246452 (MG) Trainee/Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Overview 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.

As an advanced nurse practitioner (ANP), you will utilise high levels of decision making and clinical judgment to meet patient health needs through diagnosis and management of patient conditions via assessment, treatment and review planning in partnership with patients and families. You will provide specialist advice to healthcare professionals, other agencies, carers, clients and relatives. The ANP role encompasses that of expert clinician, educator and auditor.

You will lead and develop the service to improve practice and work collaboratively across healthcare boundaries, implementing and evaluating evidence based standards, guidelines and policies. Responsibilities Lead and develop the service to improve practice and work collaboratively across healthcare boundaries, implementing and evaluating evidence based standards, guidelines and policies. Provide specialist advice to healthcare professionals, other agencies, carers, clients and relatives.

Operate as an expert clinician, educator and auditor within the ANP role. Reflect and plan practice with patients and families to meet health needs. Application and ethical guidelines AI tools like ChatGPT or Copilot can be great for planning and preparing your application—but your answers must be your own .

Show us the real you: Your application should reflect your skills, experience, and motivations authentically. Use AI wisely: It’s fine to use AI for ideas or to check spelling and grammar, but don’t let it write your answers. Why this matters: Applications that rely on AI-generated content may be withdrawn.

By applying, you confirm your responses are based on your own knowledge and achievements. Tip: Think of AI as a helper, not a substitute. We want to understand you—not an AI tool.

Working arrangements As from 1 April 2026, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will be reducing from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part time hours will be reduced pro-rata. However, there will be a corresponding increase in the hourly rate so that pay will not be affected.

Application timeline Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage. We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early.

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Legal requirements 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 granted by the UK Visas and Immigration Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.

Safeguarding and regulated checks This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e., child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post. Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check.

If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the PVG Scheme. Any changes will be confirmed by the Hiring Manager or Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes.

Further information For more details on the role and the skills/experience sought, click the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If you have questions, please contact ...... Annex 21 – Training and pay information Please note this is a Trainee post; Annex 21 applies.

Up to 12 months prior to completion of training: 75 per cent of the pay band maximum of the fully qualified rate. More than one but less than two years prior to completion of training: 70 per cent of the pay band maximum of the qualified rate. More than two but less than three years prior to completion of training: 65 per cent of the pay band maximum for the qualified rate.

More than three years from completion of training: 60 per cent of the pay band maximum of the fully qualified rate. For further guidance on Annex 21 – please follow this link: Annex 21 – Arrangements for pay and banding of trainees #J-18808-Ljbffr