with external agencies to provide a high-quality service for patients and their carers.
• Contribute to the development of high-quality services within Northumbria Healthcare.

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, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Job responsibilities

• To develop the skills required to provide advanced clinical assessment of patients
• To triage patients, prioritising clinical need, highlighting and initiating treatment plans by following agreed Trust guidelines and protocols whilst under supervision.
• To develop the skills to work autonomously, assessing individual patient needs, initiating investigations, determining a differential diagnosis and initiating appropriate holistic, evidencebased treatment and care.
• To provide senior nursing support on operational issues.
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Professional Registration

• 1st Level Live NMC Registered Nurse
• Registered Mentor
• Degree level study with ongoing/continuing professional development
• ENB998/730 or equivalent.
• ILS (Advanced CPR/Trust one day training course)
• Nurse prescribing course or willing to undertake
• IRMER course

Experience and knowledge

• Appropriate senior clinical experience
• Evidence of continuing academic and professional development
• 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

£37,338 to £52,809 a yearBand 7 on completion of competencies, prescribing & ALS.