Nurse Practitioner / Physician Associate / Nurse Practitioner (Trainee)

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a supportive, forward thinking and innovative multi-disciplinary team including medical staff, Surgical Care Practitioners, Physician Associates and clinical Nurse Specialists who are committed to providing the highest standard of patient care within the Hepatobiliary (HPB) teams at the Freeman Hospital., This is a new role within the department and is likely to develop in the future. Successful candidates would be expected to adapt to the needs of the trust and HPB departments to continue to provide the very best care possible for regional patients.

We have a full time post for Band 7 Nurse Practitioner/Physician Associate within the HPB team. We will consider a Band 6 Nurse Practitioner training post for a candidates with appropriate experience, candidates will progress to a Band 7 within 6 - 18 months once they have completed the clinical skills and assessment course., If you have excellent clinical and communication skills, attention to detail and a proactive nature, as well as the ambition to be responsive in supporting change and improving practices within diagnostic pathways, this could be a new career challenge to develop and expand your skills and we would like to hear from you and receive your application.

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.