Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Job Summary Join to apply for the Advanced Nurse Practitioner role at NHS Ayrshire & Arran Responsibilities Our Acute Frailty team are seeking practitioners with a passion to improve the care and experience of people living with frailty within the acute hospital setting. The post holders should have knowledge and prior experience of managing people living with frailty. The posts will support further development of the Frailty Team and Acute Frailty Unit at Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy. Our team delivers care to patients presenting with frailty in key front‑door areas, including the Medical/Surgical Admissions Units, Emergency Department, GP Assessment and our newly developed Acute Frailty Unit. Early identification, effective assessment and management of frailty are significant priorities both nationally and locally within NHS Fife. The Frailty team provides comprehensive assessment for patients who are identified as having frailty syndromes to ensure effective identification of patient pathways and destination of care is reached in a timely manner. As well as initial assessment, the successful candidate will prioritise care and provide daily ongoing medical review of patients with frailty alongside the wider multi‑disciplinary team and will work between the front‑door areas and the acute frailty unit. You must be able to demonstrate good organisational skills, excellent communication skills and a commitment to continuing professional development. The role requires individuals who are suitably skilled in communicating with patients and carers about clinical conditions displaying empathy and clarity in often sensitive discussions particularly around future care planning. This is a unique and rewarding opportunity to be part of an innovative service as well as providing rapid multidimensional assessments and identifying appropriate care pathways to support patient flow. Qualifications You should be a qualified Nurse or registered AHP with significant acute care and frailty experience with a passion for working with older people and a keen desire to develop within this dynamic service. Non‑medical prescribing and clinical decision‑making qualifications are an ultimate requirement for this post and you will be expected to work towards obtaining these skills. You should have evidence of significant post‑registration professional practice experience to undertake and fulfil the key areas for this post including completion of relevant postgraduate courses to masters level, or working towards masters level or ability to demonstrate working at masters level appropriate to clinical area. Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced Advanced Practitioners who already possess the Non‑medical prescribing and clinical assessment skills qualifications. We will however consider staff with suitable experience of working within this scope of practice, who have a desire to develop and become an advanced Practitioner through completion of the above qualifications. During this time you will be paid in accordance with Annex 21 arrangements for pay and banding of trainees. Legal & Work Eligibility To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigration Service. As part of the pre‑employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre‑settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website. For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licensed Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found. It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form. Equality & Diversity We offer flexible working and family‑friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long‑term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices. NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society. Contact Informal Enquiries please contact: Lisa Wood, Clinical Nurse Manager on Ext 20083 or Joy Reid, Nurse Consultant on Ext 21158 Job Details Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level Employment type: Full‑time Job function: Health Care Provider Industries: Hospitals and Health Care #J-18808-Ljbffr