Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

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Job summary

A leading NHS trust seeks an Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner to provide advanced neonatal care across various settings, such as labor ward and neonatal unit. The ideal candidate needs extensive experience in neonatal intensive care and must have a strong ability in clinical leadership and non-medical prescribing. This is a full-time role based in Doncaster, offering a salary between £64,455 - £74,896 (Pro Rata), with numerous professional development and health benefits.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

Generous holiday entitlement

Comprehensive health and wellbeing support

Discounts on restaurants and shopping

Qualifications

• Extensive nurse practitioner experience in neonatal intensive care.
• Demonstrable experience of delivering training for staff.
• Ability to work at a middle-grade medical level.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced neonatal care across various settings.
• Lead clinical handovers and ward rounds.
• Support and supervise junior staff.

Skills

Autonomous clinical judgement

Neonatal resuscitation

Non-medical prescribing

Clinical leadership

Protocol development

Education

Registered Nurse, RSCN, RN Child - with current NMC Registration

MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice (Neonatal Pathway)

ENB 405

ENB997/998 or equivalent teaching qualification

Job description

Employer Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Doncaster Royal Infirmary Town Doncaster Salary £64,455 - £74,896 Pro Rata Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 19/02/2026 23:59

Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

Band 8b

Job overview

The Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (ANNP) is an autonomous senior clinician providing advanced neonatal care across labour ward, theatre, neonatal unit, postnatal ward and transitional care settings. Acting as the senior clinician on site for neonatal care and emergencies, the post holder participates in the middle-grade rota with consultant support available as required.

The role involves comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and management of complex and acutely unwell neonates, including attendance at high-risk deliveries, advanced neonatal resuscitation, initiation and management of ventilation, non-medical prescribing, and performance of advanced diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in line with agreed protocols.

The ANNP leads ward rounds and clinical handovers, requests and interprets investigations, formulates and reviews care plans, and plans and authorises safe discharge in collaboration with families and the multidisciplinary team. Expert clinical advice and support are provided to nursing, midwifery and medical colleagues.

In addition, the post holder provides visible clinical leadership, acting as a role model and supporting, supervising and appraising junior staff. The role contributes to workforce planning, clinical governance, service development, education, audit and research, promoting evidence-based, high-quality, compassionate and family-centred neonatal care.

Main duties of the job

The Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (ANNP) is an autonomous senior clinician providing advanced neonatal care across a range of settings. The post holder acts as the senior clinician on site for neonatal care, undertaking complex clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and decision-making, with consultant support as required. The role includes leadership of neonatal emergencies, participation in the middle-grade rota, advanced clinical procedures, non-medical prescribing, and responsibility for safe discharge planning.

The ANNP provides clinical leadership, supports and supervises junior staff, contributes to service development, education, audit and research, and works collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, evidence-based, family-centred neonatal care in line with the BAPM ANNP Capability Framework and Trust policies.

Working for our organisation

DBTH is one of Yorkshire’s Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.

At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions.

As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:

• Extensive range of learning opportunities
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
• NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached to the advert a job description and person specification for further details. Please ensure you read this document carefully.

Please note, if your application is successful you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential.

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Person specification

Knowledge and Expierence

• Extensive nurse practitioner experience within a neonatal intensive care unit
• Ability to work at a middle grade medical level
• Demonstrable experience of delivering training programmes for both junior medical / nursing staff and parents
• Non- medical prescribing experience
• Highly specialised and in-depth professional knowledge and experience in a range of advanced neonatal medical care
• Experience in the use of clinical data for continuous quality improvement and outcome monitoring and assurance
• Some experience of recruitment and selection.
• Evidence of development of protocols and clinical audit
• Evidence of clinical governance including audit, risk analysis

Qualifications & Training

• Registered Nurse, RSCN, RN Child - with current NMC Registration
• ENB 405
• ENB997/998 or equivalent teaching qualification
• MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice ( Neonatal Pathway)
• Educated to Masters Degree level or equivalent experience with willingness to complete masters degree.
• Independent and supplementary non -medical prescribing.
• Willing to undertake or working towards Advanced Resuscitation of the New born infant course
• In depth knowledge of staff management, performance management and financial control mechanisms
• NLS Instructor

Personal Attributes

• Ability to write reports in short, changing timescales whilst subject to frequent interruptions requiring immediate responses
• Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines
• Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate
• Ability to influence, motivate and lead staff in an open and transparent management style
• Ability to think plan and deliver strategically as the senior Clinical neonatal decision maker on site during out of hours

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• All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken. The Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event that they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Please note that this check will be charged for in two instalments when you commence employment with Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed.

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