Nurse Practitioner – Out of Hours Team

Job overview

The role is both a clinical and leadership role. The Nurse Practitioner is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care delivered to unwell patient's during the out of hours period. They are expected to undertake comprehensive health care needs of patients through clinical assessments in conjunction with the Band 7 practitioner. Part of the role includes being triaging bleeps/calls from the ward staff and providing appropriate advice as well as coordinating the workloads of nurse practioner's and medical staff accordingly as appropriate.

The Nurse Practitioner is responsible for assessing and recognising emergencies and be able to interpret information and take appropriate action and lead others to do so.

They should be able to provide care, knowledge, and expertise, whilst being continually aware of the importance of empowering colleagues to ensure dissemination of knowledge and best practice. The Practitioner will communicate with clinicians as necessary as well as contributing to and support the work of colleagues in the multi-disciplinary team out of hours.

The individual must be able to demonstrate the mandatory competencies of the Trust, attending all required mandatory updates.

Main duties of the job

We are looking to recruit a Nurse Practitioner (Band 6) to our Out of Hours service located in Manchester Royal Infirmary.  The team operates every night, including weekends and bank holidays, with twilight shifts starting at 4 p.m. throughout the week.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our team. If you have an interest in developing your skills in this area, we would really like to hear from you.  In return you will be supported by senior team members to develop and expand on the necessary knowledge and skills required to deliver excellent patient service out of hours.  We will support the on-going development of your portfolio of clinical skills and competencies. You will also be provided with clinical supervision and peer support and offer regular training and education.

If you are interested in developing your skills as an autonomous practitioner and would like further information or the opportunity to arrange an informal visit then please contact Matron Stephanie Gibson on 0161 276 4794, email: [email protected]

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading.  So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!