Advanced Neonatal Practitioner (ANNP)
| Posting date: | 20 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £55,690.00 to £62,682.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £55690.00 - £62682.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 September 2025 |
| Location: | Northampton, NN1 5BD |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9265-25-0385 |
Summary
Clinical Skills - Attend high risk deliveries initiating and co-ordinating resuscitation procedures, such as endotracheal intubation, umbilical venous catheterisation and the administration of resuscitation drugs and fluids as required. - Stabilise and ensure the safe transfer of the sick baby from point of delivery to the neonatal unit or stabilise the baby for referral to another centre. - Use specialist clinical skills in the care of the neonate such as intubation, central line insertion and chest drain insertion. - Use highly specialist clinical and theoretical knowledge to undertake initial physical examination of the newborn to identify congenital abnormalities in the newborn infant. - Use highly specialised clinical and theoretical knowledge to examine and assess daily the immediate and long-term medical needs of babies in the neonatal unit. - Initiate and evaluate clinical management and treatment and make appropriate referrals to other health care professionals where appropriate. - Prescribe medications and intravenous/intra-arterial fluids according to agreed protocols. - Order investigations such as blood, urine and other laboratory tests, X-rays, ultrasound and electrocardiographs. - Plan, perform, interpret and act on clinical procedures and investigations, such as chest drains and central line insertion, referring to the consultant for advice and when scope of practice is exceeded. - Initiate, monitor and amend the management of mechanical ventilation of babies by taking and interpreting blood gases. - Carry out sepsis screening and treatment for babies on the post-natal areas. - Obtain and record in case notes comprehensive maternal, family, obstetric, medical and social history. - Communicate sensitive news to families in an appropriate manner. - Discharge babies from the neonatal unit and post-natal wards following physical examination. Staff Development, Training and Mentorship - Successfully complete neonatal life support course every 4 years and refresher every year. - Maintain a high standard of clinical competence and professional development through self-directed learning and annual evaluation and appraisal by Matron for Child Health and a Consultant Neonatologist. - Responsible for accessing own continuing education, undertaking modules and courses at masters level and undertake mandatory and role specific training as required by the Trust. - Contribute to the development of nursing/medical knowledge and skills as part of the vision to extend practice within the neonatal unit. - Take an active role in multidisciplinary team education and presentations. - Use specialist knowledge to actively participate in the clinical and theoretical education, training, supervision and support of neonatal nurses, midwives and medical staff. - Participate in competency-based learning programmes to enable development andenhancement of clinical skills and roles and maintain a profile of own advanced clinical skills. - To share the lead in teaching resuscitation in clinical practice. - To disseminate learning from meetings, teachings and reflective practice. Improving Patient and Visitor Experience - To be visible in the clinical area and act as a resource for staff and families. - Enable staff to exercise professional judgement within a framework of accountability to support them to make decisions independently regarding clinical care and priorities. - To act as a clinical leader and role model for staff. - To ensure family views are sought to continuously assess, implement and evaluate care to benefit premature and sick babies. - Consider new ways of working which enhance patient care, presenting outline proposals to the Matron for Child Health/Neonatal Consultant. - Able to give a full comprehensive medical handover at the end of shift for continuity of care. - To deliver sensitive news to families in an appropriate manner. Using Audit, Evaluation and Research - Articulate, critique and discuss sources of evidence on which clinical care is based. - Contribute to service development within the managed clinical network - Contribute and lead where appropriate in the development, writing and evaluation of evidence based locally agreed neonatal nursing and medical guidelines, protocols and standards. - To actively participate in developing specialist areas of practice as appropriate. - To develop the role in relation to the Department of Health 10 High Impact Changes (DOH 2004) and the CNO 10 key roles for Nurses (DOH 2002). - Participate in data collection for local and multi-centre research - Participate in the evaluation of new equipment - Participate in perinatal audit, mortality and morbidity and other clinical meetings where the outcomes and recommendations have the potential to enhance quality in care; give case presentations as required. - Conduct audit projects on a regular basis. With help of the audit department, devise audit tools, analyse data, write reports and present findings to the multidisciplinary team. - Will be instrumental in the implementation of change in neonatal practice as required. Management and Teamwork - Work a variety of shifts (internal rotation) on the junior medical rotas. - Promote a high standard of advanced specialist nursing and medical care by initiating and co-ordinating the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of the holistic needs of the baby/parent/carer through evidence based clinical practice and following agreed protocols and guidelines. - Participate on clinical ward rounds, receive and provide complex case presentations. - Stabilise babies post-delivery and pre-transfer to other hospitals. - Able to communicate implications of care and options to all levels of nursing/medical staff, parents/carers and discuss highly contentious information in a language which promotes understanding. - Hold the 1st tier medical bleep and respond to emergency situations as required. - Co-ordinate resuscitation of the neonate and support juniors where appropriate.