Advanced Paediatric or Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

The closing date is 05 July 2026.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a full time Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner to join our existing team of Advanced Paediatric / Neonatal Nurse Practitioners.

The Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner's play a lead role in the continued development of our Neonatal Unit which is a Level 2, 10 cot Unit with 1x IC cot, 1 X HDU cot, 8 x Special care and 4 x Transitional care cots.

The Advanced Paediatric Nurse Practitioner's play a lead role in the running of our established Paediatric Assessment and Observation Unit (PAOU) accepting referrals directly from GP's, Midwives and from the Paediatric Emergency Department. They are also responsible for providing support to sick and critically ill children and young people, supporting nursing and medical staff to care for these patients.

A full induction programme will be offered.

An Enhanced DBS Certificate, with the checking of Children's Barred Lists is required for this post.

This will be a competency-based interview, and applicants will be required to complete assessment tasks as part of this process.

The Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (ANNP) is competent at undertaking advanced autonomous clinical practice working across traditional boundaries using assessment, decision making and diagnostic skills. By case managing patients, including independently ordering and interpreting investigations and prescribing, the ANNP will safely and effectively provide care for Neonates and their families admitted to the Neonatal Unit.

The ANNP, although clinical approximately 80% of the time, also has a senior clinical leadership role within the Directorate, striving to constantly improve nursing care on the wards through developing new initiatives, undertaking audit and an active role in education, mentorship and supervision.

The post holder will work closely with the Matron and Directorate Manager, Paediatrics and the senior paediatric team to ensure both the Directorate's local governance agenda and the national agenda for nursing and children is fully met.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

• Acute Care

  Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

• Primary Care

  Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

• Community Services

  Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

• Specialist Regional Services

  We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.

Advertising date: 24th June 2026

Closing date: 5th July 2026

Shortlisting date: from 6th July 2026

Proposed Interview date: 21st July 2026

Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.

• RSCN/RN Child
• Evidence of life‑long learning
• Degree in Advanced Clinical Nursing, Preferably Paediatric or Neonatal Advanced Clinical Practice
• APLS / PLS / NLS certified
• Masters Degree in Advanced Clinical Nursing Practice
• Teaching qualification or equivalent experience
• APLS / NLS instructor
• RN (adult)

• Significant years recent relevant experience in acute/community paediatrics or Neonates (Annex 21)
• Able to recognise and implement appropriate management to a critically ill child / neonate
• Demonstrate ability to lead and develop nursing practice and promote excellence in clinical practice
• Evidence of multidisciplinary / multi‑agency working
• Evidence of change management experience
• Safeguarding Children experience and sound working knowledge of and ability to implement the Safeguarding and Child in Need agenda.
• Ability to develop fully staff potential through facilitating training, development and education…