Lead Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

Main area Advanced Neonatal Nursing Grade NHS AfC:
Band 8b Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Secondment for internal staff) Hours

• Part time
• Job share
• Flexible working

Employer Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Great Western Hospital Town Swindon Salary £66,582 - £77,368 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 25/08/2026 23:59

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital.

Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year. Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.

We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner to take on the role of Lead ANNP on a 12-month secondment and play a key role in shaping the future of neonatal and perinatal services at Great Western Hospital.

Over the next 12 months, the successful candidate will support a significant workforce transformation programme to support delivery of BAPM standards and our ambition to achieve sustainable 24/7 ANNP cover. A key focus of the role will be developing and supporting our ANNP workforce through mentorship of trainee ANNPs, facilitating the consolidation of newly qualified practitioners, and creating a culture of learning and professional development.

The Lead ANNP will also provide strategic and operational leadership for the ongoing development of Transitional Care services, supporting care closer to mothers and babies while reducing unnecessary neonatal admissions. Working collaboratively across maternity and neonatal services, the post holder will lead and support quality improvement initiatives that enhance safety, experience and outcomes across the perinatal pathway.

This role offers a unique opportunity to influence service development at a pivotal time, working alongside multidisciplinary colleagues to deliver innovative, evidence-based care and drive meaningful improvements for babies, families and staff.

The role of the Lead Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner is built around the STAR values of the organisation. It is a role that has a high degree of autonomy and complex decision making.
The Lead Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner provides advanced neonatal nursing practice with autonomy, in accordance with local guidelines and protocols. They will demonstrate highly developed specialist knowledge and skills in a specialist area of practice within a defined patient group. They will receive and processes complex, sensitive and contentious information, initiating actions required.
The Lead Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner will be instrumental in advancing, directing and supervising the development of the ANNP team.

We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group – a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.

We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every…