NHS

Advanced Paediatric or Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Ormskirk, L39 2AZ

Job description

Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

36 hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a full time Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner to join our existing team of Advanced Paediatric / Neonatal Nurse Practitioners.

The Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner's play a lead role in the continued development of our Neonatal Unit which is a Level 2, 10 cot Unit with 1x IC cot, 1 X HDU cot, 8 x Special care and 4 x Transitional care cots.

The Advanced Paediatric Nurse Practitioner's play a lead role in the running of our established Paediatric Assessment and Observation Unit (PAOU) accepting referrals directly from GP's, Midwives and from the Paediatric Emergency Department. They are also responsible for providing support to sick and critically ill children and young people, supporting nursing and medical staff to care for these patients.

A full induction a programme will be offered.

An Enhanced DBS Certificate, with the checking of Children's Barred Lists is required for this post.

This will be a competency-based interview, and applicants will be required to complete assessment tasks as part of this process.

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