In-Reach Nurse Practitioners

Hours:   37.5 hour posts x2 covering 7/7

The Hospital at Home Teams within Fife provide a service for the frail elderly population (predominantly over 65yrs), which prevents acute hospital admission or facilitates early supported discharge where acute hospital admission has taken place. It allows people to have a period of acute medical care within their own home, which will in turn allow the person to recover from a period of illness without needing hospital admission.

Following a successful test of change between Hospital at Home and our acute services we are excited to appoint 2 Nurse Practitioners to join our well-established Hospital at Home service who will be based within the Victoria Hospital supporting in-reach assessments.

The successful Nurse Practitioners will be required to deliver a high standard of safe and effective acute medical patient care within mainly the acute setting but also supporting the wider Hospital at Home service in the community as required.  They must have the ability to work autonomously in this evolving aspect of the service and must have a qualification at degree level in clinical decision making and non-medical prescribing.  The additional skills of venepuncture, ECG, IV additives and cannulation will also be required for this role.  Excellent communication, confidence and good degree of assertiveness and time management skills are essential. 

The ability to travel within the area in a timely manner is also required to be able to support the wider Hospital at Home service and be able to respond to deteriorating patients and provide daily routine clinical interventions in the community when required.

These posts involve working office hours over 7 days and are based mainly within the Victoria Hospital.  Some cover may be required within the main H@H service on the community sites.  On appointment the successful candidates will spend approximately 3 months based within one of the Hospital at Home teams to build knowledge and skills around service provision prior to being based within the acute site.

For informal enquiries please contact Jill Dow,  ICASS Manager on 

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 your application.

NHS Scotland is reducing their full-time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay. This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff. This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours. However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period, for which you would be paid, until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Hiring Manager. 

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.