Job summary
We are excited to offer an exceptional opportunity for an experienced and highly motivated Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) to join our newly established Emergency Surgery Assessment Care Unit (ESACU).
This is a pivotal role within a dynamic, fast-paced environment designed to deliver rapid assessment, diagnosis, and management of patients presenting with acute surgical conditions. You will work at an advanced clinical level, playing a key role in shaping and developing this innovative service.
You will be an experienced ANP with a strong clinical background in emergency, acute, or surgical care. You will demonstrate excellent clinical reasoning, decision-making skills, and the ability to work autonomously in a high-pressure environment.
If you are passionate about advanced practice and excited by the opportunity to help build and develop a high-impact surgical assessment service, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Our Emergency Surgery Assessment Care Unit is a new, forward-thinking service focused on:
Rapid triage and assessment of emergency surgical patientsAvoidance of unnecessary admissionsDelivering high-quality, patient-centred careEnhancing patient flow and improving outcomes
You will have the unique opportunity to shape the culture, processes, and clinical pathways of this developing unit.
Key Responsibilities
Perform advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with acute surgical presentationsIndependently manage a defined caseload while working collaboratively within the multidisciplinary teamRequest, interpret, and act upon diagnostic investigationsInitiate and evaluate comprehensive management plans, including prescribing where appropriateFacilitate timely patient flow through the ESACU, supporting same-day emergency care pathwaysProvide clinical leadership and expert advice to nursing and junior medical staffContribute to service development, quality improvement, and implementation of evidence-based practiceSupport education, mentorship, and training within the team
About us
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the topTherapy Services has a high profile within the Trust, being firmly committed to quality improvement, audit, service evaluation and improvement. We undertake yearly presentations of our achievements for the year; undertaking PDSA and QI projects to ensure we are delivering the most effective, safe and high quality service.For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description document which will provide a more detailed description of role and main responsibilities.
Person Specification
Education & professional qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice
Desirable
- Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-registration experience in acute/surgical care
- Experience in advanced assessment and clinical decision-making
- Experience of managing acutely unwell patients
- Clinical history taking & examination skills and planning of care
- Evidence of implementing change in clinical practice
Skills & aptitudes
Essential
- Advanced clinical examination and diagnostic reasoning skills
- Ability to work autonomously and manage clinical risk
- Effective communication and leadership skills
- Excellent written, verbal, and electronic communication skills demonstrating the use of a variety of media/IT skills
- Demonstrates effective communication skills in different settings
- IT literacy and clinical documentation competence.
- Experience of teaching to a range of staff groups.
- Good time management and organisational skills.
- Ability to develop working relationships locally, regionally, and nationally
- Excellent written, verbal, and electronic communication skills demonstrating the use of a variety of media/IT skills.
- Demonstrate leadership skills in contexts that are unfamiliar, complex, and unpredictable and provide consultancy services to their own and other professions on therapeutic interventions, practice, and service development
- Maintains professionalism in all aspects of role.
- Demonstrates effective communication skills in different settings.
- Ability to communicate with the general public.
- Ability to project a professional manner and approach.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Can assess individual health care needs of the acutely ill surgical patient.
Personal qualities & attributes
Essential
- Be a positive role model with the ability to demonstrate a credible and professional approach
- Ability to work as a team and form professional relationships with colleagues
- Highly motivated and committed to developing the ANP role / service
- Take responsibility for own professional development
- Ability to be assertive when necessary and remain calm in stressful situations
- Flexibility in shift and working patterns to meet the needs of the service.
- Ability to work constructively within a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to reflect upon one's practice.
- The vision and focus to continually strive to improve the service for our patients is a key attribute for this and any role within the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
- Will be required to hold and respond to a bleep.
- Audit and research skills
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Barnet
Barnet Hospital
Barnet
EN5 3DJ
United Kingdom
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