NHS Scotland
Advanced Nurse Practitioner/Trainee Advanced Nurse Practitioner (annex 21)- Orthopaedics (AA)
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About the Role
We are looking to appoint an Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP), or an experienced Nurse Practitioner progressing toward advanced practice, to join our established ANP team within the Orthopaedic Department. This is an excellent opportunity for individuals seeking to advance their career in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, gaining experience across both trauma and elective orthopaedic pathways. The post offers exposure to a wide range of ANP-led services and the chance to contribute to innovative models of care.
As a senior clinical practitioner, you will provide expert assessment, decision-making, and management for patients across the Orthopaedic unit. Your role will be central to enhancing patient care, supporting safe and effective service delivery, and improving patient flow in line with national standards.
You will work across the Fife Elective Orthopaedic Centre, Orthopaedic trauma wards, and the dedicated hip fracture ward alongside the Orthogeriatric Consultant. The post also supports the outpatient arthroplasty pathway, including identifying suitable candidates for same-day arthroplasty.
Our ANPs are integral senior members of the Orthopaedic Team, delivering high quality, clinically effective care using advanced skills and knowledge. Working within the new National Treatment Centre provides a unique opportunity to practise autonomously within an ANP-led unit. This innovative workforce model has significantly contributed to meeting national targets and improving patient experience.
Responsibilities
- Provide expert assessment, decision-making, and management for patients across the Orthopaedic unit.
- Enhance patient care and improve patient flow in line with national standards.
- Work across multiple departments and pathways, including elective orthopaedic, trauma wards, and hip fracture ward.
- Support outpatient arthroplasty pathway and identify candidates for same-day arthroplasty.
- Deliver high quality, clinically effective care using advanced skills and knowledge.
- Work autonomously within an ANP-led unit.
- Contribute to innovative models of care and improving patient experience.
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Requirements
- Experience in delivering safe, effective care and working collaboratively across professional and organisational boundaries.
- Strong clinical knowledge and highly developed decision-making skills in acute care.
- Ability to prioritise a fluctuating workload, work flexibly, and adapt within a busy environment.
- Experience in providing comprehensive care from initial history taking and clinical assessment through to diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation.
- Safe clinical judgement and delivery of expert patient care.
- Responsibility for teaching, supervising, assessing, and mentoring others.
- Contribute across all four Pillars of Practice and maintain effective professional relationships within the multidisciplinary team.
Qualifications
- Hold a Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Practice.
- Demonstrate clear evidence of clinical competence.
- Welcome applications from Nurse Practitioners currently working toward the PGDip.
- Ideally, candidates will have completed the Advanced Clinical Assessment and Decision-Making module and/or Non-Medical Prescribing at SCQF Level 11.
- Candidates who have not yet completed the full PGDip will be supported through funded study, allocated study leave, and guidance from our dedicated Lead for Advanced Practice.
- Upon successful completion, the postholder will transition into a fully qualified ANP role.
Additional Information
- Trainees are paid a percentage of the pay band maximum for the qualified rate which is dependent on the duration of the training period (see annex 21 Terms and Conditions).
- A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme prior to appointment.
- NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.
- We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
- It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.
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Contact Information
For informal enquiries please contact Emma Davidson, Lead Orthopaedic Advanced Practitioner, Victoria Hospital, Hayfield Road, Kirkcaldy, KY2 5AH on 01592 643355 or email: emma.davidson@nhs.scot
Legal Requirements
NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application. NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK as part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website. For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licensed Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found on the GOV.UK website.
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