Neonatal Advanced Clinical Practitioner
| Posting date: | 28 April 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £46,148 - £60,504 Annex 21 - Band 8a after first 2 years |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 June 2025 |
| Location: | Cramlington, NE23 6NZ |
| Company: | Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7157571/319-7157571LT |
Summary
A Vacancy at Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking for a dynamic, innovative and enthusiastic individual to join our Neonatal Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) team here at Northumbria Healthcare.
This advert is open to Nurses and AHPs with demonstratable Neonatal experience aspiring to further their skills and knowledge in Neonatal Advanced Clinical Practice.
The trainee Neonatal ACP, will develop advanced knowledge and skill to meet the capabilities presented in the Multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice in England. It is expected that the trainee’s level of autonomy will increase to the point of independent practice working into the neonatal medical rota.
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.
Length of training: 2 years
Period of Training
Pay
More than 3 years from completion of training
60% of the pay band maximum for the qualified rate
More than 2 but less than 3 years prior to completion of training
65% of the pay band maximum for the qualified rate
More than one but less than 2 years prior to completion of training
70% of the pay band maximum for the qualified rate
Up to 12 months to completion of training
75% of the pay band maximum of the qualified rate
For further information on Annex 21, please see:
http://www.nhsemployers.org/tchandbook/annex-21-to-25/annex-21-arrangements-for-pay-and-banding-of-trainees
Successful candidates will be supported to complete a 3 year, part time MSc programme in Advanced Neonatal Practice. They will be supported by the ACP lead/Deputy Lead, a named Clinical Supervisor and current Neonatal ACP Team to work independently and transition onto the medical rota as their course is ending.
Successful candidates are expected to join the medical rota at the end of year-2 and will be able to.
• Provide autonomous care to sick and vulnerable neonates including resuscitations, stabilisations until advanced neonatal/paediatric medical support is able to attend
• Use advanced knowledge and skills in to undertake ward rounds, comprehensive clinical assessments, NIPEs, make decisions based on clinical reasoning and initiate, evaluate and modify a range of interventions for neonatal patients (both term and pre term)
• 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 to members of the wider MDT
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.
The medical model on our Level 1 Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) at NSECH is a bespoke one with the medical cover exclusively provided by the Advanced Clinical Practitioner workforce the majority of the time. There is a Paediatric Consultant in the hospital 0900-2100 for support if needed but they are based within Paediatrics and have to be called to attend. Between 2100-0900 the consultant is on call from home and the ACP is the responsible personnel for SCBU admissions and the first in attendance for all neonatal emergencies.
Please see attached Job description and Personal Specifications for
• Band 7 - Trainee Neonatal Advanced Clinical Practitioner
• Band 8a - Neonatal Advanced Clinical Practitioner
This advert closes on Sunday 18 May 2025
We are looking for a dynamic, innovative and enthusiastic individual to join our Neonatal Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) team here at Northumbria Healthcare.
This advert is open to Nurses and AHPs with demonstratable Neonatal experience aspiring to further their skills and knowledge in Neonatal Advanced Clinical Practice.
The trainee Neonatal ACP, will develop advanced knowledge and skill to meet the capabilities presented in the Multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice in England. It is expected that the trainee’s level of autonomy will increase to the point of independent practice working into the neonatal medical rota.
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.
Length of training: 2 years
Period of Training
Pay
More than 3 years from completion of training
60% of the pay band maximum for the qualified rate
More than 2 but less than 3 years prior to completion of training
65% of the pay band maximum for the qualified rate
More than one but less than 2 years prior to completion of training
70% of the pay band maximum for the qualified rate
Up to 12 months to completion of training
75% of the pay band maximum of the qualified rate
For further information on Annex 21, please see:
http://www.nhsemployers.org/tchandbook/annex-21-to-25/annex-21-arrangements-for-pay-and-banding-of-trainees
Successful candidates will be supported to complete a 3 year, part time MSc programme in Advanced Neonatal Practice. They will be supported by the ACP lead/Deputy Lead, a named Clinical Supervisor and current Neonatal ACP Team to work independently and transition onto the medical rota as their course is ending.
Successful candidates are expected to join the medical rota at the end of year-2 and will be able to.
• Provide autonomous care to sick and vulnerable neonates including resuscitations, stabilisations until advanced neonatal/paediatric medical support is able to attend
• Use advanced knowledge and skills in to undertake ward rounds, comprehensive clinical assessments, NIPEs, make decisions based on clinical reasoning and initiate, evaluate and modify a range of interventions for neonatal patients (both term and pre term)
• 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 to members of the wider MDT
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.
The medical model on our Level 1 Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) at NSECH is a bespoke one with the medical cover exclusively provided by the Advanced Clinical Practitioner workforce the majority of the time. There is a Paediatric Consultant in the hospital 0900-2100 for support if needed but they are based within Paediatrics and have to be called to attend. Between 2100-0900 the consultant is on call from home and the ACP is the responsible personnel for SCBU admissions and the first in attendance for all neonatal emergencies.
Please see attached Job description and Personal Specifications for
• Band 7 - Trainee Neonatal Advanced Clinical Practitioner
• Band 8a - Neonatal Advanced Clinical Practitioner
This advert closes on Sunday 18 May 2025
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