Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) / Trainee ANP - Cardiac

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) / Trainee ANP - Cardiac

The closing date is 15 December 2025

Appointment to band 7 or 8a is dependent upon skills, experience, knowledge and qualifications and training (please view both job descriptions and person specifications attached to the vacancy.

If appointed as band 7, you would follow the training programme and when fully competent, would move to band 8a.

The Cardiac Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) provides expert clinical care across outpatient, ward, and high dependency settings. Working autonomously within the four pillars of advanced practice-clinical, leadership, education, and research-the ANP performs advanced assessments, makes complex clinical decisions, initiates treatments, and leads on discharge planning.

They act as a visible clinical leader, role model, and advocate for evidence based, compassionate care, requiring qualifications aligned with the Health Education England advanced practice framework, including non medical prescribing.

Main duties of the job

The Cardiac Advanced Nurse Practitioner works autonomously across outpatient, ward, and high dependency settings to deliver expert clinical care. They perform advanced assessments, initiate investigations, diagnose, prescribe and manage treatment plans, supporting early discharge and preventing readmission.

Acting as a clinical leader, they provide specialist advice to patients, carers and multidisciplinary teams, while maintaining up to date knowledge to influence practice and develop care pathways. Their role integrates clinical expertise with leadership, education, and research to ensure high standards of patient care.

About us

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

• Your Leadership Impact
• Leading your Team to Success
• Leading Into the Future
• Service Improvement for Beginners
• Developing your Service Improvement Skills
• Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

• Explore leadership within the NHS
• Promote Trust values and behaviours
• Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
• Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification Band 7 - Knowledge & Skills

• Evidence of management skills gained through theory and practice
• Experience of mentoring and developing staff
• Ability to problem solve, analyse, compare and interpret complex information before making a decision
• Good knowledge of cardiothoracic anatomy and surgical operations and procedures

Band 7 - Experience

• Extensive clinical experience in the specialty at a senior level
• Experience leading a team
• Leads by example and is a role model to junior staff

Band 7 - Qualifications & Training

• Registered healthcare professional
• Degree level registration qualification or equivalent post registration award
• Successfully completed modules/short courses which are relevant to their role and are equivalent to master's level (L7) Supplemented by post graduate specialist training which may have been delivered in house.
• ILS/ALS provider (dependent on clinical area)
• Independent Non medical prescriber or willing to undertake (if legally permitted)

Band 8 - Qualifications & Training

• MSc in advanced Clinical Practice/Royal college credentialed/HEE accredited AP
• Independent non medical prescribing (where legally permitted)
• ILS/ALS provider. Willing to work towards CALS
• Formal research module completed at level 7 (master's level).

Band 8 - Knowledge & Skills

• Professional qualification enabling registration with a healthcare regulatory body, supplemented by significant post registration experience and specialist knowledge of the clinical area.
• Excellent knowledge of cardiac anatomy, pathophysiology, and surgical procedures.
• Advanced knowledge of audit, research methodologies, and evidence based practice, with proven ability to apply findings to improve care.
• Experience in mentoring and developing staff, including supporting consultants, registrars, and doctors in training.
• Proven ability to lead research initiatives and implement service change/improvement.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to influence, negotiate, and collaborate across professional boundaries.
• Physical skills ensuring accuracy and dexterity for clinical procedures.
• Interpretation and analysis of lung function CT/X ray/ECHO/24hr tape.
• Advanced computer literacy and keyboard skills, with proficiency in clinical systems and data management.

Band 8 - Experience

• Extensive clinical experience within the specialty, with the ability to manage a highly complex caseload independently.
• Significant experience working in cardiac surgery (or relevant specialty).
• Experience providing counselling and psychosocial support to patients and staff.
• Proven experience in leading a team and acting as a role model to junior staff.
• Demonstrated ability to initiate, manage, and sustain change, including leading service improvement projects.
• Current experience in teaching and delivering educational sessions related to the specialty.
• Experience in presentation skills and professional development facilitation.
• Audit skills and experience in project management, including service evaluation and quality improvement initiatives.

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.

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