The closing date is 03 May 2026
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year pro rata per annum
Job summary
We are looking to appoint a Band 7 Nurse Practitioner who can work autonomously within our Urgent Treatment Centre at night, supporting patients who may self present.
This role will also require the practitioner to work as the Senior Nurse at night supporting the hospital site / inpatient ward and dealing with any inpatients who may become unwell during night shift.
The practitioners role is to provide independent advanced clinical assessment and management of patients in the Urgent treatment Centre. They should be working in the role of non- medical prescriber holding the appropriate qualification.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
- To assume responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the implementation of evidence based programmes of care after examination, investigation and diagnoses, providing accuratetreatment.
- To supervise, support and educate junior members of nursing and medical staff
- To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
- To be responsible for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards
- To work within the Urgent treatment Centres for Northumbria Healthcare Trust
- To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promoteownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Qualifications / Professional Registration
Essential
- 1st Level Registered Nurse/ HCPC Registered/ AHP
- Registered Mentor / ENB 998 or PP126/ 127
- Teaching certificate 998/997 PP 122/123 or 7307 with teaching experience or equivalent
- Diploma in nursing/health related subject – working towards degree
- ENB 199 or University equivalents
- Emergency Nurse Practitioner Course or equivalent experience
- IRMER Course (to be completed within first six weeks of appointment if not already achieved
- IRMER Course (to be completed within first six weeks of appointment if not already achieved
- Non- Medical prescribing course
- Clinical Skills Qualification or equivalent
Desirable
- D32/33/34 NVQ Assessor
- Degree in related nursing studies
- Management Qualification
- Leadership Qualification
- ACLS/PALS Course
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- Substantial post registration experience
- Evidence of ongoing professional and practice development
Desirable
- Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
- Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).