Nurse Practitioner

Procarehealthltd; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Newcastle upon Tyne is seeking a qualified Nurse Practitioner to join their dynamic team. This role involves providing holistic care to patients in care homes, ensuring they receive high-quality support for complex medical conditions. Candidates must possess a registered nurse qualification and be adaptable to changing clinical needs. The position offers the chance to work collaboratively with GPs and community teams, focusing on preventing hospital admissions and enhancing end-of-life care. Competitive salary and commitment to professional development are provided.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Specialist qualifications/experience preferred.
• Willingness to undertake further studies.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical care and assessments in care homes.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Support patients with complex health needs.

Skills

Nursing skills

Effective organisation

Time management

Change management

Driving license

Education

Registered Nurse (NMC registration)

Diploma in nursing or specialist qualifications

Degree in health-related subject

Job description

Employer The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Regent Point Town 317 Regent Point Salary £38,682 - £46,580 pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 28/12/2025 23:59 Interview date 13/01/2026

Band 6

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.

With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, w e’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job overview

This is a unique opportunity to join a team of nurses and nurse practitioners to support a defined caseload of patients residing in care homes throughout Newcastle.

No two days are the same, you need to be adaptable and flexible to provide safe, evidence based holistic care.

We provide planned face to face clinical care and planned assessments responding to the changing needs of our patients.

Our nurses are involved in advanced health care planning with patients and their families with the aim of avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions. We also support end of life palliative care patients and patients with complex, long term conditions.

We work alongside members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team, supporting the linked GP’s on weekly ward rounds, and the wider community teams. The team facilitates a weekly virtual Geriatrician M.D .T meeting with patients referred by health care professionals throughout the community.

We support a team of community nurses offering support and guidance.

The team also provides specialist advice and support to a range of qualified and non-qualified staff in the care home settings.

We are a dynamic team, working autonomously to assess patients who present with an acute clinical need and ensure patients with long term conditions are receiving appropriate care.

Applicants must have a full UK Driving License and access to a vehicle.

Main duties of the job

• Interview date: 13th January 2026
• 30 hours/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.
• Essential nursing skills ( inc catheter care, wound care, end of life care, bladder scanning, phlebotomy).
• Create and implement Emergency Health Care Plans with patients and their families.
• Assist the GP with the weekly ward round in the care home.
• New assessments, reassessments and reviews following hospital discharge.

Working for our organisation

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.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• 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:
  o To ensure that the patient is the central focus of a streamlined patient journey ensuring optimal quality of care.
  o Will provide a prompt response to calls from colleagues, prioritising importance and clinical need.
  o Supports the clinical team to manage a defined caseload, activity to include assessment, investigation, diagnosis and treatment within defined protocols and training.
  o Provide immediate care management of patient including communication of plan to patients and significant others.
  o Review and refer to appropriate person, e.g. AHP, resident medical staff, specialist registrar or critical care outreach team.
  o Liaises with Patient Services Coordinator.
  o Communicate within multidisciplinary team, ward/departmental staff and/or out of hour’s team.
  o Contributes to specialist education and training to ward departmental staff, nursing and medical students.

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

• Registered Nurse (appropriate to branch)
• Current NMC registration
• Diploma plus specialist qualifications / experience within specialist area; prepared to take degree level study
• Working towards / prepared to work towards:
• Nurse Practitioner Qualification or equivalent
• Clinical Skills Course
• Non-Medical prescribing if relevant to role
• Meets Nursing and Midwifery Council standards for student supervision and assessment (formally Mentorship) if relevant to role
• Degree in health related subject
• Has undertaken and completed Non-medical independent nurse prescribing course

Knowledge & Experience

• Extended clinical practice underpinned by training and assessment e.g. venepuncture, cannulation skills and intravenous drug administration
• Audit / research experience
• Evidence of on-going continuous professional development
• Knowledge and understanding of relevant NHS policy or project specific policy context
• Has understanding / experience of adult / child safeguarding
• Research or audit experience
• Evidence of contribution to education programmes and / or training

Skills & Abilities

• Able to work independently and across disciplines as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
• Effective organisation and time management skills
• Current driving licence if relevant to role
• Change management skills and involvement in project work

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e‑mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.