The closing date is 28 December 2025
Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 a year pro rata
Job summary
This is a unique opportunity to join a team of nurses and nurse practitioners to support a defined caseload of patients residing in care homes throughout Newcastle.
No two days are the same, you need to be adaptable and flexible to provide safe, evidence based holistic care.
We provide planned face to face clinical care and planned assessments responding to the changing needs of our patients.
Our nurses are involved in advanced health care planning with patients and their families with the aim of avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions. We also support end of life palliative care patients and patients with complex, long term conditions.
We work alongside members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team, supporting the linked GP’s on weekly ward rounds, and the wider community teams. The team facilitates a weekly virtual Geriatrician M.D .T meeting with patients referred by health care professionals throughout the community.
We support a team of community nurses offering support and guidance.
The team also provides specialist advice and support to a range of qualified and non-qualified staff in the care home settings.
We are a dynamic team, working autonomously to assess patients who present with an acute clinical need and ensure patients with long term conditions are receiving appropriate care.
Applicants must have a full UK Driving License and access to a vehicle.
Main duties of the job
- Interview date: 13th January 2026
- 30 hours/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.
- Essential nursing skills ( inc catheter care, wound care, end of life care, bladder scanning, phlebotomy).
- Complete discharge reviews.
- Complete Comprehensive Baseline Assessments.
- Create and implement Emergency Health Care Plans with patients and their families.
- Assist the GP with the weekly ward round in the care home.
- New assessments, reassessments and reviews following hospital discharge.
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- Degree in health related subject
- Has undertaken and completed Non-medical independent nurse prescribing course
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- Research or audit experience
- Evidence of contribution to education programmes and / or training
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- Change management skills and involvement in project work
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).