Nurse Practitioner/Emergency Care Practitioner

NHS; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare provider in Newcastle upon Tyne is seeking Nurse Practitioners/Emergency Care Practitioners to join their urgent care service. The roles involve providing immediate care for minor illnesses and injuries across multiple sites. Successful candidates will be registered nurses or allied health professionals with experience in urgent care and will receive ongoing training and support. This opportunity promises a flexible working environment, aligning with a commitment to patient-centered care.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse/AHP with current NMC/HCPC registration.
• Evidence of on-going continuous professional development.
• Experience with adult/child safeguarding.

Responsibilities

• Provide urgent care for acute minor illnesses and injuries.
• Work independently in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Manage own caseload including assessment, diagnosis, and treatment.

Skills

Urgent care experience

Primary care experience

Ability to assess and diagnose

Clinical skills qualification

Non-Medical Prescribing

Ability to read and interpret X-Rays

Education

Registered Nurse/AHP qualification

Degree/Masters level study

Job description

Nurse Practitioner/Emergency Care Practitioner

The closing date is 21 December 2025

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are seeking to expand our Urgent Care provision with the development of a co-located Urgent Treatment Centre at the Royal Victoria Infirmary to complement our existing community Urgent Treatment Centre offer.

We are now in an exciting position to further recruit a number of full and part time Emergency Care Practitioners who have extensive urgent care and/or primary care experience to our busy service who will work across all three sites (RVI, Molineux Street in Byker and Ponteland Road in Cowgate) providing care for acute minor illness and injuries in an unscheduled care environment.

We look forward to hearing from you if you are a motivated, dynamic and positive thinking individual who would like to join us in this exciting new phase in urgent care. Please contact us for further information.

• Interview Date Tuesday 13 January 2026
• Full & Part Time 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.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job

The service is GP led, open 7 days a week with varying opening hours which will be location dependent with a 24 hour presence at the co-located RVI site. Whilst our Emergency Care Practitioners work independently delivering care for all presenting complaints to all age ranges, both adults and children. They will receive an initial supernumerary period of training followed by ongoing support from the wider team of experienced Emergency Care Practitioners and GPs.

These Band 7 posts are open to Registered Nurses and Allied Health Professionals who can demonstrate their ability to work in an urgent, unscheduled care environment. You will need to have the ability to undertake assessment, diagnosis, treatment/referral and discharge of patients with minor illness and minor injuries. A qualification in clinical skills is essential and Non-Medical Prescribing and the ability to read and interpret X-Rays would be desirable.

Consideration for a Band 6 role will be given to applicants who are able to demonstrate experience in urgent and/or primary care and a full training and development package will be provided, including access to the clinical skills courses. Dependent on experience, the successful candidate will progress to Band 7 upon completion of competencies with a maximum timescale of 2 years.

About us

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:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

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

Job responsibilities

Band 7

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust define a nurse/AHP practitioner as a qualified nurse/AHP 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 e.g. H@N, pre assessment.

To deliver a quality of service matching clinical need to available resources within the focus of specialist nursing/AHP practice:

• To ensure that the patient is the central focus of a streamlined patient journey ensuring optimal quality of care.
• Working as a nurse/AHP practitioner, provide a prompt response to calls from colleagues, prioritising importance and clinical need.
• Manage own caseload to include assessment, investigation, diagnosis and treatment within defined parameters 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.
• Liaising with Patient Services Coordinator where necessary.
• Communicate within multidisciplinary team, ward/departmental staff and/or out of hours team.
• Provide specialist education and training to departmental nursing/AHP staff, nursing and medical students.

Band 6

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust define a nurse practitioner/Emergency Care Practitioner as a qualified nurse/AHP 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/emergency care practitioner, contributing towards the delivery of a quality service matching clinical need to available resources within the focus of specialist nursing/AHP 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, prioritising importance and clinical need.
• Supports the clinical team to manage a defined caseload, activity to include 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.

Person Specification

Meets All Band 7 Criteria

• Registered Nurse/AHP (appropriate to branch)
• Current NMC/HCPC registration
• Degree/Masters level study, or equivalent specialist study / experience e.g. Nurse/AHP Practitioner Qualification or equivalent / Clinical Skills Course / Non-Medical Prescribing if relevant to role
• Meets Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) /HCPC requirements for mentorship if relevant to role
• 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
• Recent experience of extended clinical practice in a senior role underpinned by training and assessment e.g. venepuncture, cannulation skills and intravenous drug administration
• Audit / research experience
• 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 roleMoving and handling patients and objects in line with Trust guidelines using appropriate aids
• Has undertaken and completed Non-medical Prescribing course
• Evidence of leading programme / programmes of education and / or training

Meets All Band 6 Criteria

• Registered Nurse/Allied Health Professional (appropriate to branch)
• Current NMC/HCPC registration
• Diploma plus specialist qualifications / experience within specialist area; prepared to take degree level study
• Working towards/prepared to work towards: Nurse Practitioner/Emergency Care Practitioner Qualification / Clinical Skills Course / Non-Medical prescribing if relevant to role
• Meets Nursing and Midwifery Council / HCPC standards for student supervision and assessment (formally Mentorship) if relevant to role
• 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
• 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
• Degree in health related subject
• Has undertaken and completed Non-medical independent nurse prescribing course
• Research or audit experience
• Change management skills and involvement in project work
• Evidence of contribution to education programmes and/or training

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.