Job summary

We currently have 2 part time vacancies.

Post 1 34 hours / week

post 2 28.5 hours / week

We are a specialist nursing service for care homes within Newcastle upon Tyne for residents living with multiple long-term conditions and frailty who are experiencing worsening health due to increasing complexity of needs and require a defined period of focused, enhanced multi-disciplinary clinical support and oversight.

The Specialist Care Home Support Team delivers proactive, multidisciplinary clinical support, working in partnership with the care home nursing team, GP's and other community and acute services. We offer advice and support, provide personalised holistic care and advance care planning. The team is supported by a Speciality doctor in Palliative Medicine. We coordinate a weekly multi-disciplinary meeting attended by a Consultant Geriatrician, old Age Psychiatry and other health care professionals to discuss care home residents with complex needs. We also support the care home link GP by attending the weekly ward round.

We aim to enhance the lives of care home residents and avoid unnecessary hospital admissions.

The role is varied and rewarding caring for a complex patient group who's needs are often overlooked.

• Interview Date Wednesday 25 November 2026
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job

Clinical / non clinical support and sign posting to other services where appropriate following referral into the service.

Complete frailty focused Comprehensive Baseline Assessments

Provide time limited enhanced case management for patients with complex clinical , safe guarding or family related needs, requiring multiple consultations and coordination across services to support care planning and advanced decision making.

Undertake clinical physical assessments when required.

Meet with residents and their families to discuss advance care planning, including writing Emergency Health Care Plans, Treatment Escalation Plans and Advanced Statements.

Weekly MDT review of complex cases, bringing together specialist clinicians to optimise care, support advance care planning and decision making, with referrers invited to attend the meeting.

Attend the weekly G.P care home rounds alongside the GP. Complete clinical assessments and provide specialist nursing advice and support.

Provide End of Life Care support to the nursing staff.

About us

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Cramlington Manor Walks
• Urgent treatment centres
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

For further information on Careers at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit our website: Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Details

Date posted

28 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

317-2026-44-02-DR

Job locations

Regent Point Community Base

317 Regent Point

NE3 3HD

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

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 e.g. endoscopy, ultrasound in a defined patient group and/or advanced patient assessment and clinical decision making in a broad patient group.

To work towards the role of an independent nurse practitioner, contributing towards the delivery of a quality 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.
• Will provide a prompt response to calls from colleagues, prioritising importance and clinical need.
• Supports the clinical team to manage a defined caseload, activity to include assessment, investigation, diagnosis and treatment within defined protocols 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.
• Liaises with Patient Services Coordinator.
• Communicate within multidisciplinary team, ward/departmental staff and/or out of hours team.
• Contributes to specialist education and training to ward departmental staff, nursing and medical students.

Job description Job responsibilities 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 e.g. endoscopy, ultrasound in a defined patient group and/or advanced patient assessment and clinical decision making in a broad patient group. To work towards the role of an independent nurse practitioner, contributing towards the delivery of a quality 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. Will provide a prompt response to calls from colleagues, prioritising importance and clinical need. Supports the clinical team to manage a defined caseload, activity to include assessment, investigation, diagnosis and treatment within defined protocols 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. Liaises with Patient Services Coordinator. Communicate within multidisciplinary team, ward/departmental staff and/or out of hours team. Contributes to specialist education and training to ward departmental staff, nursing and medical students.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential

• oRegistered Nurse (appropriate to branch)
• oCurrent NMC registration
• oDiploma plus specialist qualifications / experience within specialist area; prepared to take degree level study
• oWorking towards / prepared to work towards: oNurse Practitioner Qualification or equivalent
• oClinical Skills Course
• oNon-Medical prescribing if relevant to role
• oMeets Nursing and Midwifery Council standards for student supervision and assessment (formally Mentorship) if relevant to role

Desirable

• oDegree in health related subject
• oHas undertaken and completed Non-medical independent nurse prescribing course

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• oExtended clinical practice underpinned by training and assessment e.g. venepuncture, cannulation skills and intravenous drug administration
• oAudit / research experience
• oEvidence of on-going continuous professional development
• oKnowledge and understanding of relevant NHS policy or project specific policy context
• oHas understanding / experience of adult / child safeguarding

Desirable

• oResearch or audit experience
• oEvidence of contribution to education programmes and / or training

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• oGood IT skills
• oAble to work independently and across disciplines as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
• oEffective organisation and time management skills
• oCurrent driving licence if relevant to role

Desirable

• oChange management skills and involvement in project work

Person Specification Qualifications & Education Essential oRegistered Nurse (appropriate to branch) oCurrent NMC registration oDiploma plus specialist qualifications / experience within specialist area; prepared to take degree level study oWorking towards / prepared to work towards: oNurse Practitioner Qualification or equivalent oClinical Skills Course oNon-Medical prescribing if relevant to role oMeets Nursing and Midwifery Council standards for student supervision and assessment (formally Mentorship) if relevant to role Desirable oDegree in health related subject oHas undertaken and completed Non-medical independent nurse prescribing course Knowledge & Experience Essential oExtended clinical practice underpinned by training and assessment e.g. venepuncture, cannulation skills and intravenous drug administration oAudit / research experience oEvidence of on-going continuous professional development oKnowledge and understanding of relevant NHS policy or project specific policy context oHas understanding / experience of adult / child safeguarding Desirable oResearch or audit experience oEvidence of contribution to education programmes and / or training Skills & Abilities Essential oGood IT skills oAble to work independently and across disciplines as a member of a multi-disciplinary team oEffective organisation and time management skills oCurrent driving licence if relevant to role Desirable oChange management skills and involvement in project work

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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. Certificate of Sponsorship 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).

Employer details

Employer name

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Regent Point Community Base

317 Regent Point

NE3 3HD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://careers.nuth.nhs.uk/why-us (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Regent Point Community Base

317 Regent Point

NE3 3HD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://careers.nuth.nhs.uk/why-us (Opens in a new tab)