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The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
About
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Contact
- Address
- Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Queen Victoria Road
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Tyne and Wear
- NE1 4LP
- Contact Number
- 0191 282 0999 option 2
Nurse Practitioner
Accepting applications until: 19-Jul-2026 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 19-Jul-2026 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Town
- 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Postcode
- NE1 4LP
- Major / Minor Region
- Tyne and Wear
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (July 2026 - July 2027 - Secondment Opportunity)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 7)
Specialty
- Main area
- 317 Same Day Emergency Care - RVI
- Interview date
- 29/07/2026
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.
With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.
As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
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
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Nurse Practitioner to join our Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) team to cover maternity leave. This role offers the opportunity to work autonomously within an acute setting, delivering high-quality, patient-centred care using established clinical pathways and guidelines.
The successful candidate will assess, diagnose, and manage patients presenting with a wide range of acute conditions, while also providing leadership, acting as a role model, and supporting the development of junior staff and ward teams.
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You will be responsible for
- Independently assessing, taking history, and perform clinical examinations for patients presenting with acute and varied conditions
- Work within established clinical pathways and protocols to guide clinical decision-making
- Order and interpret appropriate investigations in line with pathway-based care
- Formulate and implement safe, evidence-based management plans
- Escalate and discuss complex cases with senior clinicians or specialty teams when indicated
- Prescribe medications safely and appropriately in line with diagnosis and agreed treatment pathways
- Recognise and respond to clinical deterioration appropriately
- Facilitate safe discharge or admission in line with clinical pathways
- Complete clear and comprehensive discharge documentation, including diagnosis, investigations, and management plans
- Coordinate outpatient investigations, ensuring timely follow-up, review of results, and appropriate action
- Communicate effectively with GPs and specialty teams, ensuring continuity of care and clear management plans
- Demonstrate strong time management and prioritisation skills, managing patient flow and acutely unwell patients effectively in a fast-paced environment
- Actively participate in clinical audit, governance, and quality improvement initiatives when opportunities arise.
- Support ward sisters and the wider nursing/medical team, contributing to safe and effective patient car
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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Interview Date: 29 July 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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You will be responsible for
- Provide supervision, guidance, and support to junior staff and students
- Act as a role model, promoting high standards of clinical practice, professionalism, and patient-centred care
Job Purpose
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.
Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form
All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
- • 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
- • Master’s degree
- • Management experience / qualification
- • Has undertaken and completed Non-medical independent nurse prescribing course
Knowledge & Experience
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
- • 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
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- • Good IT skills
- • Able to work independently and across disciplines as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
- • Effective organisation and time management skills
- • Current driving licence if relevant to role
- • Moving and handling patients and objects in line with Trust guidelines using appropriate aids
Desirable criteria
- • Evidence of leading programme / programmes of education and / or training
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Elizabeth Crawford-Upton
- Job title
- Specialty Doctor & Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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