Surgical Advanced Nurse Practitioner - ENT, Maxfax and Plastics (SNAP)

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

An opportunity to join St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a Surgical Advanced Nurse Practitioner. This role requires managing complex cases in a fast-paced environment, collaborating with a skilled team, and leading critical clinical decisions. Candidates must possess significant experience and an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice, along with leadership skills. If you're looking to advance your career in a dynamic environment, this position is for you.

Qualifications

• Registered clinical professional with a minimum of MSc level in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent.
• 7 years post-registration experience, with at least 5 years in relevant specialties.
• Experience as clinical leader, and in an autonomous practice role.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical decisions and interventions for emergency cases during night shifts.
• Provide overnight cover with specific expertise in ENT, Maxfax, and Plastics.
• Collaborate with a team of ACPs for comprehensive patient assessments.

Skills

Clinical assessment skills

Leadership

Research

Education

Education

MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice

Independent non-medical prescribing qualification

Job description

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Surgical Advanced Nurse Practitioner - ENT, Maxfax and Plastics (SNAP)

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Job summary

It's 8pm at St George's Hospital.

You've just taken handover from the day team when your pager buzzes, a patient with severe facial trauma is inbound by air. While preparing for their arrival, you're also alerted to a potential airway emergency coming through ED. As the Advanced Clinical Practitioner for Maxfax tonight, you're first on scene, leading assessments, requesting urgent imaging, and performing minor surgical procedures.

You're not alone. Two other ACPs are on shift, each covering their own surgical specialty. Together, you collaborate, support one another, and hand over as a team at the end of your shift. You'll assess patients, order investigations, prescribe treatment, and make clinical decisions - independently.

This is what a night looks like in our ENT, Maxfax and Plastics ACP team: complex cases, rapid decision-making, and the opportunity to work at the top of your game.

Complex surgical cases, minor procedures, and the chance to expand your skills in a close-knit, forward-thinking team - if that sounds like the next step in your career, we'd love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

This role places you at the heart of advanced clinical practice within ENT, Maxfax and Plastics. You'll be part of a team of six ACPs providing overnight cover and playing a key role in assessing and managing patients arriving in the emergency department.

You'll need to have:

• Completed your MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice
• Hold a non-medical prescribing qualification
• Be confident in requesting and interpreting diagnostics as well as performing clinical procedures within your scope

Please note: To be considered for this role, you must have experience working in an ED or as a Nurse Practitioner, or paramedic with exposure to acute surgical patients. While this is a night-shift position, your first six months will be spent working alongside the doctors during daytime hours as part of your induction and training period.

What makes this role different?

• Autonomy and variety
  • You'll be the first to assess patients referred overnight -- from airway emergencies to complex trauma. You'll lead clinical decisions, carry out interventions, and work closely with on-call teams. No two nights are ever the same.
• A great ACP team
  • Each night, you'll work alongside two other ACPs. We support each other, collaborate across specialties, and maintain a strong culture of communication and trust

About us

• As one of London's largest teaching hospitals and a regional specialist centre, we treat some of the most complex cases in the region. We have a helipad, hyper-acute stroke and cardiac services, and are one of the city's four major trauma centres

We know starting a new role at a new hospital can feel daunting, but from day one, you'll be fully supported. That support goes beyond your day-to-day responsibilities. We're committed to your development, and open to new ideas.

Job responsibilities

Specialty requirements

ENT:

Throat infections: Tonsillitis/quinsy and epiglottitis

Foreign body in ear, nose or throat

Ear infection

Elective head/neck admission for surgery

PLASTICS:

Hand trauma/infections

Wound assessment and management

MAX FAX:

Dental infections

Infected wounds

Person Specification

• Registered clinical professional
• MSc level in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent (Minimum PGDip)
• Independent or supplementary non-medical prescriber (where relevant)
• 7 years post-registration experience, of which at least 5 years includes speciality experience
• Demonstration of experience in all four pillars of advanced clinical practice (clinical practice, leadership and management, research, education)
• Participation in audit and research
• Completed portfolio of supervised practice in speciality
• Certified speciality courses
• Relevant NHS leadership qualification or working towards
• Experience as clinical Leader
• Experience in an autonomous practice role
• Previous experience in an advanced practice role
• Experience of service development
• NMC registered Independent prescriber or meets criteria to undertake within 6 months of appointment.
• Advanced clinical assessment skills/ANP qualifitcation
• Experience of running research and audit programmes
• Completed a recognized leadership development programme

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.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£61,927 to £68,676 a yearper annum inc HCAS (pro-rata)