Nurse Practitionerin317 Trustwidein317 TrustwidePUBLISHED TUE 12 NOV 2024

Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are seeking to recruit a highly motivated and enthusiastic Band 6 Nurse Practitioner to come and work alongside colleagues within our busy intermediate care unit. Intermediate care supports people to avoid going into hospital or residential care unnecessarily, facilitating people to be as independent as possible after a stay in hospital or a period of not managing within their own home.

Our unit provides high quality care to patients requiring rehabilitation to optimise their health before returning to their usual place of residence. We work as a multidisciplinary team with patients to achieve patient goals and best patient outcomes.

• Interview Date Tuesday December 2024
• 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

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The post holder will work as a Nurse Practitioner within the established multidisciplinary team. The Nurse Practitioner will work within a team of nurses to complete the history taking of patients and physical assessment using clinical skills which are a significant part of the job role. If not already possessed a willingness to undertake this study would be essential. Again, prescribing study towards V300 would also be supported for non-medical prescribing.

The team provides medical and therapy services to patients in Eden Court including comprehensive assessment in daily board round and goal planning towards discharge planning. Patients can expect to stay a maximum of six weeks in the rehab setting.

About us

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust define a nurse practitioner as a qualified nurse where the primary purpose of role is to perform a specific technological procedure/s e.g. endoscopy, ultrasound in a defined patient group and/or advanced patient assessment and clinical decision making in a broad patient group.

To work towards the role of an independent nurse practitioner, contributing towards the delivery of a quality 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.
• Will provide a prompt response to calls from colleagues, prioritisingimportance and clinical need.
• Supports the clinical team to manage a defined caseload, activity toinclude assessment, investigation, diagnosis and treatment within defined protocols and training.
• Provide immediate care management of patient including communication of plan to patients and significant others.
• Review and refer to appropriate person, e.g. AHP, resident medical staff, specialist registrar or critical care outreach team.
• Liaises with Patient Services Coordinator.
• Communicate within multidisciplinary team, ward/departmental staff and/or out of hours team.
• Contributes to specialist education and training to ward departmental staff, nursing and medical students.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for 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.