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

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a Surgical Nurse Advanced Practitioner to join their dynamic team. This role involves delivering high-quality patient care across ENT, Plastics, and Maxfax specialities. The successful candidate will have a strong background in advanced clinical practice, independent prescribing, and clinical decision-making. This is a rewarding opportunity to lead in a fast-paced environment, contributing to innovative care models and enhancing patient pathways. If you are a motivated nurse with a passion for excellence in healthcare, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Registered clinical professional with 7 years post-registration experience.
• MSc level in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent required.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and advanced clinical practice in assessment and treatment.
• Deliver high-quality service across ENT, Maxfax, and Plastics specialities.

Skills

Advanced Clinical Practice

Independent Prescribing

Clinical Decision Making

Patient Assessment

Leadership Skills

Audit Participation

Research Skills

Education

MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice

PGDip in Advanced Clinical Practice

Job description

Surgical Nurse Advanced Practitioner (SNAP)

• To work with the speciality services of ENT, Plastics and Maxfax, within the directorate of surgery.
• St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the country's leading teaching hospitals and the regional specialist care provider for South West London, Surrey and beyond.
• The trust provides a high quality, comprehensive range of health services from leading edge tertiary and trauma care to community services. With national and regional referrals added to our local 3.5m catchment, we serve a population of around 5m.
• Co-located with St George's, University of London and with both organisations now in a formal strategic alliance with King's Health Partners, the trust delivers with its partners high quality research and education both of which contribute to the healthcare provision of tomorrow. Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,000 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff.
• St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major acute hospital that offers very specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, cardiac care, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke.
• It has a helipad which opened in spring 2014 and the work of its emergency department can currently be seen on Channel 4's '24 Hours in A&E' programme.
• The hospital also provides all the usual care you would expect from a local NHS district general hospital.

Main duties of the job

• The Surgical Nurse Advanced Practitioner (SNAP) team have evolved over the past years as a result of changes to junior medical training and a desire to optimise patient pathways and provide more patient focused care.
• The team have rapidly become an integral part of delivering a high quality and responsive service across the specialities of ENT, Maxfax and Plastics.
• The post holder will provide leadership and advanced clinical practice in the assessment and treatment of new presentations through A&E as well as established in- patient care.
• The successful candidate will be an independent prescriber with excellent clinical and decision making skills and a recognised advanced patient assessment course.
• The ability to work within a fast paced, pressurised environment is essential, with the ability to coordinate effectively.
• A competency based development programme and training opportunities will be provided for successful candidates without the relevant speciality based experience. These must be achieved within an agreed time frame in order to meet the requirements of the role.
• This is a highly rewarding opportunity for an experienced and motivated nurse practitioner with a desire to be at the forefront of an innovative care model.

Specialty requirements

ENT:

• Throat infections: Tonsillitis/quinsy and epiglottitis
• Foreign body in ear, nose or throat
• Ear infection
• Head/neck trauma
• Elective head/neck admission for surgery

PLASTICS:

• Hand trauma/infections
• Wound assessment and management

MAX FAX:

• Facial trauma (facial fractures)
• Dental infections
• Infected wounds

Person Specification

Essential

• 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

Desirable

• 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

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address: St Georges Site, Blackshaw Road, Tooting, London, SW17 0QT

Employer's website: https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)