It is essential that the successful candidates hold full UK driving licences and have access to a suitable vehicle for work purposes. Informal visits are encouraged.
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust defines a nurse practitioner as a qualified nurse where the primary purpose of the role is to perform specific technological procedures e.g. endoscopy, ultrasound in a defined patient group and/or advanced patient assessment and clinical decision making in a broad patient group e.g. H@N, pre-assessment.
To deliver a quality of service matching clinical need to available resources within the focus of specialist nursing practice: To ensure that the patient is the central focus of a streamlined patient journey ensuring optimal quality of care.
Working as a nurse practitioner, provide a prompt response to calls from colleagues, prioritising importance and clinical need. Manage own caseload to include assessment, investigation, diagnosis and treatment within defined parameters and training.
Provide immediate care management of patients including communication of plan to patients and significant others. Review and refer to appropriate persons, e.g. AHP, resident medical staff, specialist registrar or critical care outreach team, liaising with the Patient Services Coordinator where necessary.
Communicate within a multidisciplinary team, ward/departmental staff and/or out of hours team. Provide specialist education and training to departmental nursing staff, nursing and medical students.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month's pay.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
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