Anexciting opportunity is available for a highly motivated individual with akeen interest in developing their management and leadership skills as apermanent Night Nurse Practitioner for out-of-hours cover at CAH.
Thisnew permanent position will be supported by the senior nurse team at CAH. Itis an essential part of the out-of-hours service at CAH, given its peripherallocation. While the role requires operational and governance oversight, thisis supported by the out-of-hours team at the main site when needed (CSM andon-call HoN).
WorkingHours: Nights (19:00 07:30) and weekend days (07:00 19:30).
Expected ShortlistingDate
24/10/2025
Planned InterviewDate
31/10/2025
Main duties of the job
Thesuccessful applicant will need excellent communication and interpersonalskills and the ability to provide high-quality nursing care across a diverserange of patients. You should also be committed to ongoing professionaldevelopment and have evidence of such.
Trainingwill be provided to ensure you have the necessary skills and tools to excelin your role and maintain patient and staff safety. This will include athree-month supernumerary training period to ensure you are well-equipped foryour new role.
About us
ChapelAllerton Hospital (CAH), located in the north of Leeds and part of the LeedsTeaching Hospitals, is renowned for its friendly and caring environment. Theteam at CAH consistently receives positive feedback from patients andvisitors. In September 2016, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) awarded thehospital an overall rating of GOOD, and staff surveys consistently reflectexcellent feedback year after year.
Ourongoing commitment to high-quality patient care, staff development, andstate-of-the-art research drives our ambition to become the elective centreof choice for patients from Leeds and the wider Yorkshire region.
CAHboasts several departments with world-wide reputations for excellence inspecialist patient care and cutting-edge research.
CAHhas 4 in-patient wards with a total of 97 beds and 4 ECU beds.
LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.
Job responsibilities
Thejobholder will demonstrate evidence-based care in the independent assessment,clinical examination, planning of care, clinical decision making, diagnosis,treatment, evaluation, health promotion and safe discharge of specific clientgroup within agreed protocols. The job holder will coordinate amultidisciplinary team of staff and implement nurse led care. They willparticipate in mentorship and teaching programmes for multi-disciplinarygroups within the department. The jobholder will provide senior nursingsupport, advice and professional leadership to a group clinical area.
Thejobholder will take charge of the unit as required
Person Specification
Experience
* Minimum of two years experience at staff nurse grade level or equivalent within specialty
* Insight into clinical speciality
* Insight into current issues in nursing/ professional issues
* Standards of professional practice. Understanding of quality improvement practice
Skills and Behaviours
* Professional and patient focused
* Flexible, adaptable, capable of lateral thinking
* Excellent interpersonal skills
Other Criteria
* Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for post
* Ability to communicate effectively within a multi-disciplinary team
* Ability to teach, supervise and assess qualified and unqualified staff
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse on the NMC register with PIN
* Evidence of Post graduate education or equivalent experience professional development
* Recognised Nurse Practitioner qualification or evidence of completion of a competency based clinical assessment and examination of patients knowledge and skills package
* Evidence of continued professional development and implementation in clinical practice within the last 12 months
* Understanding of training needs in relation to post
* Teaching qualification
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.
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