Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Deliver urgent care where and when it’s needed most.

Location: Northamptonshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire

Working Pattern: Full-time, part-time and bank positions available

Salary: DHU Band 8b.0, £62,484 per annum (pro rata) with a 30% evening enhancement, and 45% weekend enhancement

At DHU Healthcare, every role matters. We’re a not-for-profit team driven by compassion and respect, where your voice is heard and your growth truly matters. Join us and be part of something bigger. For you, for them, with us.

Main duties of the job

• Work as part of a skilled, supportive team in urgent and emergency care settings
• Assess, diagnose and treat patients presenting with a wide range of conditions
• Deliver expert, evidence-based care with compassion and professionalism
• Use advanced clinical skills to make confident, effective decisions
• Lead by example in a fast-paced, rewarding environment

About us

With us, your wellbeing comes first. We’ll support your health, happiness and future with benefits that put you first. From access to the NHS pension scheme (and we’ll honour your existing NHS pension pot and holiday entitlement if you’re transferring), to wellbeing support, flexible options and career growth, we’re here to help you thrive at work and in life.

For more information on the full range of benefits available click here. With us, your potential becomes progress. From essential training and apprenticeships to supportive leadership and career pathways, we’ll help you grow in ways that matter to you. Because when our people thrive, so do our patients and communities.

With us, everyone belongs. The best care comes from teams where everyone feels valued and supported. We welcome colleagues from all backgrounds and proudly support Veterans, Reservists and military families. Inclusion and belonging are central to who we are, and together, we make the difference.

At DHU Healthcare, you’ll find a welcoming, supportive environment with wellbeing support, flexible options and career growth. Your career and contribution really matter for you, for them, with us. Apply today and start shaping the future of care.

Job responsibilities

As an Advanced Practitioner, you’ll assess, diagnose, treat and refer patients with a wide range of conditions across urgent and emergency care settings. This means working autonomously as part of a collaborative multi-disciplinary team, using your advanced clinical skills to make a real impact when it matters most.

As a Registered Nurse, Paramedic or Pharmacist (NMC, HCPC, GPhC) with independent prescribing rights and Level 7 clinical assessment skills, you’ll also have the confidence, autonomy and passion essential to shaping better outcomes.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Adult Nurse registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC), Paramedic registered with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) or Pharmacist registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Registered as an independent non-medical prescriber.
• A minimum of 2 modules at Level 7. 1 X module must have included assessment of clinical examination skills.
• MSc (Advanced Practice)

Experience

• Substantial Autonomous practice working and multi-professional team
• Can show evidence of using autonomous physical examination and assessment skills in practice
• Can demonstrate a broad and sound knowledge of complex and common conditions in primary care in both adults and children
• Has experience in one of the following: nurse led clinics, emergency care centres, out of hours facilities or walk-in centres
• Consolidated Independent Prescribing experience.
• Use of examination skills in practice.
• Experience of telephone triage
• Experience of Emergency Care
• Experience of General Practice

Skills & Knowledge, Job Circumstances & Personal Qualities

• Can complete a concise clinical history and physical examination.
• Can formulate a differential diagnosis and management plan.
• Prepared to participate in service development
• Demonstrable awareness of accountability in clinical practice
• Can give evidence of using effective communication skills within practice
• Must have excellent verbal and written skills
• Is able to use negotiation skills, employing critical thinking.
• Ability to identify individual client needs
• Able to prioritise, effective time management.
• Commitment to lifelong learning
• Counselling & communication skills
• Aware of current structures and developments in out of hours care, health and social care
• Specialist clinical/Technical skills
• Commitment to the role.
• Able to work unsocial hours including bank holidays
• Flexibility to meet service/Rota needs
• Be prepared to travel between different primary Care Sites when on duty.
• Full driving license essential (LLR Home Visiting Service only)
• Proven team player
• Able to work autonomously
• Committed to continuing professional development
• High level of interpersonal skills
• Willingness to continue with additional training to achieve a full MSc in advanced clinical practice.

A selection of specific sites may require skills in the following areas:

• ALS / PALS
• Cannulation and Venepuncture
• ECG recording and interpretation
• Plastering
• Suturing and wound closure
• IRMER & X-Ray interpretation.
• Pathology interpretation
• Telephone triage

Full driving Licence (All other DHU Health Care CIC divisions)

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.

£64,234 to £74,905 a year with a 30% evening enhancement, and a 45% weekend enhancement

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time

Reference number: M0051-AP-FEATURED

Job locations: Derby Urgent Treatment Centre, Osmaston Road DE1 2GD, Anstey Frith House, Leicester, United Kingdom, LE3 8RN