Advanced Nurse Practitioners - Newcastle, North Tyneside & Northumberland

About the role…

Totally Urgent Care Division is a leading provider of national urgent care and out of hospital services following the integration of Vocare and Greenbrook. We have an exciting opportunity for Advanced Nurse Practitioners to join our team on a permanent or bank basis, based within our Urgent Treatment Centre’s located across Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland.

If you are an experienced ANP who is passionate about patient centred care, wanting to enhance your primary care clinical skills and develop your leadership potential then we are the urgent care provider of choice for you!

Working as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner within our team, you will be responsible for the assessment of health and clinical needs of our patients, undertaking consultations as an autonomous practitioner.  You will also use your advanced clinical practice skills, and own clinical judgement to diagnose, treat, refer or discharge patients. This role will include both telephone triage and face to face consultations either in one of our centres or the patient’s own home.  The role is supported by a variable rota covering weekday evenings, weekends and bank holidays.  There is also opportunity to work in hours. 

We provide a supportive environment with access to clinical on call 24 hours per day.  This includes governance procedures and performance reviews.

We have regular teaching sessions delivered via Zoom.

Your day to day…

• Carry out consultations with patients - taking a comprehensive patient history; physical examinations and use of your expert knowledge and clinical judgement to identify potential diagnosis.
• Refer patients for investigations when necessary/appropriate.
• Decide on and carry out treatment, including the prescribing of medicine or referring to primary or secondary care specialist services within local agreed pathways and protocols as appropriate.
• Provide clinical advice and mentorship to junior clinical staff.

Qualifications, Experience & Training…

• Registered Nurse – First Level Nurse or other healthcare professional qualification leading to registration
• Evidence of degree level study or equivalent
• Degree in advanced practice or equivalent
• Evidence of completion of study in minor illness
• Independent non-medical prescriber.
• Evidence of study in minor injury or willingness to develop these skills
• Evidence of completion of study in paediatric minor illness or willingness to develop these skills
• Evidence of study in paediatric minor injury or willingness to develop these skills
• Able to see and treat patients of all ages.

Rewards & Benefits…

• 28 days plus bank holidays (for permanent staff)
• Annual leave calculated based on days worked (for bank staff)
• Perkbox (online discount portal),
• 6% Employer Pension contribution,
• Share save scheme,
• Opportunities for career development,
• Employee assistance program,
• Virtual GP Services – 24/7 GP Appointments,
• WeCare Wellbeing

 For a full job description, further information about this role or to apply please contact the Resourcing team on 07435943487 or via email at careers@totallyplc.com

Totally plc addresses the challenges of increased demand on healthcare services by delivering high-quality planned, urgent and insourced healthcare across the UK and Ireland.

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.