Advanced Nurse Practitioner

## **Advanced Nurse Practitioner**

### **Band 8a**

Main area

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Grade

Band 8a

Contract

Permanent

Hours

– Full time
– Flexible working

37.5 hours per week

Job ref

246-CEN8342366

Site

Older Adult Inpatient services

Town

Norwich

Salary

£57,528 – £64,750 gross per annum

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

25/10/2026 23:59

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people’s and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.

**Please note due to the nature of our roles and patient demographic, you will be required to undertake physical intervention training and remain trained, as required by your role.**

### **Job overview**

We are thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity for an experienced and dedicated **Advanced Nurse Practitioner** to join our Older Adult Inpatient Team based at the Julian Hospital. Our service comprises five wards, including two functional wards and three organic wards, providing specialist assessment, treatment, and care for older adults with complex mental health needs.

As an Advanced Nurse Practitioner, you will provide comprehensive care for service users, from initial history taking and clinical assessment through to diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of care. You will demonstrate safe clinical decision-making and expert practice, including advanced assessment and diagnostic skills within a mental health setting.

Working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary and medical teams, you will play a key role in meeting the needs of service users while providing strong clinical and professional nursing leadership to the wider nursing team. Critical thinking, effective communication, and a commitment to delivering high-quality, person-centred care will be essential within this rewarding and dynamic role.

### **Main duties of the job**

– Provide advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of care for older adult service users within inpatient mental health services.
– Undertake comprehensive history taking, physical and mental health assessments, and develop person-centred care plans.
– Demonstrate expert clinical decision-making and utilise advanced diagnostic and assessment skills in the management of complex mental and physical health needs.
– Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team and medical staff to deliver safe, effective, and high-quality care.
– Prescribe medication and monitor treatment plans in line with professional registration, competency, and Trust policies.
– Provide clinical leadership, support, and professional guidance to nursing staff and the wider team.
– Support the delivery of evidence-based practice and contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives.
– Participate in ward reviews, multidisciplinary meetings, risk management, and safeguarding processes.
– Promote recovery-focused and person-centred approaches to care, ensuring service users and carers are actively involved in care planning and decision-making.
– Maintain accurate, timely, and comprehensive clinical documentation in line with professional and organisational standards.
– Contribute to staff education, supervision, and the development of advanced nursing practice within Older Adult Mental Health Services.

### **Working for our organisation**

Here at Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly, and supportive organisation where colleagues value sharing experiences and learning from one another. We are committed to creating an environment where staff feel valued, supported, and able to thrive both professionally and personally.

In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we offer strong professional networks, access to leadership support, and opportunities to develop advanced clinical practice and leadership skills within a forward-thinking mental health service.

We recognise there are challenges across the NHS, but as a Trust we have ambitious aspirations and are progressing exciting transformation work to improve services for the communities we serve. We are looking for dedicated and compassionate individuals who want to be part of that journey and help shape the future of mental health care.

**Why Norfolk and Suffolk?** The region offers an excellent quality of life, with beautiful coastlines, the Broads National Park, and picturesque towns and villages rich in history and culture. With excellent schools, affordable housing, vibrant independent cafes, shops, and theatres, alongside good transport links to London and an international airport in Norwich, Norfolk and Suffolk provide an ideal place to live and work.

### **Detailed job description and main responsibilities**

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### **Person specification**

#### **Qualifications**

##### **Essential criteria**

– RMN (Mental Health) Post registration qualification in specialty
– Educated to Master’s degree level in relevant subject area
– Recognised leadership qualification or equivalent experience
– Independent Prescribing qualification
– Recognised teaching/assessing qualification.
– Evidence of continuing professional development

##### **Desirable criteria**

– Approved clinician

#### **Experience**

##### **Essential criteria**

– Minimum 5 years post registration experience.
– Experience in managing complaints and quality assurance.
– Non-medical prescriber.

#### **Skills**

##### **Essential criteria**

– Proven leadership skills through experience of leading a team.
– Organisational and people management skills
– Ability to think and work strategically.

**Please be aware that, due to the high number of applications for certain roles, this vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.**

YOUR APPLICATION

We can provide all our job application materials in alternative formats so that these are accessible to everyone. Should you require any documents within this job pack in an alternative format, please do not hesitate to contact us at recruitment@nsft.nhs.uk.

PLEASE NOTE: If you use a hotmail, msn or yahoo e-mail account, you will need to check your “junk” mail regularly as these email providers will divert any communication from this Trust/NHS JOBS straight into your ” junk” inbox.

*EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES* *Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.*

*As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.*

### **Disclosure and Barring Service Check**

This post may be 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.

### **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.

### **Further details / informal visits contact**

Name

Gillian Mutizwa

Job title

Associate Director of Nursing

Email address

Gillian.Mutizwa@nsft.nhs.uk

Telephone number

07771388276