Job summary
- Main area
- ENT
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 343-7365101-RB-SK
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Epsom and St Helier Hospitals NHS Trust
- Town
- Carshalton
- Salary
- £61,631 - £68,623 pa Inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Surgical Advanced Nurse Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 8a
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
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Independently assess, diagnose, and manage ENT patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
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Deliver care across:
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ENT wards
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ENT Same Day Emergency Care (SOS) clinics
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Supervised routine outpatient clinics, including:
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Two-Week Wait (2WW) cancer clinics
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Paediatric ENT clinics
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Participate in the daytime on-call rota, providing timely clinical input and decision-making support.
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Contribute to ENT triaging processes to streamline patient care pathways and ensure appropriate prioritisation.
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Work collaboratively within the ENT multidisciplinary team to ensure continuity and excellence in care delivery.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be practicing autonomously as an Advanced Practitioner (AP) to provide patient-centred quality care. This will encompass the skills of advanced assessment, examination, diagnosis and management within an agreed scope of practice.
The AP will meet the requirements of the Centre for Advancing Practice’s framework and guidelines for advanced level practice.
To work within the Multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice in England (HEE 2017). The post holder will deliver clinical care in regard to assessing and Treating ENT patients on the wards, in ENT SOS clinics, supervised routine outpatient clinics (including two wait rule cancer clinics & paediatric clinics) and will be part of the team providing daytime on call cover and partake in ENT triaging.
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Nursing role at Epsom and St Helier.
Person specification
Qualifications and training
Essential criteria
- • Registered Nurse • MSc level in Advanced Practice or equivalent (Minimum PgDip committed to working towards full MSc) • Independent or supplementary non-medical prescriber (where relevant)
Desirable criteria
- • Undertaken accredited course or gained digital badge accreditation with centre for advancing practice • Completed advanced practice accreditation in speciality e.g. RCEM, RCN, full membership MACP • Completed portfolio of supervised practice in speciality • Relevant NHS leadership qualification or working towards
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Extensive experience within an area of relevant clinical speciality • Demonstration of experience in all four pillars of advanced clinical practice (clinical practice, leadership and management, research, education) • Participation in audit and research
Desirable criteria
- • Experience as clinical Leader • Experience in an autonomous practice role • Previous experience in an advanced practice role • Experience of service development
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Advanced assessment and history taking skills • Highly developed diagnostic reasoning skills • Leadership skills • Professionally credible • Excellent oral and written communication skills • Excellent time management and organisational skills • Protocol and guideline development • Ability to use speadsheets, presentation and work processing software
Desirable criteria
- Able to chair, co-ordinate and facilitate meetings
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Understanding of clinical governance and risk assessment • Up to date knowledge of evidence based guidelines and policies
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Victoria Alexander
- Job title
- ENT Consultant and Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02082964585
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