Over the last few years, the complement of ANP staff within the teams has increased and we are seeking a Lead ANP to support developments within the service to deliver high quality, safe and effective person centred care, and to play an integral and expert role in clinical management and delivery of care.
You should fulfil the following essential criteria:
• Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
• Qualified ANP that has consolidated their knowledge and supplemented their experience and competencies across a variety of settings/contexts of care such that they now have demonstrated competency in provision of both breadth and depth of diagnosis and treatment across the life span, encompassing all common presentations of ill health.
• Hold an appropriate Masters level 11 qualification in Advanced Practice which has enabled competence in the following -
o Clinical assessment, clinical reasoning, judgement and diagnostic decision making
o Anatomy and pathophysiology
o Non medical prescribing V300
o Leading, delivering and evaluating care
o Transferable work based learning
• Significant comprehensive post registration experience within a healthcare setting some of which must be at a senior practitioner level.
• A commitment to lifelong learning and demonstrates evidence of continuing professional development in clinical practice and leadership.
• Can demonstrate experience in managing staff, leading a team, providing education and training and establishing a supportive, learning environment.
• Successful track record in working in a multi-disciplinary team setting and promoting collaborative approaches to delivering excellent patient care.
An ability to travel across Fife is essential.
NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.
As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website .
For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found .
It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.
Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: .
We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
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.