Senior Advanced Nurse Practitioner AA

NHS National Services Scotland; Scotland; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Advanced Nurse Practitioner within the innovative Urgent Care Services in Fife. This role is primarily clinical, allowing for significant contributions to patient care through autonomous diagnosis and management. You will collaborate with a dedicated team to enhance service delivery and implement evidence-based practices, ensuring patients receive timely and effective care. The position offers a chance to develop nursing practices in a community-based setting, with support for your professional growth through comprehensive orientation and mentorship programs. Join a forward-thinking organization committed to equality and diversity in the workplace.

Benefits

Flexible Working

Family-Friendly Policies

Professional Development Opportunities

Clinical Supervision and Coaching

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurses with substantial post-registration experience.
• Educated to or near completion of MSc level in Advanced Nurse Practitioner.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist advice and education to healthcare professionals.
• Ensure patient health needs are met through autonomous diagnosis.

Skills

Advanced Clinical Assessment

Decision-Making Skills

Leadership

Teaching and Clinical Supervision

Research and Audit

Education

Registered General Nurse

MSc in Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Non-Medical Prescriber Qualification

Job description

Job Opportunity: Senior Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) - Urgent Care Services Fife

This is an exciting development for the role of the Senior Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) within Urgent Care Services Fife (UCSF). This post will be primarily clinical with dedicated non-clinical time to support the development of the nursing team.

As a Senior Advanced Nurse Practitioner, you will apply high levels of decision-making within UCSF. You will be part of the senior clinical team, ensuring patient health needs are met through autonomous diagnosis and management of patient conditions via assessment, treatment, and review planning, in partnership with patients, carers, and families. The role involves providing specialist advice and education to healthcare professionals, other agencies, carers, clients, and relatives. You will also work collaboratively across healthcare boundaries to develop the service, improve practice, and implement evidence-based standards, guidelines, and policies. In line with the redesign of Urgent Care, you will help ensure patients are seen in the right place, at the right time, by the right person.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop nursing practice within community-based urgent care. Candidates must be Registered General Nurses with substantial post-registration experience, educated to or near completion of MSc level in an Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Non-Medical Prescriber qualification, and have completed or be willing to undertake the Urgent Care diploma. Experience supporting professional development, including teaching, clinical supervision, research, and audit, is essential, along with a strong knowledge of current Acute and Urgent Care issues. The role requires excellent professional leadership, team working, advanced clinical assessment, and decision-making skills. Flexibility to meet the needs of the service and support the Lead Nurse in developing the service to ensure safe, patient-centered, and effective care using the Four Pillars of Practice at an advanced level is vital.

Your working hours will include various shift patterns, including evenings, nights, weekends, daytime, and public holidays. Travel across Fife to UCSF centres at Queen Margaret Hospital, Victoria Hospital, and St Andrews will be required.

We are committed to supporting your professional development through a robust orientation program, Personal and Professional Development Planning, clinical supervision, coaching, and mentorship.

For informal inquiries, please contact Fran Simpson, Lead Nurse, via email at [e-mail].

A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme prior to appointment.

NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all employees are legally entitled to work in the UK. If you are not a UK or Irish national, please confirm your right to work in your application.

We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and support candidates with disabilities, long-term conditions, or neurodivergence through reasonable adjustments.

NHS Scotland is committed to promoting equality and diversity, ensuring a workforce that is truly representative and where each employee feels respected and able to give their best. We welcome applications from all sections of society.