# Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-neonatal-nurse-practitioner/4de6eb83-f7ca-425e-b9b7-650c247fb8e9 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-neonatal-nurse-practitioner/4de6eb83-f7ca-425e-b9b7-650c247fb8e9.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Gateshead - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 per annum (pro rota) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** 31.5 hours per week (Part time hours available) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-04T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-21T12:03:29.216Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Tyne_Wear/Gateshead/Gateshead_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Neonatal_Nursing/Neonatal_Nursing-v8110687 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8110687?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.qegateshead.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An autonomous role to provide a proactive, effective holistic service for neonates on the Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU), delivery-suite & postnatal wards. This includes responsibility for the clinical care & management for babies in SCBU & transitional care Support the ward manager & provide clinical leadership including supervision of staff, audit & research, clinical governance, development of evidence-based guidelines & training/education Role model compassionate & inclusive leadership A Master’s degree in Advanced Clinical Practice including completion of a non-medical prescribing qualification & independent advanced clinical skills is essential as part of the Tier 1 rota Identify sick infants who subsequently require management on the SCBU including initial assessment, stabilisation, & management, including passive cooling, ventilation, fluids, drug therapy & other resultant treatments. They will work closely with Paediatric Consultants & other members of the multidisciplinary team. Role model to all staff & part of the senior team to improve & maintain standards & provide comprehensive advice and guidance to all departments. To manage & lead complex situations in the absence of paediatric medical cover, making judgements involving complex facts, requiring analysis & interpretation to monitor & evaluate outcomes in patient-centred care. To undertake nurse-led initiatives & procedures according to set protocols & procedures. ### Main duties of the job Advanced clinical practice is delivered by experienced, registered nurse/midwives. It is a level of practice with a high degree of autonomy and complex decision making. This is underpinned by a Master’s degree that encompasses the 4 pillars of: - clinical practice - leadership & management - education - research, The Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner will: - Use advanced knowledge and skills in Neonatal care 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. - Provide a proactive, effective holistic service for newborn infants on SCBU, delivery-suite and postnatal wards. This includes responsibility for the clinical care and management for babies in SCBU. Assume lead clinical oversight for transitional care babies on the postnatal ward, NIPE screening and liaise with the multi-disciplinary team to achieve the aim of reducing avoidable admissions to the SCBU. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities See attached job description for further details about role, essential and desirable criteria. The Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (ANNP) will develop advanced knowledge and skills to meet the capabilities presented in the multi-professional framework for advanced Clinical Practice in England multi-professionalframeworkforadvancedclinicalpracticeinengland.pdf (hee.nhs.uk) ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience in specialty - Leadership experience **Desirable** - Audit experience - Quality improvement experience ### Qualifications **Essential** - Master's degree in advanced clinical practice - NLS qualification **Desirable** - Leadership experience - Teaching experience ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 480.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10473660) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.