Nurse Practitioner

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Newcastle upon Tyne seeks a dedicated nurse to support patients in care homes. The role involves providing holistic care and working with multidisciplinary teams, focusing on advanced health care planning and avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions. Ideal candidates will have essential nursing skills, a UK Driving License, and be adaptable to changing patient needs. The organization promotes flexible working to accommodate both service requirements and staff needs.

Qualifications

• Must have a full UK Driving License and access to a vehicle.
• Essential nursing skills including catheter care, wound care, and end of life care.
• Ability to create and implement Emergency Health Care Plans.

Responsibilities

• Support a defined caseload of patients in care homes.
• Provide evidence-based holistic care.
• Facilitate weekly virtual Geriatrician M.D.T meetings.

Skills

Catheter care

Wound care

End of life care

Bladder scanning

Phlebotomy

Job description

This is a unique opportunity to join a team of nurses and nurse practitioners to support a defined caseload of patients residing in care homes throughout Newcastle. No two days are the same, you need to be adaptable and flexible to provide safe, evidence based holistic care. We provide planned face to face clinical care and planned assessments responding to the changing needs of our patients. Our nurses are involved in advanced health care planning with patients and their families with the aim of avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions. We also support end of life palliative care patients and patients with complex, long term conditions. We work alongside members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team, supporting the linked GP's on weekly ward rounds, and the wider community teams. The team facilitates a weekly virtual Geriatrician M.D .T meeting with patients referred by health care professionals throughout the community. We support a team of community nurses offering support and guidance. The team also provides specialist advice and support to a range of qualified and non-qualified staff in the care home settings. We are a dynamic team, working autonomously to assess patients who present with an acute clinical need and ensure patients with long term conditions are receiving appropriate care. Applicants must have a full UK Driving License and access to a vehicle.

• Interview date: 13th January 2026
• 30 hours/week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
• Essential nursing skills (inc catheter care, wound care, end of life care, bladder scanning, phlebotomy).
• Complete discharge reviews.
• Complete Comprehensive Baseline Assessments.
• Create and implement Emergency Health Care Plans with patients and their families.
• Assist the GP with the weekly ward round in the care home.
• New assessments, reassessments and reviews following hospital discharge.
  As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
• With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:
  • Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
  • Freeman Hospital
  • Newcastle Dental Hospital
  • Cramlington Manor Walks
  • Urgent treatment centres
  • Newcastle Fertility Centre
  • Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
  • Northern Genetics Service