Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

An autonomous role to provide aproactive, effective holistic service for neonates on the Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU), delivery-suite & postnatal wards. This includes responsibility for the clinical care & management for babies in SCBU & transitional care

Support the ward manager & provide clinical leadership including supervision of staff, audit & research, clinical governance, development of evidence-based guidelines & training/education

A Master's degree in Advanced Clinical Practice including completion of a non-medical prescribing qualification & independent advanced clinical skills is essential aspart of the Tier 1 rota

Identify sick infants who subsequently require management on the SCBU including initial assessment, stabilisation, & management, including passive cooling, ventilation, fluids, drug therapy & other resultant treatments. They will work closely with Paediatric Consultants & other members of the multidisciplinary team.

Role model to all staff & part of the senior team to improve & maintain standards & provide comprehensive advice and guidance to all departments

To manage & lead complex situations in the absence of paediatric medical cover, making judgements involving complex facts, requiring analysis & interpretation to monitor & evaluate outcomes in patient-centred care

To undertake nurse-led initiatives & procedures according to set protocols & procedures

Advanced clinical practice is delivered by experienced, registered nurse/midwives. It is a level of practice with a high degree of autonomy and complex decision making. This is underpinned by a Master's degree that encompasses the 4 pillars of:

• clinical practice
• leadership & management
• education
• research,

The Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner will:

• Use advanced knowledge and skills in Neonatal care to undertake comprehensive clinical assessments, make decisions based on clinical reasoning and initiate, evaluate, and modify a range of interventions.
• Provide professional senior clinical leadership and support within the specialty multi professional team and across service boundaries
• Support the wider team to build capacity and capability through work-based and interprofessional learning, and the application of learning to practice. Act as a role model, educator, supervisor, coach, and mentor
• Lead clinical audits and critically engage in research activity using the results to underpin own practice, inform the practice of others and make organisational recommendations
• Provide a proactive, effective holistic service for newborn infants on SCBU, delivery-suite and postnatal wards. This includes responsibility for the clinical care and management for babies in SCBU

Assume lead clinical oversight for transitional care babies on the postnatal ward, NIPE screening and liaise with the multi-disciplinary team to achieve the aim of reducing avoidable admissions to the SCBU

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region

Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym
ICORE;
Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme  to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us

See attached job description for further details about role, essential and desirable criteria

The Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (ANNP) will develop advanced knowledge and skills to meet the capabilities presented in the multi-professional framework for advanced Clinical Practice in England…