The Trainee Nurse Practitioner will be expected to:

Demonstrate the four pillars of excellence (https://www.bapm.org/articles/264-bapm-annpcapability-framework-now-open-for-consultation (https://www.rcn.org.uk/Professional-Development/Advanced-Practice-Standards)

o Clinical practice

o Leadership

o Facilitation of learning

o Evidence base research and development into practice

Main duties of the job

o To develop the skills and abilities to be an autonomous trainee neonatal nurse practitioner and role model in the field of neonatal intensive care and high dependency nursing, ensuring the delivery of high quality safe and effective patient care.

o To provide direct clinical care to a patient case load, through health assessments & initiation of treatment for children attending for procedures/treatments.

o To be responsible for the clinical management of babies, & , utilising clinical knowledge & skills to assess, diagnose, plan, implement and initiate changes where required.

o To promote family centred care, maintaining a safe, friendly & welcoming ward or department environment for children, families, visitors & staff.

o Act as an advocate for the baby, child, and family.

o To support the development of clinical protocols & care pathways.

o To develop and promote the use of nurse led performance indicators and outcome measures to improve the safety, quality of care and measure effectiveness of service delivery.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated Good by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person Specification

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Essential

• Regisered with NMC
• Neonatal QIS
• New born life support
• Honours degree or relevant experience and demonstrable competencies

Desirable

• At least 2 years experience in a neonatal leadership role

Employer details

Employer name

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Salisbury District Hospital

Odstock Road

Salisbury

SP2 8BJ

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269-SFT8659