B7/B8a Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Employer University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Derby Hospital Town Derby Salary pro rata pa Closing 09/04/2025 23:59 Interview date 23/04/2025

B7/B8a Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Band 7/8a

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

With over 13,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.

As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.

The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it’s important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.

Armed Forces and Disability Confident guaranteed interview scheme

To further support the pledges in the Armed Forces Covenant and to make a positive contribution to support ex-armed forces personnel (veterans) make the transition to civilian life, the Trust has introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification, to help them overcome barriers to find civilian employment. The scheme will operate for all external recruitment.

The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities. This commitment is to guarantee an interview for any candidate that has disclosed a disability under the Equality Act 2010 and who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.

If you require support/adjustments with your application please contact the recruitment team on 01332 788466

Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.

Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for;

Job overview

Are you an Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) looking for a new challenge or would like to train to become one? We have a fantastic opportunity for you to join our passionate and well established ANP team in the Breast Unit.

The ANP role has been wholly embraced and supported and this post will bring with it opportunities to further shape the future of the team.

We are looking for significant post registration experience within the specialty of Breast. Successful candidates will work collaboratively with Consultant and multi-disciplinary team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures, and provide nurse leadership as required.

The ANP team have protected time to develop skills and deliver improvements across the four pillars of advanced practice, whilst being supported by a new Lead Nurse role to ensure career development.

This role will deliver clinical activity across UHDB, primarily based at both Royal Derby Hospital and Queens Hospital Burton but also delivering our community breast pain service at various sites all over Staffordshire and Derbyshire.

This opportunity requires covering services on multiple sites therefore the ability to travel will be required.

Main duties of the job

If you do not meet the full requirements of the role we will consider a Band 7 trainee role and support your development to enable you to become an Band 8a ANP.

The post holder will possess highly developed specialist knowledge and experience in breast care and clinical breast examination. The post holder is experienced in Breast Care, who acting within their professional boundaries, will provide expert professional advice and patient care, from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care.

They will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care for patients referred for investigation, diagnosis and treatment of malignant and benign breast disorders.

The post holder will be qualified in clinical breast examination and will run nurse led clinics within Breast Care. The post holder will develop and work within referral guidelines, clinical policies and relevant procedure guidelines required for this role.

Closing date of advert: 09 April 2025

Date of interview: 23 April 2025

Working for our organisation

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and Person Specification. To apply please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB – this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.

Education, Training and Qualifications CPD Requirements

• 1st level registered nurse MSc or equivalent with significant post registration experience
• Advanced Clinical practice skills, clinical treatment skills
• Masters level qualification in Clinical Breast Examination

Experience & Knowledge

• Significant post registration experience within Breast Care speciality
• Work as part of the multidisciplinary breast team
• Theoretical knowledge and practical experience in all aspects of malignant/non-malignant conditions within the breast
• Work autonomously and independently

Our Trust aims to provide the highest quality care to patients within Derbyshire and South East Staffordshire and we want the very best people to work with us.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

If we receive a high number of applications for this position we reserve the right to withdraw the post before the closing date, therefore it is advisable that you apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

At UHDB, we offer different ways to work flexibly to each and every one of our colleagues, many of whom already work flexibly at all sites of the Trust.

For our roles we are open to discussing the possibility of part-time/ reduced hours/ compressed hours/ flexible start and finish times/ fixed/flexible shifts/annualised hours/ term time hours/ hybrid working – working partly in the trust/partly at home.

Most of our posts are subject to a DBS check, however having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from obtaining a position. Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

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UKVI is responsible for managing migration. To obtain a visa or entry clearance, you will need to meet certain requirements and demonstrate you have the right the work in the UK via:

• the points-based immigration system
• the EU settlement scheme
• eVisa

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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Shehzad Bashir Job title Clinical Manager Imaging - Breast Unit Email address shehzad.bashir@nhs.net Telephone number 01332 7087359 Additional information

Sue Chambers - Deputy Divisional Nurse Director

Email: susan.chambers1@nhs.net