Job summary
Advanced Paediatric or Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Fixed Term / Secondment opportunity - 12 months.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint an Advanced Paediatric or Neonatal Nurse Practitioner to join our existing team of Advanced Paediatric / Neonatal Nurse Practitioners.
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.
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.
A full induction a 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.
Main duties of the job
The Advanced Paediatric or Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (APNP / 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 APNP / ANNP will safely and effectively provide care for paediatric patients / Neonates and their families admitted to the Paediatric / Neonatal wards.
The APNP / 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
About us
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.
Our Services:
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.
Achievements:
o Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
o Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
o National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.
Advertising date: 23rd October 2025
Closing date: 7th November 2025
Shortlisting date: 10th November 2025
Proposed Interview date: W/C 24th November 2025
Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.
Advertising date: 23rd October 2025
Closing date: 7th November 2025
Shortlisting date: 10th November 2025
Proposed Interview date: W/C 24th November 2025
Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RSCN/RN Child
- Evidence of life-long learning
- Degree in Advanced Clinical Nursing, Preferably Paediatric or Neonatal Advanced Clinical Practice
- APLS / PLS / NLS certified
- Independent Nurse Prescriber
- Level 3 safeguarding children training
- Masters Degree in advanced Clinical Nursing Practice
Desirable
- Teaching qualification or equivalent experience
- Management qualification
- APLS / NLS instructor
- RN (adult)
- Critical care qualification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- 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 initiatives.
- Working knowledge of all components of clinical governance, including risk management, audit, research, clinical standards, policies, protocols, education, training and human resources
- Clinical credibility and expert specialist knowledge of children's and neonatal nursing
- Working knowledge of current national and local legislation/guidance / NSFs / policies in health, professional nursing issues and children's services agenda
- Advanced knowledge and skills to initiate and evaluate research based practice
- Ability to influence and work together with multidisciplinary / multi-agency teams at a strategic / senior operational level
- Ability to lead and develop nursing practice and promote excellence in clinical practice
Desirable
- Children's ITU or HDU experience for APNP
- Audit experience
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate ability to practise advanced clinical skills
- Clinical assessment, planning and management skills, able to case manage, including ordering and interpreting investigations and prescribing (if completed NMP)
- Effective communication skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- Quality/excellence focused
- Ability to work autonomously
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RSCN/RN Child
- Evidence of life-long learning
- Degree in Advanced Clinical Nursing, Preferably Paediatric or Neonatal Advanced Clinical Practice
- APLS / PLS / NLS certified
- Independent Nurse Prescriber
- Level 3 safeguarding children training
- Masters Degree in advanced Clinical Nursing Practice
Desirable
- Teaching qualification or equivalent experience
- Management qualification
- APLS / NLS instructor
- RN (adult)
- Critical care qualification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- 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 initiatives.
- Working knowledge of all components of clinical governance, including risk management, audit, research, clinical standards, policies, protocols, education, training and human resources
- Clinical credibility and expert specialist knowledge of children's and neonatal nursing
- Working knowledge of current national and local legislation/guidance / NSFs / policies in health, professional nursing issues and children's services agenda
- Advanced knowledge and skills to initiate and evaluate research based practice
- Ability to influence and work together with multidisciplinary / multi-agency teams at a strategic / senior operational level
- Ability to lead and develop nursing practice and promote excellence in clinical practice
Desirable
- Children's ITU or HDU experience for APNP
- Audit experience
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate ability to practise advanced clinical skills
- Clinical assessment, planning and management skills, able to case manage, including ordering and interpreting investigations and prescribing (if completed NMP)
- Effective communication skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- Quality/excellence focused
- Ability to work autonomously
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
