Advanced Surgical Practitioner/Trainee Advanced Practitioner

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Advanced Surgical Practitioner/Trainee Advanced Practitioner

The closing date is 23 October 2025

The post holder will deliver expert clinical care in cardiac and thoracic surgery, supporting consultants and registrars during procedures and managing patient care across outpatient clinics, preadmission assessments, ward rounds, and discharge planning. Operating at an advanced level, they will lead the cardiothoracic specialty service, manage a patient caseload from diagnosis to discharge or end-of-life, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and external agencies to ensure high-quality care. A Master's in Surgical Care Practice is required.

Please note if you don't meet the Band 8a persons specification then consideration will be made for a training opportunity for a band 7 to 8a

Main duties of the job

The Advanced Cardiovascular SCP provides autonomous, expert care for cardiac surgery patients, leading clinics, initiating assessments and treatment plans, assisting in theatre, and managing daily inpatient care. The role includes leadership in clinical decision making, urgent care management, MDT participation, and service development to ensure high quality, patient centred care.

About us

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:

Leading your Team to Success

Leading Into the Future

Service Improvement for Beginners

Developing your Service Improvement Skills

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 Knowledge (Band 8a)

• oExcellent understanding of advanced practice
• oExcellent knowledge of cardiothoracic anatomy and surgical operations and procedures
• oExcellent clinical skills
• oComplex problem solving and assessment skills
• oKnowledge of the complex strategic issues which influence the area of practice at a local and national level
• oAdvanced knowledge of audit/research and evidence of application
• oAdvanced interpersonal and communication skills

Qualifications (Band 8a)

• oNMC level 1 registration
• oMSc in Surgical Care Practice
• oBasic Surgical Skills Course - accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons
• oTeaching certificate relevant to Mentoring in Nursing
• oClinic Skills Level 3
• oNon-Medical Prescribing Qualification - master's degree module
• oCALS Provider Certificate
• oRoyal College of Surgeons SCP Exit Exam

Experience

• oSignificant experience of working within cardiothoracic surgery (Band 8a)
• oPost registration experience working at a higher level within a speciality area (Band 7 and 8a)
• oChange management experience (Band 7 and 8a)

Qualifications (Band 7)

• oNMC level 1 registration
• oTeaching certificate relevant to Mentoring in Nursing
• oClinic Skills Level 3 or ability to achieve within an agreed time frame
• oNon-Medical Prescribing Qualification - master's degree module or ability to work towards within an agreed time frame
• oEvidence of recent and on going professional development
• oCALS Provider Certificate
• oALS provider

Knowledge (Band 7)

• oKnowledge of audit/research
• oAdvanced interpersonal and communication skills
• oExcellent clinical skills
• oExcellent problem solving and assessment skills

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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