Job Description

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Main area

ENT

Grade

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref

343-7365101-RB-SK

Site

Epsom and St Helier Hospitals NHS Trust

Town

Carshalton

Salary

61,631 - 68,623 pa Inclusive of HCAS

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

22/08/2025 23:59

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.

Job overview

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

to join our dynamic ENT team at Epsom and St Helier Hospitals . The post holder will work autonomously, delivering high-quality, patient-centred care across a range of clinical settings.
As an ANP, you will utilise advanced clinical skills in assessment, examination, diagnosis, and management of ENT conditions, all within a defined scope of practice. You will provide care in line with national standards, meeting the competencies set out by the Centre for Advancing Practice and the Multi-Professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice in England (HEE, 2017).

Key Responsibilities:

Independently assess, diagnose, and manage ENT patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Deliver care across: + ENT wards
+ ENT Same Day Emergency Care (SOS) clinics
+ Supervised routine outpatient clinics, including:
- Two-Week Wait (2WW) cancer clinics
- Paediatric ENT clinics
Participate in the daytime on-call rota, providing timely clinical input and decision-making support. Contribute to ENT triaging processes to streamline patient care pathways and ensure appropriate prioritisation. Work collaboratively within the ENT multidisciplinary team to ensure continuity and excellence in care delivery.
This role offers the opportunity to be part of a supportive, forward-thinking team committed to innovation, service development, and continuous professional development in ENT advanced practice.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be practicing autonomously as an Advanced Practitioner (AP) to provide patient-centred quality care. This will encompass the skills of advanced assessment, examination, diagnosis and management within an agreed scope of practice.


The AP will meet the requirements of the Centre for Advancing Practice's framework and guidelines for advanced level practice.



To work within the Multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice in England (HEE 2017). The post holder will deliver clinical care in regard to assessing and Treating ENT patients on the wards, in ENT SOS clinics, supervised routine outpatient clinics (including two wait rule cancer clinics & paediatric clinics) and will be part of the team providing daytime on call cover and partake in ENT triaging.

Working for our organisation

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).


After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Nursing role at Epsom and St Helier.

Person specification

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Qualifications and training

Essential criteria

o Registered Nurse o MSc level in Advanced Practice or equivalent (Minimum PgDip committed to working towards full MSc) o Independent or supplementary non-medical prescriber (where relevant)

Desirable criteria

o Undertaken accredited course or gained digital badge accreditation with centre for advancing practice o Completed advanced practice accreditation in speciality e.g. RCEM, RCN, full membership MACP o Completed portfolio of supervised practice in speciality o Relevant NHS leadership qualification or working towards #

Experience

Essential criteria

o Extensive experience within an area of relevant clinical speciality o Demonstration of experience in all four pillars of advanced clinical practice (clinical practice, leadership and management, research, education) o Participation in audit and research

Desirable criteria

o Experience as clinical Leader o Experience in an autonomous practice role o Previous experience in an advanced practice role o Experience of service development #

Skills

Essential criteria

o Advanced assessment and history taking skills o Highly developed diagnostic reasoning skills o Leadership skills o Professionally credible o Excellent oral and written communication skills o Excellent time management and organisational skills o Protocol and guideline development o Ability to use speadsheets, presentation and work processing software

Desirable criteria

Able to chair, co-ordinate and facilitate meetings #

Knowledge

Essential criteria

o Understanding of clinical governance and risk assessment o Up to date knowledge of evidence based guidelines and policies

Your application

: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.

References

: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We

do notaccept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.

Closing date

: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Shortlisting

: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.

DBS

: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.



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Disability Advice Line:

SWL Recruitment Hub is committed to promoting equity and equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities. We believe that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even more positive impact on the people we serve. For support with job opportunities and reasonable adjustments contact our

Confidential Disability Advice Line at:

Telephone: 02082963786

Text: 07501066267

Email: esth.dal@nhs.net.

Our confidential answering service is available after 5pm.
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Applicant requirements

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.