We are looking for a dynamic, innovative and enthusiastic individual to join our Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (ANNP) team here at Northumbria Healthcare. Our ANNPs demonstrate excellence in providing high quality, compassionate and holistic care for newborns in our level 1 Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU), delivery-suite and postnatal wards.

For over twenty years our existing ANNPs have had clinical responsibility and leadership of the neonatal unit with support from the Consultant Paediatricians.

Working on a nurse led unit, the ANNP is responsible for maintaining the critically ill baby without onsite medical support at times and attending high-risk deliveries for the resuscitation, stabilization and safe transfer of newborn infants.

The post holder will need to role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which engages, enables and empowers others as well as facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received

Main duties of the job

The Special Care Baby Unit is based at The Northumbria Hospital and is a level one neonatal unit, comprising of 12 special care cots. The team provide high dependency care and stabilise infants requiring intensive care, prior to transfer.

Successful candidates will be appointed a Clinical Supervisor, who along with the ANNP team, will support them through a supernumerary programme. Following completion of this they will join a medical rota covering SCBU, Transitional Care, Post-natal Wards, Delivery Suite, Birthing Centre and supports NNeTS.

The post holder will receive weekly ring-fenced non-clinical hours (20% of their weekly contracted hours) to enable them to perform and demonstrate competence across all 4 pillars of advanced practice,

Overall, it is anticipated that the person joining the team will make a significant contribution to what is already a well-integrated team, whilst providing outstanding, high-quality neonatal care.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Special Care Baby Unit is based at The Northumbria Hospital and is a level one neonatal unit, comprising of 12 special care cots. The team provide high dependency care and stabilise infants requiring intensive care, prior to transfer.

Successful candidates will be appointed a Clinical Supervisor, who along with the ANNP team, will support them through a supernumerary programme. Following completion of this they will join a medical rota covering SCBU, Transitional Care, Post-natal Wards, Delivery Suite, Birthing Centre and supports NNeTS.

The post holder will receive weekly ring-fenced non-clinical hours (20% of their weekly contracted hours) to enable them to perform and demonstrate competence across all 4 pillars of advanced practice,

Overall, it is anticipated that the person joining the team will make a significant contribution to what is already a well-integrated team, whilst providing outstanding, high-quality neonatal care.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse supported by dual state registration as Paediatric Nurse or Midwife
• Specialist and Advanced Nursing Qualifications in Neonatal Care
• ENB 405 or equivalent
• Registered Mentor
• Recognised Teaching & Assessing Qualification with ENB A19 (or equivalent)
• Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner training at Level 7 Post Graduate training.
• ENB 998 or PPP126/ 127 or equivalent
• Current NALS certificate
• Professional/clinical knowledge through state registration supplemented by level 7 academic study and specialist training and experience at senior level.
• National qualification in newborn advanced life support
• Completion of period of supervised advanced practice post-qualification deemed competent by consultant neonatologist

Desirable

• D32/33/34 NVQ Assessor

Experience and knowledge

Essential

• Professional/clinical knowledge through state registration supplemented by level 7 academic study and specialist training and experience at senior level.

Desirable

• Experience of managing staff
• Experience of leading a nursing team

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital

Northumbria way

Cramlington

NE236NZ

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