Nurse Practitioner - Cardiothoracic Surgery

An exciting opportunity has become available for a Band 7 Surgical Nurse Practitioner within the Cardiothoracic Surgical team, this team have held an excellent reputation for their specialist services which have been, successfully established for 25 years. The team have been paramount to the care and safety of the Cardiothoracic Surgical patients, within and outside of the North East region and cover two pre and post-operative surgical wards and a pre-admission clinic on a rotation. The post holder will need to be an excellent communicator and a role model for junior members of the wider team. You will need to be able to balance the clinical and non-clinical aspects of the role and therefore well-developed prioritisation and time management skills are essential.

• Interview date: 17 October 2024
• 37 hours 30 minutes/week
  
  The post holder will join a dynamic and clinically focused team who have a wealth of knowledge and skills and are looking for someone to add their skills to the team. The post holder would beresponsible for clerking, assessing and providing high quality clinical care, to patient both regionally and nationally whilst working alongside the medical team making decisions on patient pathways.
The role also has a strategic aspect and the post holder will be expected to bring new ideas to the table,support and lead innovative developments both within the team and the wider unit to enhance the patient experience. In the role you will provide strongvisible leadership to the nursing and support teams. This will include undertaking some clinical and managerial work within the team under the supervision of the Team Lead. The post holder will need to be an excellent communicator and a role model for junior members of the wider team. You will need to be able to balance the clinical and non-clinical aspects of the role and therefore well-developed prioritisation and time management skills are essential.

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally. We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders. Our staff oversee around 2 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare. Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.