The Rheumatology Department is expanding, and these are new posts. The department provides a rheumatology service to the Newcastle population, and also a highly specialised service for inflammatory arthritis, spondylarthritis, connective tissue disease and vasculitis within the North East region. The Nurse Practitioner will provide clinical care for patients with a wide range of rheumatology conditions, across the day-case unit, outpatient department and inpatient settings. To deliver a quality of service matching clinical need to available resources within the focus of specialist nursing practice. This can be a development opportunity, with a training pathway available for somebody new to the specialty or still requiring their clinical skills and prescribing qualifications. In this case, the successful candidate would be appointed as a Band 6 Trainee Nurse Practitioner and would be supported to undertake the relevant qualifications with a timescale between 18 - 24 months.

• Interview Date Monday 07 July 2025
• 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy., The post holder will work as a Rheumatology Trainee Nurse Practitioner, which will involve spending time on our Day Case Unit (DCU), inpatient ward, monitoring department, specialist clinics and general rheumatology clinics under the supervision of the consultant body and senior nursing team.
The post holder will be responsible for the clinical assessment and management of a cohort of patients with diagnosed rheumatology conditions, working closely alongside consultants and allied health professionals. This will involve reviewing and overseeing the care and treatment of patients on the day-case unit, undertaking independent rheumatology clinics in outpatient setting and some involvement in delivery of care in an inpatient setting. As well as providing and supporting care on the day-case unit and undertaking rheumatology outpatient clinics, the post holder will also be involved in the delivery of the specialist advice line triage and clinics.

Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites: o Freeman Hospitalo Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)o Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)o Newcastle Dental Hospitalo Newcastle Fertility Centreo Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbriao Northern Genetics Serviceo Cramlington Manor Walks These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS. We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.