Job summary
- Main area
- 317 NURSE PRACTITIONERS/SPECIALIST - RHEUMATOLOGY & METABOLIC BONE
- Grade
- Band 7 or Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 317-2024-53-016
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Freeman Hospital
- Town
- 317 01 Freeman Hospital
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/02/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 07/03/2025
Employer heading

Nurse Specialist (Metabolic Bone Disease)
Band 7 or Band 6
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to recruit to the Metabolic Bone Disease Specialist Nurse team. The team is part of the wider Rheumatology Service and provides the metabolic bone disease service to the Newcastle population, offering a highly specialised service to patients with osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease within the North Easte region.
The Specialist Nurse will provide clinical care for patients with a wide range of metabolic bone disease conditions, across outpatient, day-case, at the Freeman Hospital and the Royal Victoria Infirmary to deliver a quality of service matching clinical need to available resources within the focus of specialist nursing practice.
This can be a development opportunity, with a training pathway available for somebody new to the specialty, or still requiring specialist skills and qualifications. In this case, the successful candidate would be appointed as a Band 6 Specialist Nurse and would be supported to undertake the relevant qualifications, to meet competencies required of Band 7 substantive role within 18 – 24 months.
- Interview Date Friday 07 March 2025
- 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
- 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
The post holder will work as a metabolic bone disease trainee Specialist Nurse, which will involve spending time in specialist clinics in the Rheumatology department at Freeman Hospital and some allocated time at the fracture liaison service at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, under the supervision of the senior nursing team and the consultant rheumatology team.
The substantive Band 7 role will be responsible for the clinical assessment and management of a cohort of patients with diagnosed osteoporosis or other metabolic bone disease, working closely alongside consultants and allied health professionals. This will involve independent outpatient clinics, involvement in bone density scanning process, and patient follow up and monitoring.
As well as being able to manage metabolic bone disease conditions, we would expect the post holder to develop an interest in a subspecialty, growing their clinical knowledge and contributing to service developments and improvements in this area.
Working for our organisation
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
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 The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Band 7
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust define a nurse specialist as a qualified nurse where the primary purpose of role is to provide guidance and support based on advanced level knowledge to patients, carers and health professionals concerning a specific disease/condition.
Within the sphere of specialist practice:
- Demonstrates significant advanced knowledge and skills within speciality and sphere of practice.
- Take a lead role facilitating the planning, delivery and evaluation of care pathways for a designated group of patients.
- Support the development of nursing practice within the specialist field and contribute to the body of nursing knowledge.
- Have corporate identity as an expert within specialist area.
- Lead and provide training and education across the organisation in relevant area of practice.
Band 6
Salary £37338 - £44962
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust define a nurse specialist as a qualified nurse where the primary purpose of role is to provide guidance and support based on advanced level knowledge to patients, carers and health professionals concerning a specific disease/condition.
Within the sphere of specialist practice:
- Is working towards advanced knowledge and skills within specialist sphere of practice.
- Contributes to the facilitation of the planning, delivery and evaluation of care pathways for a designated group of patients.
- Support the development of nursing practice within the specialist field and contribute to the body of nursing knowledge.
- Contributes to training and education within specialist area.
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.
Person specification
Meets All Band 7 Criteria
Essential criteria
- Registered nurse (appropriate to branch)
- Current NMC registration
- Degree level / Masters level study, or a combination of equivalent specialist study / experience
- Extensive post registration experience, some of which will be at a senior level within the required specialist area of practice
- Extended clinical practice underpinned by training supervision & assessment
- Meets Nursing and Midwifery Council requirements for mentorship if relevant to role
- Good IT skills
- Audit / research experience
- Evidence of on-going continuous professional development
- Evidence of good communication and interpersonal skills
- Effective report writing skills
- Ability to work independently and across disciplines as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
- Effective organisation and time management skills
- Knowledge and understanding of relevant NHS policy or project specific policy context
- Has understanding / experience of adult / child safeguarding
- Current driving licence if relevant to role
Desirable criteria
- Master’s degree
- Management experience/qualification
- Evidence of leading programme/programmes of education and/or training
Meets All Band 6 Criteria
Essential criteria
- Registered nurse (appropriate to branch)
- Current NMC registration
- Diploma plus specialist qualifications / experience within specialist area; prepared to take degree level study
- Meets Nursing and Midwifery Council standards for student supervision and assessment (formally Mentorship) if relevant to role
- Some post registration experience within related specialist area of practice
- Extended clinical practice underpinned by training supervision & assessment
- Knowledge and understanding of relevant NHS policy or project specific policy context
- Has understanding / experience of adult / child safeguarding
- Evidence of on-going continuous professional development
- Good IT skills
- Evidence of good communication and interpersonal skills
- Effective report writing skills
- Able to work independently and as a member of a team
- Effective organisation and time management skills
- Current driving licence if relevant to role
Desirable criteria
- Degree in health related subject
- Research or audit experience
- Change management skills and involvement in project work
- Evidence of contribution towards education and training programmes
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Julia Ibbotson
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 2448960
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