Surgical Nurse Practitioner

The Surgical Nurse Practitioner will operate as an enhanced level practitioner within the General Surgery and Urology teams, delivering expert clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and care management for patients across Surgical Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) and inpatient surgical settings. The role is pivotal in supporting acute surgical services, enhancing patient experience, and ensuring safe, effective, and timely care.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as part of the extended surgical team and contribute to the junior medical rota, undertaking responsibilities comparable to those of a junior doctor while maintaining a strong focus on holistic, evidence-based nursing practice. The role requires advanced clinical judgement, leadership, multidisciplinary collaboration, and a commitment to continuous service improvement and high standards of patient care

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.

Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.

We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.

We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

Details

Date posted

09 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515 a year

per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

10 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

328-DUG-8202845

Job locations

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

• Professional Registration with NMC/HCPC.
• Physical assessment skills.
• Non-Medical prescribing (or ability to undertake)

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Demonstrate a good working knowledge of windows based computer systems and be capable of using most Microsoft Office applications, particularly Trak, Excel, MS Word and Outlook.
• Demonstrate good organisational / time management skills and be able work under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrate ability to work on own initiative and also to work as part of a team.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as an Surgical Nurse Practitioner within SDEC
• Evidence of involvement in change management.
• Experience of dealing with acutely unwell patients and competence at diagnosing and delivering treatment.
• Experience of working in a surgical or acute environment

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

• Professional Registration with NMC/HCPC.
• Physical assessment skills.
• Non-Medical prescribing (or ability to undertake)

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Demonstrate a good working knowledge of windows based computer systems and be capable of using most Microsoft Office applications, particularly Trak, Excel, MS Word and Outlook.
• Demonstrate good organisational / time management skills and be able work under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrate ability to work on own initiative and also to work as part of a team.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as an Surgical Nurse Practitioner within SDEC
• Evidence of involvement in change management.
• Experience of dealing with acutely unwell patients and competence at diagnosing and delivering treatment.
• Experience of working in a surgical or acute environment

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Qualifications & Training

Essential

• Professional Registration with NMC/HCPC.
• Physical assessment skills.
• Non-Medical prescribing (or ability to undertake)

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Demonstrate a good working knowledge of windows based computer systems and be capable of using most Microsoft Office applications, particularly Trak, Excel, MS Word and Outlook.
• Demonstrate good organisational / time management skills and be able work under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrate ability to work on own initiative and also to work as part of a team.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as an Surgical Nurse Practitioner within SDEC
• Evidence of involvement in change management.
• Experience of dealing with acutely unwell patients and competence at diagnosing and delivering treatment.
• Experience of working in a surgical or acute environment