Night Nurse Practitioner (XR06)

Integrated Care System; Leeds; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Leeds seeks a Night Nurse Practitioner to deliver critical out-of-hours services. The role includes providing clinical leadership, assessing patient needs, and ensuring quality care delivery. Candidates must be registered nurses with significant experience. A structured training period is provided. This position offers an essential service to the medical and respiratory wards.

Qualifications

• Significant post registration experience at staff nurse level or equivalent.
• Working with a wide range of professionals including medical, nursing and management colleagues.
• Audit and standard setting experience.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to professional, clinical leadership for the nursing team.
• Assist in co-ordinating ward activities and maintain effective communication.
• Play a key role in assessing patient care needs and developing care programmes.

Skills

Clinical experience

Excellent written and verbal skills

Ability to organize and prioritize workload

Compassionate and caring

Motivator of self and others

Education

Registered Nurse (RN Adult)

Recognised teaching/assessing qualification

Job description

Anexciting opportunity for a motivated and experienced registered nurse to joinour team as a Night Nurse Practitioner, delivering critical out-of-hoursservices. This role supports clinical governance and patient care continuityduring night and weekend shifts. A structured three-month supernumerarytraining period will be provided to ensure proficiency and confidence in therole

Theywill contribute to the provision of professional, clinical, managerialleadership and supervision for the nursing team. The jobholder is responsible for helping todevelop and maintain a ward or departments philosophy that has the patientat the centre of compassionate safe and quality care delivery

Asan experienced nurse the jobholder will assist in co-ordinating activities onthe ward or department ensuring effective communication is maintained at alltimes, providing support to qualified and unqualified nurses within theward/dept. He/she will play a key rolein the assessment of patient care needs and the development, implementationand evaluation of programmes of care.

Thejobholder will act as a role model, promoting quality evidence-basedpractice, developing the nursing team and ensuring effective management ofthe ward/department in the absence of the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse. The jobholder will work to ensure that staffing plans are enacted and reviewingstaffing for the coming shift.

Expected ShortlistingDate

27/08/2025

Main duties of the job

Thisis an out of hours position to support the medical and respiratory wards. Thejob holder will carry a bleep so that each area can contact you when help isrequired. Clinical skills needed for this role include; cannulation,venepuncture, catheterisation, ECG and competent A to E assessment.Additional training will be provided to ensure skills and kept current whilein the role.

About us

Theteam is a small team working out of hours nights, weekends and bank holidays.Supporting SIM, UC and Resp with staffing, patient investigations such ascanulation and ECG, and management of the acutely unwell patient.

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Job responsibilities

Thejobholder will play an essential role assisting the Senior Sister/ChargeNurse with the 24 hour continuingresponsibility for the effective and efficient management of the ward /department. They will contribute tothe provision of professional, clinical, managerial leadership andsupervision for the nursing team. Thejobholder is responsible for helping to develop and maintain a ward ordepartments philosophy that has the patient at the centre of compassionatesafe and quality care delivery. Throughassisting with managing the administrative and financial aspects of the ward,the jobholder will support the cost effective use of resources

Thisis an out of hours position to support the medical and respiratory wards. Thejob holder will carry a bleep so that each area can contact you when help isrequired. Clinical skills needed for this role include; cannulation,venepuncture, catheterisation, ECG and competent A to E assessment.Additional training will be provided to ensure skills and kept current whilein the role.

Person Specification

Skills and Behaviours

• Evidence of continued professional development
• Local and national nursing agenda.
• Current issues in health and social care
• Standards of professional practice
• Compassionate and caring
• Capable of lateral thinking
• Motivator of self and others
• Positive approach to change
• Flexible
• Adaptable
• Able to manage stress in self and others
• Understanding of training needs in relation to post
• Clinical experience within the specialty
• Skills and knowledge required to lead and develop team members

Additional Requirements

• Excellent written and verbal skills.
• Ability to organise and prioritise own and others workload.
• Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for post

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (RN Adult for adult clinical areas)
• Recognised teaching/assessing qualification

Experience

• Significant post registration experience at staff nurse level or equivalent
• Working with a wide range of professionals including medical, nursing and management colleagues
• Audit and standard setting
• Clinical Experience within the specialty.

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.