About this role
Job summary
We are looking to strengthen our bank pool across our Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) workforce within Acute Paediatrics and Neonates at Northumbria Healthcare.
Our Paediatric and Neonatal services are expanding, and we are seeking experienced, motivated ACPs to join our bank team.
These roles offer an exciting opportunity for already established ACPs to work within their specialist area within Neonatal Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Level 1 SCBU
As part of our bank, you will play a key role in supporting high-quality, patient-centred care across urgent and acute pathways. You will work alongside multidisciplinary teams in fast-paced, rewarding environments, contributing your advanced clinical skills to assess, diagnose, and manage infants, children, and young people.
We are looking for ACPs who are confident in autonomous clinical decision-making, adaptable, and committed to delivering safe and effective care.
Please refer to the attached job descriptions for full details of each role and their specific requirements.
Please ensure within your application you specify the area you are applying for (Neonates) and evidence how you meet all essential criteria.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received
Main duties of the job
Manage the nursing team, providing 24hr cover of SCBU
12 cot special care baby unit (including 2 high dependency spaces)
ACP and Nurse-led neonatal service supporting obstetric unit
Skill mix of staff ranging from Band 2 and 3 neonatal healthcare assistants, Band 5 and 6 neonatal nurses. Band 7 Trainee Neonatal Advanced Clinical practitioners and Band 8a Neonatal advanced clinical practitioners
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job description Job responsibilities
The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) will provide proactive, effective holistic service for newborns on SCBU, delivery-suite and postnatal wards. This includes responsibility for the clinical care and management for babies in a nurse led unit. In the absence of the ward manager supervise and deploy staff.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional supported by state registration NMC / HCPC / GPC Specialist and Advanced Nursing Qualifications in Neonatal Care ENB 405 or equivalent Registered Mentor Recognised Teaching & Assessing Qualification ENB A19 (or equivalent) Neonatal Advanced Clinical Practitioner training at Level 7 Post Graduate training. ENB 998 or PPP126/ 127 or equivalent Current NALS certificate National qualification in newborn advanced life support Completion of period of supervised advanced practice post-qualification deemed competent by consultant neonatologist
Desirable
D32/33/34 NVQ Assessor
Experience and knowledge Essential
Highly developed specialist knowledge Professional/clinical knowledge through state registration supplemented by level 7 academic study and specialist training and experience at senior level.
Desirable
Experience of managing staff Experience of leading a nursing team
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.
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address Cobalt Business Park Northumbria House
Unit 7-8 Silver Fox Way
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE27 0QJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)