Nurse Practitioner

NHS Grampian; Scotland; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Scotland is seeking a permanent Nurse Practitioner for the Hospital at Night Team in Aberdeen. The successful candidate will work predominantly nights, ensuring the management of deteriorating patients, and attend daytime meetings as necessary. This role provides the opportunity to develop advanced clinical skills with training offered for a PG certificate in Advanced Clinical Practice. Candidates must be registered nurses with relevant experience and the capability to support and supervise others within the team, promoting a balanced work/life routine.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Must be a registered nurse with relevant acute post registration experience.
• Ability to maintain and develop advanced practice skills and knowledge.
• Expectation to support others within the team.

Responsibilities

• Work predominantly nights and represent the team in daytime meetings.
• Manage deteriorating patients and respond to clinical emergencies.
• Support and manage the Senior Healthcare Support Worker team.

Skills

Registered nurse

Acute post registration experience

Advanced practice skills

Education

PG certificate in Advanced Clinical Practice

Job description

Nurse Practitioner

Band 6 - 22.5 hours per week - Permanent

Hospital at Night, ARI

An opportunity for a Nurse Practitioner has arisen within Hospital at Night Team within Division of Medicine and Unscheduled Care in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. We are seek a suitably motivated colleague to join our well-established team on a permanent basis. Training will be provided to achieve PG certificate in Advanced Clinical Practice.

Joining this team you will be expected to work predominantly nights with some expectation to work days when required to represent the team’s attendance at daytime meetings and support our medical colleagues induction.

You will be a registered nurse with relevant acute post registration experience.

Maintaining and developing advanced practice skills, knowledge and competence as well as supporting that of others within the team, will also be an expectation of you in this role. We endeavour to provide ‘clinical supervision’ time to support your development. We pride ourselves as an advanced, approachable and supportive team working as ‘one team’ alongside all staff disciplines to support patients overnight. This role is unique allowing variation of managing the deteriorating patient, and clinical emergency response alongside unscheduled patient clerking also with management responsibilities for Senior Healthcare Support Worker team.

Despite working overnight, 2 nights / week within self-rostering system can promote a healthy work/life balance.

Interviews are planned for Monday 9th March, in-person.