The closing date is 01 May 2026
Advanced Nurse Practitioner – Breast Care
Are you an experienced qualified nurse? Are you highly motivated and willing to promote change? Are you a team worker with a healthy work ethic and eager to learn? Then look no further, this role could be for you! An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Full‑Time Qualified post in Breast surgery as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner. This vacancy is a permanent post.
The role was originally developed to enable new ways of working, specifically, the Mastalgia pathway for the Northants region. This is a nurse‑led service allowing both Northampton and Kettering General Hospital patients with breast pain to be seen in clinics based outside of the main hospital.
Dependent on experience, you will be expected to run these clinics under remote supervision. You will also support the breast clinicians in diagnostic and follow‑up clinics and generally support the breast nursing team.
The applicant will be expected to hold a Non‑Medical Prescribing qualification at level 6 or above and be qualified in Clinical Breast Examination. However we will consider a practitioner qualified in clinical examination without the prescribing course. This may affect the banding of the post being offered.
Main duties of the job
The practitioner will work alongside the consultant surgeons and lead Advanced Nurse Practitioner to support both the mastalgia pathway for Northamptonshire and the diagnostic/follow‑up breast clinics.
- Provide direct clinical care and practice within your scope of competence. Assisting in the provision of Outpatient clinics and care of patients within the breast pathway.
- Assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients that present to the breast surgery service.
- Make independent clinical decisions and initiate invasive and non‑invasive treatments, care, treatments, and technological interventions with the support of senior colleagues.
- If qualified, act as an independent non‑medical prescriber, working within agreed protocols.
- Work collaboratively with all members of the multidisciplinary team to provide best‑practice clinical care to breast patients and their carers.
- Facilitate learning and provision of education. Teaching and providing mentorship and support to other staff within the Trust to promote quality of care.
- Evaluate the care and management of patients within the breast service and specifically the Mastalgia pathway, using clinical audit, presenting outcomes locally and nationally.
Job responsibilities
CLINICAL
- Provide a visible presence and engage in direct clinical care and practice as appropriate within their scope of competence.
- Assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients that present to the breast surgery service and particularly the Northamptonshire mastalgia pathway.
- Make independent clinical decisions and initiate invasive and non‑invasive treatments, care, treatments and technological interventions as appropriate under supervision and with support of senior colleagues.
- Be able to provide, analyse and receive highly complex and sensitive information.
- Complete NMR radiology training as per KGH Trust SOP to be able to plan, order, interpret and act upon the results of imaging investigations.
- Provide evidence‑based healthcare which contributes to the diagnosis, care and treatment of patients.
- If qualified, act as an independent non‑medical prescriber, working within agreed protocols.
- Assist in the provision of Surgical Outpatient clinics and care of patients within the breast pathway.
- Work collaboratively with all members of the multidisciplinary team to provide best clinical care, emotional and psychological support and education to our breast patients and their carers.
RESEARCH
- Act as role model of standards for behaviour and professions, through commitment to the integration of policies and procedures within the role and workplace.
- Work with innovation and flexibility to adapt to a fast‑changing specialty and play an integral role in the operational/strategic development of the service.
- Through the process of clinical audit, evaluate the care and management of patients involved in the breast service and specifically the Mastalgia pathway, presenting outcomes to the team.
- Assist in leading new practice and service design solutions to better meet the needs of the patients and service.
EDUCATION
- Facilitate evidence‑based practice and promote and undertake research and clinical audit within the service.
- Create a working environment conducive to facilitating learning and provision of education to meet the needs of the staff. Teaching and providing mentorship and support to other staff including practitioners, theatre team members, ward staff, clinic nurses, clinical nurse specialists, medical students and medical staff within the Trust to promote quality of care.
- Promote the use of reflective practice to enhance the development of self and others.
- Actively promote education of patients, relatives and carers in all aspects of care e.g. health promotion, diet, wound care, pain control and mobilisation and treatment plans.
- Ensure own on‑going education needs are identified as part of a Personal Development Plan and Appraisal process with the Line Manager. Guaranteeing that personal development is maintained to ensure effective development of the Service.
- Attend and participate in local, regional, national and/or international study days and conferences as required and promote and disseminate findings to appropriate members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Maintain knowledge of developments and current practices relevant to the clinical speciality and use this knowledge to carry out clinical practice founded on research and evidence.
MANAGERIAL
- Develop and maintain effective communication and professional relationships with all members of the multi‑disciplinary team.
- Become a local and national role model regarding the role of the Breast Surgical Nurse Practitioner.
- Actively take a role in risk management and clinical incident reporting.
- Support the lead ANP in all aspects of management.
- Adhere to the NMC Code of Professional Practice.
Person Specification
- Registered Nurse
- Degree in Nursing or equivalent
- Master’s Degree in relevant field
- Non‑Medical Prescriber
- Clinical Assessment Skills Course
- Experience within an acute setting in a hospital environment
- Enthusiasm for learning and ongoing professional development
- Experience of staff management
- Experience of senior role within acute hospital setting Band 6 or above
- Awareness and understanding of current issues within advanced practice and the NHS
- The ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive and/or contentious information in complex situations
- The ability to communicate with patients and their family/carers during stressful or emotional circumstances
- The ability to foster a positive learning culture
- The ability to demonstrate accuracy in personal record keeping and adhere to information governance regulations with regard to storage and sharing of data.
- Able to demonstrate personal duty of care in relation to the safe use of equipment and other resources
- Able to work from different locations across Northamptonshire
- Management or leadership qualification
- Surgical Experience
- Involvement in change process within a clinical environment
- The ability to work as part of an inter-disciplinary team to take direction and offer suggestions for improvement of service
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.
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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