Trainee/Qualified Advanced Paediatric Nurse Practitioner
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 and, this is…the Northumbria Way!
What the Northumbria Way means for you:
- Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
- Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
- A range of flexible working opportunities
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
- Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
- On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
- Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank
Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.
We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise – a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect people’s lives, such as education, employment and the economy.
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Job overview
We are looking for a dynamic, innovative and enthusiastic individual to join our Advanced Paediatric Nurse Practitioner (APNP) team here at Northumbria Healthcare.
This advert is open to those who are already qualified APNPs and those aspiring to be.
The APNPs are highly skilled, experienced, and educated members of the care team who can diagnose and treat healthcare needs of Children and Young People who present to ED and/or are admitted to SSPAU as inpatients. The APNPs work on a blended rota with Paediatric Registrars (ST4-ST8) and Paediatric SAS doctors.
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
Annex 21
The provisions of Agenda for Change Annex 21 – Arrangements for Pay and Banding of Trainees, would apply whilst undertaking training in this role.
For further information on Annex 21, please see:
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Main duties of the job
Successful candidates with a MSc in Advanced Paediatric practice will be appointed a Clinical Supervisor, who along with the APNP team, will support them through a supernumerary programme. Following completion of this they will join the middle grade rota contributing to providing clinical cover in the Paediatric A&E/SSPAU.
Successful candidates without a qualification in Advanced Paediatric Clinical Practice will be supported to complete a 3 year, part time MSc programme in Advanced Paediatric Practice. They will be supported by the ACP lead, Clinical Supervisor and APNP Team to work independently and transition onto the medical rota as their course is ending.Following this they will spend a period consolidating their clinical skills, developing independent practice and working towards independent neonatal transports.
Trainee Candidates Year 1 - Band 7, Year 2 - Band 7 and Year 3 Band – 8a providing competencies have been achieved whilst working towards full accreditation).
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and Personal Specifications for- Band 7 Trainee Advanced Paediatric Nurse Practitioner
- Band 8a Advanced Paediatric Nurse Practitioner
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Professional registration with NMC / HCPC / GPC (NMC RN Child required for APNP post)
- Relevant degree, minimum 2:2 and willingness to work toward a Masters level qualification
- Evidence of relevant, recent study continuing education.
- Mentorship qualification
- Independent and supplementary nonmedical prescriber (willingness to work towards as part of APNP preparation)
- Management and leadership qualification
- IR(ME)R training
- ALS / APLS
- Major Incident Training
- Prescribing qualificationSafeguarding children and Young People Level 3
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria- Extensive demonstrable experience in specialty / clinical area
- Experience of implementing evidence based practice
- Experience of participation in clinical audit
- Information technology skills
Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, and those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates.We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2.
Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.
Make sure to read the ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before joining our fantastic trust!
Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.