LI) Trainee Advanced Nurse Practitioner

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh is one of the largest teaching hospitals in Scotland. We are seeking to appoint a passionate and highly motivated Advanced Nurse Practitioner for Medicine of the Elderly to support the development of the service on the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh campus.

This is a time of significant change for this service and the successful candidate will work with Medicine of the Elderly Consultants, Allied Health Professionals, and other clinicians to deliver and develop a specialist service for patients presenting to the unit.

Working with the MDT and consultants, the post holder will be responsible for the treatment and management plan for patients across Medicine of the Elderly.

Applicants will have the ability to lead others, think strategically and communicate effectively; they will demonstrate how they will work collaboratively, influencing decisions and outcomes, and be committed to improving care in a complex healthcare organisation. Provide support and leadership to various specialties/teams within the Medicine of the Elderly unit, identifying and implementing innovation in clinical practice.

This is an evolving and dynamic role for which successful candidates will demonstrate advanced skills, knowledge and excellent communication and interpersonal skills. The role requires the ability to work as part of the multidisciplinary team to provide excellent service and care to patients.

The minimum requirement for the posts is to be a registered nurse with significant experience within Acute Medicine, any acute specialty or critical care and a post graduate qualification in nursing or equivalent.

The university course is due to start around March 2027, and successful candidates would need to be able to start from this date.

The post holder will contribute to the clinical and management responsibility of NHS Lothian Medicine of the Elderly unit and will be a lead specialist required to make complex decisions, based on the clinical presentation of patients.

Selection for the posts will be carried out using a clinical assessment centre and competency-based interview.

For further information please contact Jacqueline Reid (Clinical Nurse Manager) d5t

• Please note this is a Trainee post, therefore Annex 21 applies*

For Trainees Covered By Annex 21 Where The Period Of Training Lasts For Between One And Four Years, Pay Will Be As Follows

• up to 12 months prior to completion of training: 75 per cent of the pay band maximum of the fully qualified rate;
• more than one but less than two years prior to completion of training: 70 per cent of the pay band maximum of the qualified rate of the qualified;
• more than two but less than three years prior to completion of training: 65 per cent of the pay band maximum for the qualified rate.
• more than three years from completion of training: 60 per cent of the pay band maximum of the fully qualified rate.

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