Job Description

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust define a nurse practitioner as a qualified nurse where the primary purpose of role is to perform a specific technological procedure/s in a defined patient group and/or advanced patient assessment and clinical decision making in a broad patient group e.g complex ENT patients To deliver a quality of service matching clinical need to available resources within the focus of specialist nursing practice: To ensure that the patient is the central focus of a streamlined patient journey ensuring optimal quality of care. Working as a nurse practitioner, provide a prompt response to calls from colleagues, prioritising importance and clinical need. Manage own caseload to include assessment, investigation, diagnosis and treatment within defined parameters and training. Provide immediate care management of patient including communication of plan to patients and significant others.



Review and refer to appropriate person, e.g. AHP, resident medical staff, specialist registrar or critical care outreach team. Liaising with Patient Services Coordinator where necessary. Communicate within multidisciplinary team, ward/departmental staff and/or out of hours team.



Provide specialist education and training to departmental nursing staff, nursing and medical students. To provide support to the ENT team, rounds, clinics including clinics to work alongside allied health professionals as a team. E.g Consultants, Physician associates, Surgical scrub practitioners.