Job overview
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
Detailed job description and main 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.
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This advert is for Bank Neonatal Advanced Clinical Practitioner with Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in North Shields, North East and Yorkshire, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Nurse practitioner role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 pro rata per annum. The contract type is Bank. The application deadline is 10 Jun 2026.
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