Trainee Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner inBirmingham inBirmingham PUBLISHED 21 MAY 2024

Job summary

We are looking for two experienced clinical professionals to join for our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS FT. Successful applicants will have responsibility for leading and delivering direct care to intensive, high dependency and special care babies and their families and will work closely with the neonatal team to ensure the highest standards of patient care are maintained. The post holder must be able to work the full range of clinical shifts over the 24 hour period. This post is a training post on a 12 month contract. You must be an experienced neonatal health care professional and havecompleted a specialty qualification. You must have an honours level degree or equivalent and appointment will be dependent on successful application for the training Master's programme.

Our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is based at our Women's hospital, is a leading Perinatal Centre and one of the largest Neonatal Intensive Care Units in the UK. We are the designated Neonatal Surgical Centre for Southern West Midlands Newborn Network and accept in-utero and post-natal transfers from throughout the West Midlands. As well as caring for newborn babies with surgical conditions we also care for sick and premature newborn babies with medical conditions, babies born with congenital abnormalities such as diaphragmatic hernia and cardiac lesions. We serve a maternity department which delivers over 8,000 deliveries per annum.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be learning to provide expert identification, assessment, treatment and management of the neonatal care case load, using complex communication skill, judgement, discretion and decision making.

The post holder will be learning to monitor and improve standards of care through use of evidence based practice, supervision, teaching and supporting colleagues, provision of skilled professional leadership and be a role model of the highest calibre.

The post holder will participate in clinical governance within the service by undertaking and participating in audit and research as part of the MDT within the specialist field as part of training programme.

About us

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

• NMC Registered
• QIS
• Qualification/course/experience in teaching and supporting students in clinical practice
• NLS provider
• Committed to participation and completion of MSc Advanced Practice, including non-medical prescribing module
• Knowledge, experience and competence in neonatal intensive care practice, at a minimum of band 6 level
• Ability to demonstrate the ability to work with children, young people and families from all social backgrounds.
• Training in and understanding of all aspects of safeguarding.
• Commitment to practising, monitoring and teaching a high standard of clinical care.
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of local and national policy relating to service provision for neonates including network/ODN structure and developments
• Evidence of maintaining clinical expertise
• Proven evidence of tact, diplomacy and negotiation skill
• Able to articulate personal development needs
• Demonstrate an understanding of the audit/research process and relevance to clinical practice
• Ability to apply own initiative in difficult situations
• Ability to organise own work load
• Proven ability to work within a multi-professional team
• Ability to motivate others
• Interest in wider Trust issues regarding care of critically ill and injured children
• Ability to act as a positive role model
• Demonstrable evidence of team working
• Evidence of good health and attendance at work
• Able to work long shifts, across the whole 24 hours period
• Demonstrate alignment with the values and beliefs of the Trust
• Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of equality and inclusion in the delivery of this role
• Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required

Desirable

• Educated at level 6
• Leadership course/module
• Management course/ module
• NLS instructor
• Able to demonstrate involvement of clinical audit and resulting changes in practice
• Experience of presenting at local, national and international conferences
• Evidence of publication in peer reviewed journal

Person Specification
Essential

Essential

• NMC Registered
• QIS
• Qualification/course/experience in teaching and supporting students in clinical practice
• NLS provider
• Committed to participation and completion of MSc Advanced Practice, including non-medical prescribing module
• Knowledge, experience and competence in neonatal intensive care practice, at a minimum of band 6 level
• Ability to demonstrate the ability to work with children, young people and families from all social backgrounds.
• Training in and understanding of all aspects of safeguarding.
• Commitment to practising, monitoring and teaching a high standard of clinical care.
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of local and national policy relating to service provision for neonates including network/ODN structure and developments
• Evidence of maintaining clinical expertise
• Proven evidence of tact, diplomacy and negotiation skill
• Able to articulate personal development needs
• Demonstrate an understanding of the audit/research process and relevance to clinical practice
• Ability to apply own initiative in difficult situations
• Ability to organise own work load
• Proven ability to work within a multi-professional team
• Ability to motivate others
• Interest in wider Trust issues regarding care of critically ill and injured children
• Ability to act as a positive role model
• Demonstrable evidence of team working
• Evidence of good health and attendance at work
• Able to work long shifts, across the whole 24 hours period
• Demonstrate alignment with the values and beliefs of the Trust
• Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of equality and inclusion in the delivery of this role
• Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required

Desirable

• Educated at level 6
• Leadership course/module
• Management course/ module
• NLS instructor
• Able to demonstrate involvement of clinical audit and resulting changes in practice
• Experience of presenting at local, national and international conferences
• Evidence of publication in peer reviewed journal

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 .

From 6 April 2, 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. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
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 .

From 6 April 2, 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. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Birmingham Women's Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

B15 2TG

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