Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 319-7841452RW
- Employer
- Northumbria Primary Care
- Employer type
- Private Sector
- Site
- NPC Wellway
- Town
- Morpeth
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Nurse Practitioner
Band 7
Please note that NPC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The successful applicant will be an employee of the subsidiary and not Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Whilst appointees will have a base practice within NPC, they may be asked to work at other practices across our group. We do however limit this as much as possible as we appreciate continuity is vital to effective primary care.
Flexible working offers choice in where, when, and how we work, ensuring patients remain at the heart of all we do. It’s open to everyone, and we aim to find solutions that work for both you and the organisation. All arrangements must be reasonable and balanced to maintain safe and effective patient care.
Whilst NPC are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.
Job overview
Provide a holistic approach to patients, including assessment, diagnosis, planning and implementation of high-quality care.
To work collaboratively within the team to meet the needs of patients using evidence based care principals. Liaising with the Nursing & AHP Clinical lead, responsible for ensuring required audits are completed and all practice staff comply with local and national policy.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Please note, for Secondment roles before an application is submitted, please ensure you have received the appropriate approval and completed documentation required beforehand, as this may delay the process if an offer was to be made."
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide autonomous urgent care to patients who present to the Health Centre.
The post holder will:
- Work across NPC Wellway sites, we have surgeries at Morpeth, Pegswood, Lynemouth & Newbiggin
- Be able to work autonomously within an extended nurse practitioner role.
- Provide a holistic approach to individuals including assessment, diagnosis, planning and implementation of high quality care up to the point of discharge or referral to another specialty
- Support to manage the department
- HR responsibilities
- Contribute to the business planning process - Supervise and educate junior staff
- To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote
ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries
Working for our organisation
Northumbria Primary Care Ltd (NPC) is a pioneering partnership with local GPs and now manages several GP practices with around 120,000 registered patients in Northumberland and North Tyneside.
Whilst appointees will have a base practice within NPC, they may be asked to work at other practices across our group. We do however limit this as much as possible as we appreciate continuity is vital to effective primary care.
Please note that NPC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Make sure to read the ‘NPC Candidate Pack’ before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before applying to join our fantastic organisation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Contributes to the work of the Health Centre through the provision of quality evidenced based nursing care and the appropriate use and deployment of resources
- To practice autonomously.
- To provide autonomous critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning when making clinical decisions
- Undertake the management of patients over a period of time and organise appropriate services, as well as delivering direct patient care.
- Responsible for the co-ordination of nursing staff on duty.
- Works collaboratively with other health and social care professionals across professional boundaries to ensure safe and effective practice
- Helps to facilitate new developments and innovations through planning and the nurse education process
- This is a suitable post for an individual with established skills to develop and extend advanced clinical skills and demonstrate managerial ability.
- Registered Mentor.
Person specification
Qualifications / Professional Registration
Essential criteria
- Registered Mentor
- Registered General Nurse qualification/ Nurse practitioner qualification
- Achievement of, or working towards degree / masters’ level qualification 998 or equivalent qualification
- Teaching qualification 998,126/127 or City and Guilds 730 or equivalent qualification
Desirable criteria
- ALS/APLS/PLS
- Minor Injury qualification
- Management training course is desirable
- Knowledge of audit
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Specialist knowledge and experience gained by completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner Training Programme or equivalent
- Extensive post registration experience at senior grade
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within an Primary Care setting.
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Charlotte Burn
- Job title
- Practice Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07572269572
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