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 withinPaediatric A&E and Short Stay Paediatric Assessment Unit (SSPAU)
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 (Paediatrics/Neonates) and evidence how you meet all essential criteria.
Main duties of the job
Use advanced knowledge and skills in to undertake comprehensive clinical assessments, make decisions based on clinical reasoning and initiate, evaluate and modify a range of interventions
Provide professional senior clinical leadership and support within the specialty multi professional team and across service boundaries
Support the wider team to build capacity and capability through work-based and interprofessional learning, and the application of learning to practice. Act as a role model, educator, supervisor, coach and mentor
Lead clinical audits and critically engage in research activity using the results to underpin own practice, inform the practice of others and make organisational recommendations
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.
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
Advanced clinical practice is delivered by experienced, registered health and care practitioners. It is a level of practice characterised by a high degree of autonomy and complex decision making. This is underpinned by a masters level award or equivalent that encompasses the four pillars of
clinical practice
leadership and management
education
research,
with demonstration of core capabilities and area specific clinical competence.
Advanced clinical practice embodies the ability to manage clinical care in partnership with individuals, families and carers. It includes the analysis and synthesis of complex problems across a range of settings, enabling innovative solutions to enhance peoples experience and improve outcomes
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Professional registration with NMC / HCPC / GPC Paediatric ACP post requires appropriate healthcare qualification Masters level qualification in Advanced Practice Prescribing qualification Evidence of relevant, recent study continuing education. Mentorship qualification Safeguarding children and young People Level 3 APLS
Desirable
Management and leadership qualification IR(ME)R training Major Incident Training
Experience and Knowledge Essential
Extensive demonstrable experience in specialty / clinical area
Desirable
Information technology skills Experience of leading clinical governance Experience of research activity Experience of Service Improvement / Quality Improvement / Practice Development Experience of developing evidence based protocols and clinical guidelines.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship 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).
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)