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The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Nurse Practitioner
Accepting applications until: 05-Oct-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 05-Oct-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Freeman Hospital
- Town
- 317 01 Freeman Hospital
- Postcode
- NE7 7DN
- Major / Minor Region
- Tyne and Wear
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent: Internal rotation
- Hours
- Full time - 37.3 hours per week (weekends and night duty)
Salary
- Salary
- £38,682 - £54,710 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 6/7)
Specialty
- Main area
- 317 Adult Surgery Cardiothoracic Practitioners
- Interview date
- 22/10/2025
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has become available for a Band 7 Surgical Nurse Practitioner or Band 6 with competencies required to progress to a Band 7 following successful completion of approximately 15 months within the Cardiothoracic Surgical team. This team have held an excellent reputation for their specialist services which have been, successfully established for 25 years. The team have been paramount to the care and safety of the Cardiothoracic Surgical patients, within and outside of the North East region and cover two pre and post-operative surgical wards and a pre-admission clinic on a rotation.
The post holder will need to be an excellent communicator and a role model for junior members of the wider team. You will need to be able to balance the clinical and non-clinical aspects of the role and therefore well-developed prioritisation and time management skills are essential.
- Interview date: 22nd October 2025
- 37 hours 30 minutes/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.
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The post holder will join a dynamic and clinically focused team who have a wealth of knowledge and skills and are looking for someone to add their skills to the team. The post holder would be responsible for clerking, assessing and providing high quality clinical care, to patient both regionally and nationally whilst working alongside the medical team making decisions on patient pathways.
The role also has a strategic aspect and the post holder will be expected to bring new ideas to the table, support and lead innovative developments both within the team and the wider unit to enhance the patient experience. In the role you will provide strong visible leadership to the nursing and support teams. This will include undertaking some clinical and managerial work within the team under the supervision of the Team Lead.
The post holder will need to be an excellent communicator and a role model for junior members of the wider team. You will need to be able to balance the clinical and non-clinical aspects of the role and therefore well-developed prioritisation and time management skills are essential.
This role would suit a Band 7 Nurse Practitioner already working at this level and all candidates must ensure they meet the essential criteria for the role before applying.
Working for our organisation
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.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Band 7
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust define a nurse practitioner as a qualified nurse where the primary purpose of role is to perform a specific technological procedure/s e.g. endoscopy, ultrasound in a defined patient group and/or advanced patient assessment and clinical decision making in a broad patient group e.g. H@N, pre assessment.
- To deliver a quality of service matching clinical need to available resources within the focus of specialist nursing practice:
- To ensure that the patient is the central focus of a streamlined patient journey ensuring optimal quality of care.
- Working as a nurse practitioner, provide a prompt response to calls from colleagues, prioritising importance and clinical need.
- Manage own caseload to include assessment, investigation, diagnosis and treatment within defined parameters and training.
- Provide immediate care management of patient including communication of plan to patients and significant others.
- Review and refer to appropriate person, e.g. AHP, resident medical staff, specialist registrar or critical care outreach team.
- Liaising with Patient Services Coordinator where necessary.
- Communicate within multidisciplinary team, ward/departmental staff and/or out of hours team.
- Provide specialist education and training to departmental nursing staff, nursing and medical students.
Band 6
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust define a nurse practitioner as a qualified nurse where the primary purpose of role is to perform a specific technological procedure/s e.g. endoscopy, ultrasound in a defined patient group and/or advanced patient assessment and clinical decision making in a broad patient group.
- To work towards the role of an independent nurse practitioner, contributing towards the delivery of a quality service matching clinical need to available resources within the focus of specialist nursing practice:
- To ensure that the patient is the central focus of a streamlined patient journey ensuring optimal quality of care
- Will provide a prompt response to calls from colleagues, prioritising importance and clinical need.
- Supports the clinical team to manage a defined caseload, activity to include assessment, investigation, diagnosis and treatment within defined protocols and training.
- Provide immediate care management of patient including communication of plan to patients and significant others.
- Review and refer to appropriate person, e.g. AHP, resident medical staff, specialist registrar or critical care outreach team.
- Liaises with Patient Services Coordinator.
- Communicate within multidisciplinary team, ward/departmental staff and/or out of hour’s team.
- Contributes to specialist education and training to ward departmental staff, nursing and medical students.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
All Criteria for Band 7
Essential criteria
- Meets Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) requirements for mentorship if relevant to role)
- Evidence of on-going continuous professional development
- Knowledge and understanding of relevant NHS policy or project specific policy context
- Has understanding / experience of adult / child safeguarding
- Good IT skills
- Able to work independently and across disciplines as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
- Effective organisation and time management skills
- Recent experience of extended clinical practice in a senior role underpinned by training and assessment e.g. venepuncture, cannulation skills and intravenous drug administration
- Audit / research experience
- Registered Nurse (appropriate to branch)
- Current NMC registration
- Degree/Masters level study, or equivalent specialist study / experience e.g. o Nurse Practitioner Qualification or equivalent o Clinical Skills Course
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of leading programme / programmes of education and / or training
- Master’s degree
- Management experience / qualification
- Non-Medical Prescribing if relevant to role
All criteria for Band 6
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (appropriate to branch)
- Current NMC registration
- Diploma plus specialist qualifications / experience within specialist area; prepared to take degree level study
- Working towards / prepared to work towards: Nurse Practitioner Qualification or equivalent/ Clinical Skills Course/ Non-Medical prescribing if relevant to role/ Meets Nursing and Midwifery Council standards for student supervision and assessment (formally Mentorship) if relevant to role.
- Extended clinical practice underpinned by training and assessment e.g. venepuncture, cannulation skills and intravenous drug administration
- Audit / research experience
- Evidence of on-going continuous professional development
- Knowledge and understanding of relevant NHS policy or project specific policy context
- Has understanding / experience of adult / child safeguarding
- Good IT skills
- Able to work independently and across disciplines as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
- Effective organisation and time management skills
Desirable criteria
- Degree in health related subject
- Has undertaken and completed Non-medical independent nurse prescribing course
- Research or audit experience
- Evidence of contribution to education programmes and / or training
- Change management skills and involvement in project work
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kerry Kirk
- Job title
- Matron Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 2448640
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