Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Nhsscotland; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Edinburgh is looking for an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to work across acute medicine. This role involves decision-making and clinical judgment to manage patient admissions and flow in various care settings. Candidates must possess relevant Acute Medical, Emergency, or Critical Care experience and be a member of the PVG Scheme. Join a supportive team and enjoy unique professional development opportunities in this essential healthcare position.

Benefits

Full Advanced Nurse Practitioner training

Varied professional development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Experience in Acute Medical, Emergency, or Critical Care settings is essential.
• Membership in the PVG Scheme is required.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose admission reasons and instigate clinical investigations.
• Provide expert clinical advice to the multidisciplinary team.
• Initiate medication prescribing and administration.
• Maximize patient flow throughout acute medicine.

Skills

Advanced critical thinking

Diagnostic reasoning

Clinical leadership

Job description

Western General Hospital

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigration Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.

Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a 'regulated role', your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes.

As from 1/4/26, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will be reducing from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part time hours will be reduced pro-rata. Please note that the pay scale in this advert will not be changing as a result.

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About the Role

We are seeking experienced and motivated individuals to work across acute medicine to rotate across the areas of Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC), Medical Assessment Unit (MAUE/MAU base 1 and Ward 72) and Flowcentre. This is an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to utilise high levels of decision making and clinical judgement, working between scheduled and unscheduled care areas of Acute Medicine. The role involves the triaging of patients, provision of diagnosis, decision making regarding admission or redirection and maximising the flow of patients throughout acute medicine facilitating the smooth and swift admission and placements of patients.

The ANP role encompasses that of expert clinician, educator and auditor. They will lead and develop the service to improve practice and work collaboratively across healthcare boundaries, implementing and evaluating evidence based standards, guidelines and policies.

As an Advanced Nurse Practitioner you will:

• Be responsible for diagnosing reason for admission, use advanced critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills, instigating appropriate clinical investigations and interpreting results.
• Provide expert clinical advice to the multidisciplinary team, patients and their families.
• Initiate medication prescribing, administration and management.
• Provide clinical leadership in relation to the management of patient condition working at advanced practice level.
• Support NHS Lothians values of quality, teamwork, care and compassion, dignity and respect, and openness.

About You

We encourage those with relevant Acute Medical, Emergency or Critical Care experience to apply.

Benefits

• This role rotates between scheduled and unscheduled care offering a unique experience between the areas.
• Full Advanced Nurse Practitioner training or further development.
• Access to varied professional development opportunities.
• Supportive team environment.

For more information, please contact:

• CNM Penny Clarke [e-mail]
• Lead Advanced Nurse Practitioner Micheal Shek [e-mail]

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