Job summary
The Advanced Nurse/Practitioner will promote the vision and values of East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, leading by example and ensuring that they demonstrate those values in their leadership behaviours and how we support our teams and deliver our services
The Advanced Nurse/Practitioner will be able to provide expert professional advice and develops and implements specialist care
The Advanced Nurse/Practitioner will ensure clinical excellence.
The Advanced Nurse/Practitioner provides specialist education and training to staff, students, carers and patients and develops educational pathways.
The Advanced Nurse Practitioner undertakes research and leads clinical audits in own specialist area and contributes to Trust wide research programmes
Line management responsibilities will be dependent upon role and specialist area of work
Main duties of the job
The Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) plays a pivotal role in delivering advanced clinical, professional, and operational leadership across the Urgent Community Response (UCR) and Virtual Ward services. This role is critical to ensuring safe, responsive, and evidence-based care for patients in their own homes, care settings, or within intermediate care environments.
Working autonomously within their professional scope, the ANP will carry out complex assessments, make diagnostic decisions, prescribe treatments, and coordinate care, while also supporting the wider multidisciplinary team. They are instrumental in delivering national and local priorities, including admission avoidance, early supported discharge, and virtual ward initiatives.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Deliver advanced assessments, diagnostics, prescribing, and care planning for complex patients.
Act as a senior clinical leader and role model; support team performance and lead MDTs.
Mentor junior staff, contribute to training plans, support induction and professional development.
Drive incident reviews, quality audits, and improvement plans; support compliance with CQC and national standards.
Contribute to service transformation initiatives, digital innovations, and business case delivery.
Ensure safe rostering, resource allocation, and delivery of KPIs linked to patient flow and urgent care access.
About us
Working for your organisation
A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to nurseries at EDGH and Conquest, staff restaurants and on-site staff accommodation.
In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available to staff 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.
There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description attached.
If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description attached.
If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse/Professional and hold active registration with relevant Professional body
- Masters level qualification relevant to role
- Post Graduate qualification at Masters level in advanced clinical practice, relevant to role to demonstrate specialist clinical and leadership skills
- Evidence of mandatory and statutory essential training skills, and additional job specific specialist skills/procedures
- Education/Training qualification
- Managerial or Leadership qualification
Desirable
- Project management/Quality improvement qualification
- Restorative supervision/Professional Nurse Advocate qualification
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience in area of expert professional knowledge and skills
- Demonstrate experience/project leadership of Quality/Service improvement Project Management Leadership People Management Innovative and inspiring leadership and clinical practice Research or audit Education and Training
Desirable
- NHS experience or relevant health care organisation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse/Professional and hold active registration with relevant Professional body
- Masters level qualification relevant to role
- Post Graduate qualification at Masters level in advanced clinical practice, relevant to role to demonstrate specialist clinical and leadership skills
- Evidence of mandatory and statutory essential training skills, and additional job specific specialist skills/procedures
- Education/Training qualification
- Managerial or Leadership qualification
Desirable
- Project management/Quality improvement qualification
- Restorative supervision/Professional Nurse Advocate qualification
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience in area of expert professional knowledge and skills
- Demonstrate experience/project leadership of Quality/Service improvement Project Management Leadership People Management Innovative and inspiring leadership and clinical practice Research or audit Education and Training
Desirable
- NHS experience or relevant health care organisation
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.
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.
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).
