Job summary
We are excited to recruit to the Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (ANNP) which is a new role for Sherwood Forest Hospitals. The successful applicant will join the Neonatal Team and work alongside the medical team and nursing team along with AHPs within the service. The successful applicant will work in line with the BAPM Capabilities Framework for ANNP. You will work in line with the four pillars: clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research.
Main duties of the job
The Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner's role incorporates both medical and nursing care. They will:
- Provide expert and specialist care for sick and premature neonates. This includes the management of intensive care infants using advanced clinical, analytical, and decision-making skills.
- Working as part of the Maternity and Neonatal multidisciplinary team to promote and develop high standards of holistic neonatal care.
- Acting as a specialist providing advice and support to families, hospital and community staff.
Please see the full job description for all duties attached.
About us
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients; we also care for you.
Our culture of learning, compassion and taking a person-centred approach are at the roots of our organisation. We would love you to join us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledgeable practitioner in neonatal nursing.
- Ability to apply evidence-based practice
- Awareness and understanding of currently neonatal issues in relation to Transitional Care
- Knowledge of clinical governance and commitment to develop a team
Desirable
- Evidence of change management
- Evidence of multiagency and regional working
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with the NMC
- Recognised Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Qualification
- 1 st level degree
- Evidence of education at Masters level
- Nurse prescribing and supplementary prescribing course
- NLS (Neonatal Life Support) Provider
Desirable
- Recognised management or leadership qualification
- Qualified in Speciality (neonates) or equivalent course
- Trained in clinical supervision
- Experience / Knowledge of recruitment and retention, appraisal, sickness and absence management
- Neonatal Retrieval course
- NLS instructor
- Assessing and mentoring qualification
- Doctorate
- Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Training
Experience
Essential
- ANNP experience in a NICU
- Experience of leading and managing staff
- Neonatal Advanced life support training
- Previous experience of research and audit
- Experience of handling clinic incidents and complaints
- Ability to manage staff and manage a change in service
- Experience of developing protocols and guidelines
- Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines effectively.
- Ability to manage own and other peoples time effectively.
- Highly developed communication skills in verbal written format and able to keep legible records
Desirable
- Understanding of HR policies and processes
- Experience of managing conflict
- Evidence of practice or policy change arising from audit
- Evidence of practice development
- Experience of transporting a critically ill neonate
- Experience of critical incident review process
- Experience of teaching and assessing junior doctors in undertaking procedures
Skills
Essential
- Excellent skills in assessment and treatment of critically ill new-borns
- Advanced neonatal clinical skills
- Ability to delegate and prioritize
- Presentation and public speaking skills
- Maintain confidentiality
- Ability to deal with conflict situations
- Able to communicate and document to a good standard in English
- Able to communicate clearly with members of the multidisciplinary team, retrieval teams and network units
Contractual
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- IT literate
- Willingness to undertake further training to meet service demands
- Willingness to demonstrate and share knowledge, practice and skills within the neonatal unit to develop self and others through clinical participation
- Willingness to attend Network meetings to share experiences, case reviews and governance strategies
- Accountability - Takes responsibility for own actions and promotes good team working
- Occupational Health Clearance
- Ability to work in a hospital environment flexibility within the 24 hours rota period
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledgeable practitioner in neonatal nursing.
- Ability to apply evidence-based practice
- Awareness and understanding of currently neonatal issues in relation to Transitional Care
- Knowledge of clinical governance and commitment to develop a team
Desirable
- Evidence of change management
- Evidence of multiagency and regional working
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with the NMC
- Recognised Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Qualification
- 1 st level degree
- Evidence of education at Masters level
- Nurse prescribing and supplementary prescribing course
- NLS (Neonatal Life Support) Provider
Desirable
- Recognised management or leadership qualification
- Qualified in Speciality (neonates) or equivalent course
- Trained in clinical supervision
- Experience / Knowledge of recruitment and retention, appraisal, sickness and absence management
- Neonatal Retrieval course
- NLS instructor
- Assessing and mentoring qualification
- Doctorate
- Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Training
Experience
Essential
- ANNP experience in a NICU
- Experience of leading and managing staff
- Neonatal Advanced life support training
- Previous experience of research and audit
- Experience of handling clinic incidents and complaints
- Ability to manage staff and manage a change in service
- Experience of developing protocols and guidelines
- Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines effectively.
- Ability to manage own and other peoples time effectively.
- Highly developed communication skills in verbal written format and able to keep legible records
Desirable
- Understanding of HR policies and processes
- Experience of managing conflict
- Evidence of practice or policy change arising from audit
- Evidence of practice development
- Experience of transporting a critically ill neonate
- Experience of critical incident review process
- Experience of teaching and assessing junior doctors in undertaking procedures
Skills
Essential
- Excellent skills in assessment and treatment of critically ill new-borns
- Advanced neonatal clinical skills
- Ability to delegate and prioritize
- Presentation and public speaking skills
- Maintain confidentiality
- Ability to deal with conflict situations
- Able to communicate and document to a good standard in English
- Able to communicate clearly with members of the multidisciplinary team, retrieval teams and network units
Contractual
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- IT literate
- Willingness to undertake further training to meet service demands
- Willingness to demonstrate and share knowledge, practice and skills within the neonatal unit to develop self and others through clinical participation
- Willingness to attend Network meetings to share experiences, case reviews and governance strategies
- Accountability - Takes responsibility for own actions and promotes good team working
- Occupational Health Clearance
- Ability to work in a hospital environment flexibility within the 24 hours rota period
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
