Job summary
- Main area
- Surgical Same Day Emergency Care
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 390-DoM-BR-3330
- Employer
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Broomfield
- Town
- Chelmsford
- Salary
- £55,690 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Surgical SDEC
Band 8a
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.
Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.
We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.
Job overview
Are you an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) looking for your next challenge?
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Surgical Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) Unit, where you’ll play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care within a fast-paced and innovative environment.
In this role, you will work autonomously to assess, diagnose, and manage patients within your scope of practice, ensuring that all clinical decisions are evidence-based and aligned with current guidelines. You will collaborate closely with the senior team, providing expert clinical leadership and supporting the ongoing development of the SDEC service.
Your advanced skills, sound clinical judgement, and ability to work independently will be pivotal in ensuring timely and effective care, helping to reduce admissions and improve patient outcomes.
If you’re a motivated and skilled ANP ready to make a real impact within a dynamic surgical setting, we’d love to hear from you.
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.
Order relevant investigations to assist with the diagnosis of the patients presenting condition and review the results.
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.
Working for our organisation
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more details 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.
Person specification
ANP qualification
Essential criteria
- Must have completed Advanced Nurse Practitioner qualification
Desirable criteria
- Experience working as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Understanding of working processes within a SDEC
Essential criteria
- Understand the processes within an SDEC
Desirable criteria
- Have experience of working within an SDEC
Autonomous working
Essential criteria
- Ability to confidently work autonomously
Desirable criteria
- Experience running autonomous clinics
MDT
Essential criteria
- Experience working within, communicating with and referring to different MDTs
Desirable criteria
- Being a lead within MDT
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sophie Toogood
- Job title
- Matron for CNS, SATU and SSDEC
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03004437252
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