Nurse Practitioner (Nights)

at  Northumbria Healthcare NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Do you have a clinical skills qualification if so we have an opportunity for a Night Nurse Practitioners with minor injury/illness / skills to work at Berwick Infirmary supporting our Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) until 12 midnight and then to move to the ward to support the nursing team as senior night nurse in the hospital.
The successful applicant would be working in an autonomous role with the support of a nursing assistant. Should anyone attend our minor Injuries department over night the NNP would be expected to open MIU and assess /treat the patient.
We are looking for an autonomous practitioner who is happy to work independently treating a varied group of patients who may present to our Minor Injuries Unit overnight. The successful candidate is the senior nurse in the hospital at night and has a responsibility to support the night nursing team clinically and professionally overnight as a support to the ward manger.
The successful candidate should have experience with minor injuries and have advanced clinical assessment/ Nurse practitioner experience.
We promote a culture of inclusive leadership and are keen to continually develop our staff.
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, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres.

We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

• To provide advanced clinical support to medical staff and the nursing team.
• To work in an interdisciplinary manner with doctors, nurses, social services and other agencies, to provide high quality care for patients.
• To triage patients, prioritising clinical need, highlighting and initiating treatment plans by following agreed Trust guidelines and protocols
• To undertake detailed assessments initiating investigations, determining a differential diagnosis and initiating appropriate holistic, evidence-based treatment and care and reviews of patients under supervision of the medical team.
• To provide senior nursing support on operational issues during the night
• To support the ward team once MIU closes at 12 midnight
• To undertake detailed reviews of patients who may deteriorate or fall as appropriate
• 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.

Please refer the Job description for details