Specialist Clinical Practitioner
The closing date is 07 April 2026
We are a large team of practitioners working across the Emergency Surgery and Elective Care Business Unit at Northumbria.
Our team currently consists of:
* Advanced Nurse Practitioner Clinical Lead.
* Band 7 Nurse Practitioners /Specialist Clinical Practitioners.
* Band 6 Trainee Nurse Practitioners /Clinical Practitioners.
* Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioners.
The practitioner team cover several different sites, wards and departments within the business unit.
The practitioner's role is to provide independent, advanced clinical assessment and management of patients from admission to discharge. This role involves working independently of medical staff or remote assistance.
While the practitioners cover base sites (North Tyneside General Hospital, Wansbeck General Hospital, and Hexham General Hospital), they are key members of the cardiac arrest team.
Practitioners provide senior clinical and non clinical leadership to departments, wards and the site they are working.
These posts will be predominantly based within the orthopaedic team, rotating between Hexham, Wansbeck and NSECH sites.
Main duties of the job
* 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.
* 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 (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams/ departments and across organisational boundaries.
About us
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, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t – this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job responsibilities
* 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 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.
Qualifications
* Professional registration with NMC / HCPC / GPC
* Diploma/ Degree relevant to registration
* Post Graduate qualification relevant to registration
* Recognised teaching/mentorship qualification
* Registered mentor
* Practitioner course or Advanced clinical skills training
* Must complete non medical prescriber course within 24 months of appointment
* Relevant training related to specialist area
* Evidence of continued professional development
* Masters Level of knowledge
Experience and Knowledge
* Substantial experience as practitioner.
* Worked within specialty area
Other Requirements
* You may also need to travel between Trust premises as required for the performance of your duties. You may also be expected to work at any of the trust sites. The Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.
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.
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Hexham General Hospital & Wansbeck General Hospital
Salary
£47,810 to £54,710 a year Pro rata, per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours
Reference number
319-7885517KD
Job locations
Hexham General Hospital & Wansbeck General Hospital
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