Trainee NECTAR Practitioner

Job overview

Working with NECTAR is an exciting opportunity for experienced staff nurses and ODP’s. NECTAR work across the north east transporting patients to their care destinations. This work is varied and exciting, with many opportunities to advance skill sets in patient stabilisation and management of the acutely deteriorating patient. NECTAR provide services to the adult and paediatric population across the north east; therefore, practitioners are expected to adapt their practice to a wide range of patients from infants to elderly care. NECTAR work alongside IAS transporting people by road or by air, so practitioners need to be adaptable to a variety of environments. 

NECTAR practitioners work as part of a multidisciplinary team caring for patients between different hospitals in the North East. They need excellent communication, quick thinking and ability to troubleshoot. They often work independently on practitioner led transfers, therefore their ability to assess the situation and respond timely is essential. 

Successful applicants will be appointed at a Band 5 and progress to a Band 6 on completion of competencies within 18 months.

• Interview Date Thursday 14 May 2026
• 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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• Work independently and within an MDT to deliver highly specialised care to adults and paediatric patients across the North East
• Draw from their previous experience to care for the patient and their demands including IV medication, supporting positive pressure ventilation, airway management, line management and other critical care experience
• Be confident in their assessment skills, able to recognise and escalate care as appropriate in the acutely deteriorating patient
• Be confident and clear in their communication, working remotely means this can often be challenging 
• Comply with all Newcastle Trust legislation and NMC/HCPC code of conduct
• Adhere to guidelines and SOP’s within NECTAR
• Document via eRecord and Kinseed

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.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Cramlington Manor Walks
• Urgent treatment centres
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

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