201589 Trainee Advanced Nurse Practitioner (KMc)

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

NHS Scotland is reducing their full-time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay.  This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff.  This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours.  However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week.  If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Recruiting Board. 

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post. 

Trainee/Advanced Nurse Practitioner(s)

The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh is one of the largest teaching hospitals in Scotland. We are seeking to appoint a passionate and highly motivated Advanced Nurse Practitioner for Orthopaedics to support the development of the service on the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh campus.

This is a time of significant change for this service and the successful candidate will work with Orthopaedic Consultants, Allied Health Professionals, and other clinicians to deliver and develop a specialist service for patients presenting to the unit.

Working with the MDT and consultants, the post holder will be responsible for the treatment and management plan for patients across Orthopaedics.

Skills & Experience

Applicants will have the ability to lead others, think strategically and communicate effectively; they will demonstrate how they will work collaboratively, influencing decisions and outcomes, and be committed to improving care in a complex healthcare organisation. Provide support and leadership to various specialties/teams within the Orthopaedic unit, identifying and implementing innovation in clinical practice. 

This is an evolving and dynamic role for which successful candidates will demonstrate advanced skills, knowledge and excellent communication and interpersonal skills. The role requires the ability to work as part of the multidisciplinary team to provide excellent service and care to patients.

The minimum requirement for the posts is to be a registered nurse with significant experience within Emergency Medicine, any acute surgical specialty or critical care and a post graduate qualification in nursing or equivalent.

The university course is due to start in early March 2025, and successful candidates would need to be able to start from this date.

The post holder will contribute to the clinical and management responsibility of NHS Lothian Orthopaedic Service and will be a lead specialist required to make complex decisions, based on the clinical presentation of patients.

Selection for the posts will be carried out using a clinical assessment centre and competency-based interview.

For further information please contact Claire McNee (Clinical Nurse Manager) at Claire.mcnee@nhs.scot

*Please note this is a Trainee post, therefore Annex 21 applies*

For trainees covered by Annex 21 where the period of training lasts for between one and four years, pay will be as follows:

• up to 12 months prior to completion of training: 75 per cent of the pay band maximum of the fully qualified rate;
• more than one but less than two years prior to completion of training: 70 per cent of the pay band maximum of the qualified rate of the qualified;
• more than two but less than three years prior to completion of training: 65 per cent of the pay band maximum for the qualified rate.
• more than three years from completion of training: 60 per cent of the pay band maximum of the fully qualified rate.

For further guidance on Annex 21 please follow this link: Annex 21 Arrangements for pay and banding of trainees