Advanced Nurse Practitioner

NHS Scotland

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Who We Are

NHS Ayrshire and Arran are one of 14 territorial NHS Boards within NHS Scotland.

In support of our core purpose of Working together to achieve the healthiest life possible for everyone in Ayrshire and Arran, we are committed to a culture that is Caring, Safe, and Respectful . You will be required to work collaboratively in a safe, caring and respectful way.

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Position

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a x3 Advanced Nurse Practitioners based across Ayrshire . These posts are offered on a fixed-term / secondment basis for 12 months .

Hours

36 hours per week, in line with Agenda for Change reduced working week. Hours worked are Monday-Friday, excluding weekends and unsocial hours.

From 1 April 2026, the working week for NHS Agenda for Change staff in Scotland will be reduced. Full-time hours will reduce from 37 to 36 hours (pro rata for part-time staff) without loss of earnings.

UK Driving Licence

A UK driving licence is essential for this role.

What You Will Do

In line with the National Discharge Without Delay and Home First approach, Community Nursing is key to South Ayrshire HSCP’s approach to prevention, supporting and managing individuals in their own with a focus of reducing demand on both primary and acute care and specifically step up and step down models. This post provides a leadership role to a growing community nursing staff group.

For further information on the role please click the link below to view the job description.

Knowledge, Training And/or Experience Required For This Post

You will be a Registered Nurse at Masters level in advanced practice and are assessed as competent in this level of practice with current NMC registration. As a clinical leader they have the freedom and authority to act and accept the responsibility and accountability for those actions. This level of practice is characterised by high level autonomous decision making, including assessment, diagnosis, treatment including prescribing, of patients with complex multi-dimensional problems. Decisions are made using high level expert, knowledge and skills. This includes the authority to refer, admit and discharge within appropriate clinical areas.

• Providing expert clinical care and management of both the stable and acutely unwell person(s), making complex, autonomous decisions using advanced knowledge and skills, having overall responsibility for the assessment of care needs and the delivery of advanced nursing care to personal caseload.
• Working collaboratively with community disciplines, as well as care home care and clinical staff, the multidisciplinary team within the locality GP Practice(s), as part of the Health and Social Care partnership, to prevent admissions to hospital, promote early discharge from acute/community hospital settings; to respond to existing or potential ill health issues in the person’s home, and to contribute to a reduction in unplanned acute hospital admissions.
• Treatment of common conditions with GP support, discussion or review of complex presentations as needed
• Performing clinical assessment, initiate investigations, determine differential diagnosis and undertake appropriate first line interventions for the unwell patient (supported by a structured competency-based framework).
• Utilising expert knowledge base and clinical competence, in partnership with all members of the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring a high standard of clinical care, in accordance with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) and Health & Safety legislation.
• Providing leadership, clinical support and advice to nursing and allied health professionals, making appropriate referrals to and co-ordinating the contribution of other members of the multi-disciplinary team as well as care home care and clinical staff. Including close working and development alongside District Nurse Specialist Practitioner’s.
• Participating in the development and provision of education and training to nursing and allied health professionals within NHS Ayrshire & Arran.
• Facilitating and participating in quality improvement projects, quality assurance programmes and research, promoting evidence-based practice. This is a development post therefore there will be data gathering ailments to the role focusing on prevention of hospital admission and patients care being provided in the least dependant setting for their needs.
  
  

For further information on the requirements for the role please click the link below to view the person specification.

If you want to find out more about the role, please contact Keara Farrell Clinical Nurse Manager via email on:

Right to Work / Certificates of Sponsorship

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 Immigrations Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found within the attached Candidate Information Pack.

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.

NHS Ayrshire & Arran may be able to offer visa sponsorship for certain roles, provided the post meets the minimum salary threshold and any other required criteria. When considering if a post meets the salary threshold for sponsorship, please note the salary advertised is based on a full-time contract and must be pro-rated for part-time positions. Sponsorship is not guaranteed and is assessed on a case-by-case basis following interview and at the commencement of pre-employment checks.

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We are unable to provide sponsorship for Band 2 posts or bank contracts.

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