Advanced Clinical Practitioner Neonatal Intensive Care

Job overview

Are you a passionate qualified Advanced Clinical Practitioner or an Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner with expert knowledge of neonatal surgery/care?

We are looking for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner/Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner to join our established team on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust.

Dolphin Ward, the 10 bedded Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at GOSH isn’t your traditional NICU.  We have around 500 admissions per year, caring for babies of all gestations from 22 weeks and upwards.  Whilst primarily a surgical referral centre offering advanced areas of intensive care treatment, we also support complex patients requiring specialist input, investigations and treatment including oncology, neurology, metabolic medicine, renal medicine, ENT, endocrinology, ophthalmology and respiratory medicine.  Our patient cohort comprises of a case-mix of infants under a variety of specialities, which reflects the multispeciality complex nature of the services provided by GOSH.  This provides endless learning opportunities and insight into a side of neonatal care that often is not seen elsewhere.

Due to the uniqueness of the NICU, we are open to applications from people from a variety of clinical areas, if you are interested, we welcome and highly recommend an informal chat.  We look forward to discussing the role further with you.

Main duties of the job

• To be an expert clinical ACP & role model in the field of neonatal intensive care, ensuring the delivery of high standards of patient care
• To ensure the 6Cs and professional standards are embedded within clinical practice
• To ensure clinical practice reflects professional and national guidance and practice is delivered in line with the scope of practice and trust policies and guidelines
• To provide direct clinical care through health assessments and initiation of treatment for children attending for procedures/treatments within ACP’s authorised scope of practice
• To be a proactive clinical leader, demonstrating effective excellent leadership skills
• To promote best practice, utilising local and regional benchmarking groups for the generation and promotion of standards and clinical guidelines
• To support transformation /quality improvement work streams as appropriate
• To foster enquiry, to contribute to new ideas and innovations and develop enhanced and advanced roles within the scope of professional practice
• Supervise and mentor healthcare professionals developing advanced clinical roles across the directorate/ trust, to ensure the high levels of competence required
• To be proactive in developing own professional practice, demonstrating evidence of autonomy, clinical judgment, and decision-making skills
• To participate in annual appraisal, updating personal development planning supported with an e-portfolio and be proactive in ensuring own professional ongoing development

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.