Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Newark Urgent Treatment Centre team at Newark Hospital, part of Sherwood Forest NHS Foundation Trust!
We are looking for a dedicated and experienced Emergency Nurse Practitioner (ENP) to join our outstanding team at Band 7.
This is a fantastic role for a motivated practitioner who is passionate about delivering high-quality, patient-centred care in a fast-paced and supportive environment. You'll be joining a well-established multidisciplinary team that values expertise, encourages autonomy, and supports continual professional development.
To be considered for this role, you must hold a recognised ENP qualification, alongside demonstrable training and experience as an Emergency Nurse Practitioner (or equivalent if you are an AHP). You'll bring advanced assessment, diagnostic, and decision-making skills--helping us continue to provide safe and effective care for the communities we serve.
Please note:
- This post is not available as a trainee role.
Main duties of the job
Please read the attached full job description and person specification in the additional documents section.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK
Home Office guidance has changed as of the 9th April, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please read the attached full job description and person specification in the additional documents section.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please read the attached full job description and person specification in the additional documents section.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Good communication skills with clear written and oral skills.
- Effective organisation abilities, supervisory skills.
- Change management and leadership skills
Desirable
- Change management
- Research and audit awareness
- Personal portfolio demonstrating a well developed scope of practice relevant to A&E nursing
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st level Registered Nurse Adult and/or Child
- Teaching /mentorship qualification
- ILS/AIMS/PILS
Desirable
- Registered Children's Nurse
- ENB 199 or equivalent
- ALS, EPALS
Further Training
Essential
- Emergency Nurse Practitioner Course
- Minor Injuries Course
- X-Ray Interpretation
Desirable
- Non-Medical Prescribing
- Educated to Diploma/Degree level or willingness to undertake related Diploma/Degree/Masters level study
- APACS
- Paediatric qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant registration experience, some of which must be recent experience in an ED, Urgent Care or Minor Injuries setting
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Regular attendance
- Ability to work flexibly
- Involve unsociable hours
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Good communication skills with clear written and oral skills.
- Effective organisation abilities, supervisory skills.
- Change management and leadership skills
Desirable
- Change management
- Research and audit awareness
- Personal portfolio demonstrating a well developed scope of practice relevant to A&E nursing
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st level Registered Nurse Adult and/or Child
- Teaching /mentorship qualification
- ILS/AIMS/PILS
Desirable
- Registered Children's Nurse
- ENB 199 or equivalent
- ALS, EPALS
Further Training
Essential
- Emergency Nurse Practitioner Course
- Minor Injuries Course
- X-Ray Interpretation
Desirable
- Non-Medical Prescribing
- Educated to Diploma/Degree level or willingness to undertake related Diploma/Degree/Masters level study
- APACS
- Paediatric qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant registration experience, some of which must be recent experience in an ED, Urgent Care or Minor Injuries setting
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Regular attendance
- Ability to work flexibly
- Involve unsociable hours
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.
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).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
