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Advanced Nurse Practitioner
NHS 24
Full-time
Aberdeen, Dundee or South Queensferry
On-site
£ 50,861
to
£ 59,159
Application closing date:
Feb 5, 2026
About the organisation
- As NHS Scotland's unique provider of a national tele-health and tele-care service, we are responsible for the delivery of health advice and information by telephone and online services to the population of Scotland 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. NHS 24 is a patient-focused service providing the people of Scotland with triage, advice, guidance, referral and information on health and healthcare services.
About the vacancy
- The role of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) is to provide a high quality, safe and supportive environment to care for patients identified with physical and psycho-social needs. ANPs must be educated at master’s level in advanced practice and are assessed as competent in this level of practice.
Key Responsibilities
- • The ANP can lead the development of colleagues through the identification and facilitation of specialist learning resources in line with the current advancement in advanced practice from a strategic and professional agenda. The post holder will lead the development and implementation of Advanced Practice across all services in NHS 24.
• As an NHS 24 Nurse Practitioner, working autonomously, you will use your clinical knowledge and expertise in conjunction with listening, questioning and probing skills to triage patients in your care to ensure safe clinically appropriate outcomes.
• The post holder will work closely with various health board partners to utilise advanced assessment skills to assess, identify the appropriate clinical care and management for all patients including the acutely unwell, their family or carer.
• The post holder will make complex, autonomous decisions using advanced skills and knowledge, has overall responsibility for the assessment of care needs and the delivery of advanced nursing care in the telehealth, primary, community or acute care areas.
• As a clinical leader, the ANP has the freedom and authority to act autonomously in the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, including prescribing, of patients with multi-dimensional problems.
• The ANP will develop, lead, and support education and training to nurses and other clinicians within NHS 24 and partner boards, act as a role model and encourage high standards of patient care on a day-to-day basis.
Key Competencies
- • Possess excellent clinical decision-making skills, with the ability to provide clinical supervision and leadership.
• Be an expert communicator who can manage difficult conversations and skilfully negotiate barriers to support the delivery and advancement of progressing the Advanced Practice agenda
• Have a proven record in leading and managing teams and working in multi-disciplinary teams
• Have a strategic and organisational perspective on the patient safety agenda and be able to successfully work across multiple settings and levels
• Be aligned to and live the core NHS Scotland values underpinned by a passion for supporting safe, effective, and person-centred care
Desired Qualifications
- Be registered as an adult nurse on Part 1 of the NMC register.
How to Apply
Please download the Digital Job Pack and Person Specification for full details of NHS 24 and this opportunity as well as the Digital Candidate Application Guide which will support you in your application. We recommend that prior to application candidates read all the information provided in the Job Pack as it contains much of the information about NHS 24 and this vacancy to support a successful application.
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