Lead Advanced Nurse Practitioner AA
Job Description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and forward thinking Lead Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) to join NHS Fife’s General Surgery service.
This senior role offers the chance to combine expert clinical practice with strategic leadership, playing a key part in delivering safe, effective and high quality care across both elective and unscheduled surgical pathways. Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will contribute to frontline clinical care while leading the ongoing development of advanced practice across the service.
As Lead ANP, you will provide autonomous clinical care, managing patients from initial assessment through to diagnosis, treatment and discharge. In parallel, you will take responsibility for the leadership and development of the ANP workforce, ensuring consistent standards of advanced practice, supporting staff through supervision and appraisal, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. The role also includes driving service redesign, quality improvement, and audit activity to enhance patient flow, experience and outcomes.
The General Surgery service in NHS Fife delivers care across planned and urgent pathways, including activity within the Surgical Admissions Unit (AU2), with a strong focus on timely assessment, reducing unnecessary admissions, and providing patient centred care.
You will be an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner with a Master’s qualification in Advanced Practice (or equivalent), independent prescribing (V300), and a strong clinical background within General Surgery or a related specialty. You will bring credible leadership experience, with the ability to influence practice, support staff development, and contribute to service improvement at both operational and strategic level.
This is an excellent opportunity to take a lead role in shaping advanced practice within General Surgery, working within a supportive and progressive team while maintaining a visible clinical presence.
For an informal discussion, please contact Louise Noble, Service Manager, on Ext 28408, or Karen Peacock, Clinical Nurse Manager, on Ext 28956.
A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme prior to appointment.
NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in the application.
We offer flexible working and family friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
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.
