North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Practitioner

The closing date is 16 January 2026

Job summary

Specialist Practitioner (Integrated Urgent Care)We're delighted to be recruiting for an Advanced Practitioner (Integrated Urgent Care) to support the work we are doing to reshape how we deliver our services and to move forward our ambitions as a Trust.The Advanced Practitioner (Integrated Urgent Care) is a key role in the professional leadership structure, providing clinical leadership, clinical supervision and governance oversight to Specialist Paramedics and Nurses working in remote clinical assessment of urgent and emergency care. The role will also contribute to the wider clinical workforce development, ensuring that clinical assessment and integrated urgent care is delivered safely and effectively in line with the Trust's clinical strategy.

Utilising the advanced skills and knowledge required of an advanced practitioner, the Advanced Practitioner (Integrated Urgent Care) will deliver an advanced scope of practice through patient assessment, diagnostics, clinical decision making and interventions of the most complex and challenging patients.

Main duties of the job

We're looking for someone to join us who has the same vision and a commitment to living our values. Reporting to the Consultant Paramedic in Urgent Care, you will have advanced clinical skills aligned to the national frameworks for Advanced Level Practice. You will possess the capabilities of the multi-professional advanced clinical practitioner and deliver across the 4 pillars of advancing practice, in addition to a range of other key responsibilities.

You'll be working as part of a supportive team and be able to take advantage of a great work-life balance and agile ways of working.We welcome applications from candidates with protected characteristics as it is important as an organisation that we reflect the people we serve.

About us

We employ 3,500 staff in 63 locations and serve a population of 2,600,000 in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, County Durham, and Tees over 3230 square miles.

Many people think the job of the ambulance service is to collect patients and take them to hospital, but we do much more!

Paramedic skills have developed hugely in recent years, meaning we carry out more treatment at the scene and en-route to hospital.

We have a dedicated clinical assessment service that allows us to provide patients with the most appropriate care from the beginning of the patient journey.

We have a specialised branch of the Trust called HART which deal with explosions or terrorist attacks.

Ultimately patients are the heart of everything that we do to support our mission of "safe, effective and responsive care for all".

We value and respect the diversity employees bring to our workplace. We recruit a workforce that reflects the community we serve, and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. To ensure we deliver on our aims in relation to diversity and inclusion we assess ourselves against a range of frameworks. We are ENEI Gold employer, Disability Confident Leader, Dementia Friendly, and part of Mind Blue Light programme and the Race at Work Charter from the Princes Responsible Business Network and are achieving across all objectives in NHS Equality Delivery System.

From 01/04/25 If your role needs a DBS you'll be subject to salary deduction totaling £49.50, spread over first and second pay.

Date posted

29 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

340-SP-IUCCAS-12-25

Job locations

NEAS HQ Bernicia House

Newburn Riverside

Newcastle

NE15 8NY

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the JD attached to this vacancy where you will find full details of the role and responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the JD attached to this vacancy where you will find full details of the role and responsibilities.

Person Specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING

Essential

oHCPC Registered Paramedic or NMC registered Nurse
oHolds a BSc in an appropriate subject (or equivalent level 6 education*).*As determined by the senior clinical leadership team.
oPG Diploma (level 7) Advanced Clinical Practice or close equivalent* *As determined by the senior clinical leadership team.

Desirable

oNon-medical Prescribing qualification and registration
oHolds the Diploma in Primary and Urgent Care College of Paramedics (Dip PUC) or Diploma in Urgent Medical Care faculty of pre-hospital care, Royal College of Surgeon's Edinburgh (DipUMC)
oTeaching and/or mentoring qualification.

KEY SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND APTITUDE

Essential

oAbility to apply advanced clinical assessment, clinical reasoning
oAbility to deliver advanced clinical skills and interventions

Desirable

oExperience of undertaking research and audit activities.

EXPERIENCE

Essential

oSignificant autonomous (post preceptorship/NQP) experience in the urgent or pre-hospital care setting.
oDemonstrable portfolio of significant relevant and recent CPD.

Desirable

oExperience of working in other clinical settings and as a solo responder
oExperience of working in EOC/call centre/remote clinical assessment.

Person Specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING

Essential

oHCPC Registered Paramedic or NMC registered Nurse
oHolds a BSc in an appropriate subject (or equivalent level 6 education*).*As determined by the senior clinical leadership team.
oPG Diploma (level 7) Advanced Clinical Practice or close equivalent* *As determined by the senior clinical leadership team.

Desirable

oNon-medical Prescribing qualification and registration
oHolds the Diploma in Primary and Urgent Care College of Paramedics (Dip PUC) or Diploma in Urgent Medical Care faculty of pre-hospital care, Royal College of Surgeon's Edinburgh (DipUMC)
oTeaching and/or mentoring qualification.

KEY SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND APTITUDE

Essential

oAbility to apply advanced clinical assessment, clinical reasoning
oAbility to deliver advanced clinical skills and interventions

Desirable

oExperience of undertaking research and audit activities.

EXPERIENCE

Essential

oSignificant autonomous (post preceptorship/NQP) experience in the urgent or pre-hospital care setting.
oDemonstrable portfolio of significant relevant and recent CPD.

Desirable

oExperience of working in other clinical settings and as a solo responder
oExperience of working in EOC/call centre/remote clinical assessment.

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.

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

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

North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Address

NEAS HQ Bernicia House

Newburn Riverside

Newcastle

NE15 8NY

Employer's website

https://www.neas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Address

NEAS HQ Bernicia House

Newburn Riverside

Newcastle

NE15 8NY

Employer's website

https://www.neas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)