Job summary
- Main area
- Advanced Nurse Practitioner
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 246-CEN7498563
- Employer
- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hellesdon Hospital
- Town
- Norwich
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 Pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Band 8a
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience
Job overview
Do you want to improve our patient care and experience?
Do you enjoy developing nurses and our advance clinicians for the future?
If you have answered yes then please apply for our exciting opportunity for an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to work within the Physical Health and Clozapine Clinic Team.
Main duties of the job
The team will consist of a variety of highly skilled professionals including nursing, support staff, medical, psychology and occupational health colleagues. You will work closely with all of them to ensure the care we provide is not only outstanding but that the team is well developed and supported.
We would expect you to -
• A reduction in physical health illness in those service users with complex mental health needs.
• An increase in physical health screening in those service users with complex health needs.
• To ensure that the physical health needs of the service users are met through sharing information with the service users’ primary care team.
• A high level of patient and professional satisfaction
• Promotion of self-management, self-care and recovery.
• The maintenance of independence
• Improved communication between professionals and carers
Working for our organisation
Benefits
Included with this role are:
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- gym membership
NHS discounts and many more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Our Trust is striving to ensure that staff have access to development opportunities, and you can benefit from this. In this role you will also support other staff to develop and learn, to ensure we have a highly skilled workforce who are happy in their roles.
Our service is responsive, and there is potential for flexible working hours within the role. This role will incorporate evidencing the role and how it benefits patient care in the community.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
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* Previous applicants need not apply *
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RMN Mental Health
- Post registration qualification in speciality Educated to Master’s degree level in relevant subject area
- Recognised leadership qualification or equivalent experience
- Independent Prescribing qualification
- Non- Medical Prescriber
Skills
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in an acute setting
- Experience in managing complaints and quality assurance
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum 5 years post registration experience
- Experience and knowledge of quality standard setting and audit
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nicola Rice
- Job title
- Associate Director for Nursing
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07852771352
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