Emergency Nurse Practitioner

Emergency Nurse Practitioner

The closing date is 02 March 2026

We are looking to appoint an experienced Band 7 Nurse Practitioner who can work autonomously within our Urgent Treatment Centre at night, supporting patients who may self‑present. The practitioner must have experience of working in an Urgent Treatment Centre dealing with patients autonomously as there will be no resident medical support, although support and advice can be gained from the Emergency Care Department at The Northumbria.

This role will also require the practitioner to work as the Senior Nurse at night supporting the site/inpatient ward and dealing with any patients who may become unwell.

The practicioner's role is to provide independent advanced clinical assessment and management of patients in the Urgent Treatment Centre.

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.

• To assume responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the implementation of evidence based programmes of care after examination, investigation and diagnoses, providing accurate treatment.
• 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 promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams/departments and across organisational boundaries.

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state‑of‑the‑art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres.

We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

• Provide skilled and knowledgeable care and advice to patients and their carers.
• Complete assessments, planning, implementation and evaluation of direct care to patients.
• Work with all members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Engage with external agencies to provide a high quality service for patients and their carers.
• Contribute to the development of high quality services within Northumbria Healthcare.
• To apply advanced knowledge and skills during the management and provision of patient care, working within defined parameters. Lead specialist in Minor Injuries in Emergency Care.
• To support the Department Manager in her accountability of the department, members of staff, pay and non‑pay budget.

• 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)
• Clinical Skills Qualification or equivalent
• Non‑Medical prescribing course
• D32/33/34 NVQ Assessor
• Degree in related nursing studies
• Management Qualification
• Leadership Qualification
• ACLS/PALS Course

• Evidence of ongoing professional and practice development.
• Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools.
• Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods.

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.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£47,810 to £54,710 a year pro rata per annum