# Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Surgical SDEC

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Southend University Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Nurse practitioner
- **Grade:** Band 8
- **Salary:** £55690.00
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 9 months (Maternity Cover until Jul 2027)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-27T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-13T11:49:47.195Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8296791
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8296791?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.southend.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The post holder will function as an autonomous Advanced Clinical Practitioner within the Surgical Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) Unit, delivering high-level clinical care in collaboration with the senior team. They will independently assess, diagnose, and manage patients within their scope of practice, ensuring decisions are underpinned by evidence-based knowledge and aligned with current clinical guidelines.

The role of the Surgical Nurse Practitioner is to; Be primarily based in the surgical same day emergency department as part of the surgical workforce. Use physical assessment skills to contribute to a patient’s diagnosis on emergency presentation to the department. They will be able to order relevant investigations to assist with the diagnosis of the patients presenting condition and review the results. The individual will be able to provide support, information and advice to patients, carers and other members of the multidisciplinary team throughout the patient’s surgical journey. Review patients in a wide range of clinical conditions, either diagnose and treat, or escalate where appropriate. Use clinical knowledge to independently assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatments and interventions for surgical patients in various settings frequently with complex undifferentiated or undefined presentations

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### Main duties of the job

The role of the Surgical Nurse Practitioner is to; Be primarily based in the surgical same day emergency department as part of the surgical workforce. Use physical assessment skills to contribute to a patient’s diagnosis on emergency presentation to the department. They will be able to order relevant investigations to assist with the diagnosis of the patients presenting condition and review the results. The individual will be able to provide support, information and advice to patients, carers and other members of the multidisciplinary team throughout the patient’s surgical journey. Review patients in a wide range of clinical conditions, either diagnose and treat, or escalate where appropriate. Use clinical knowledge to independently assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatments and interventions for surgical patients in various settings frequently with complex undifferentiated or undefined presentations.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached Job Description. We look forward to your application! Please be aware that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a high number of applications be received.

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

## Person Specification

### Qualificaions

**Essential**

- Must have completed Advanced Nurse Practitioner qualification
- Consultation and Assessment Module Level 7

**Desirable**

- Leadership and Management Course

### Knowledge and Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of autonomous practice assessing and treating patients presenting to Emergency Care
- Evidence of recent teaching, mentorship, and supervision of staff

**Desirable**

- Have experience of working within an SDEC
- Evidence of audit experience

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- [advanced nurse practitioner jd (pdf, 240.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10615593)
- [leadership and management framework (pdf, 120.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2880)

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