Advanced Nurse Practitioner

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and innovative individual to work as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) within General Surgery, Surgical Directorate. We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced nurse who will embrace the challenge of this exciting and rewarding role.

Applicants should be a registered nurse, who, acting within their professional boundaries will provide care for the presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of their care. The successful applicant will demonstrate safe clinical decision making and expert care for patients.

The ANP will have a responsibility to teach, supervise, assess and mentor, and to plan, prioritise and delegate work to other staff members. The ANP will work across all four Pillars of Practice, developing and maintaining professional and organisational relationships with the multidisciplinary team.

ANPs must possess a Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Practice and have demonstrable evidence of clinical competence. Applications are also welcomed from candidates who have not yet completed the Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Practice or attained clinical competence, on a trainee basis. On successful completion of the above, candidates will transition to a fully qualified ANP role.

Individuals who meet the full requirements for the role of ANP will commence on Band 7. Those applicants who are interested in developing into the role following the successful completion of academic qualifications will be renumerated on line with Agenda for Change Annex 21*, based on current roles and experience.

• Annex 21 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 Terms and Conditions).

For further information on this exciting opportunity, please contact Karen Peacock, Clinical Nurse Manger on ext 28956 email: or Gill Ogden, Head of Nursing, Planned Care Directorate on Ext 28144 email:

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.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here.

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 licenced 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 here.

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.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.