Advanced Clinical Practitioner Neonatal Intensive Care in London

Are you a passionate qualified Advanced Clinical Practitioner or an Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner with expert knowledge of neonatal surgery/care? We are looking for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner/Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner to join our established team on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust.

Dolphin Ward, the 10 bedded Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at GOSH isn’t your traditional NICU. We have around 500 admissions per year, caring for babies of all gestations from 22 weeks and upwards. Whilst primarily a surgical referral centre offering advanced areas of intensive care treatment, we also support complex patients requiring specialist input, investigations and treatment including oncology, neurology, metabolic medicine, renal medicine, ENT, endocrinology, ophthalmology and respiratory medicine. Our patient cohort comprises of a case-mix of infants under a variety of specialities, which reflects the multispeciality complex nature of the services provided by GOSH. This provides endless learning opportunities and insight into a side of neonatal care that often is not seen elsewhere.

Due to the uniqueness of the NICU, we are open to applications from people from a variety of clinical areas; if you are interested, we welcome and highly recommend an informal chat. We look forward to discussing the role further with you.

Main duties of the job

• To be an expert clinical ACP & role model in the field of neonatal intensive care, ensuring the delivery of high standards of patient care.
• To ensure the 6Cs and professional standards are embedded within clinical practice.
• To ensure clinical practice reflects professional and national guidance and practice is delivered in line with the scope of practice and trust policies and guidelines.
• To provide direct clinical care through health assessments and initiation of treatment for children attending for procedures/treatments within ACP’s authorised scope of practice.
• To be a proactive clinical leader, demonstrating effective excellent leadership skills.
• To promote best practice, utilising local and regional benchmarking groups for the generation and promotion of standards and clinical guidelines.
• To support transformation/quality improvement work streams as appropriate.
• To foster enquiry, to contribute to new ideas and innovations and develop enhanced and advanced roles within the scope of professional practice.
• Supervise and mentor healthcare professionals developing advanced clinical roles across the directorate/trust, to ensure the high levels of competence required.
• To be proactive in developing own professional practice, demonstrating evidence of autonomy, clinical judgment, and decision-making skills.
• To participate in annual appraisal, updating personal development planning supported with an e-portfolio and be proactive in ensuring own professional ongoing development.

Working for our organisation

We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as the communities we serve, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including people with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic heritage, people with a disability, and people from LGBTQ+ communities. By growing an ever more diverse workforce, we’ll have a greater range of perspectives and knowledge, meaning that we can provide the children and young people at our hospital with even better care.

Our hospital is committed to creating an environment that is open and inclusive. Our staff are encouraged to engage with colleagues through the following networks: REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage), ENABLED (Enhancing Abilities & Leveraging Disabilities Network), PRIDE and Women’s networks; all of which are sponsored by a member of our Executive Management Team.

We want to ensure that all of our people, regardless of their background, are seen and heard. We want to attract applicants that share our commitment to inclusion and that understand diversity is a strength that is embraced and valued.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

Person specification

Essential criteria

• Knowledge and understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
• Understanding of diversity and inclusion challenges in the workplace.
• Demonstrable contribution to advancing equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Academic/Professional qualification/Training

Essential criteria

• Registered with a relevant professional body able to undertake Advanced Clinical Practice (Centre of Advanced Practice).
• Master’s Degree in Advanced Practice (or evidence of demonstrable competence across all AP domains).
• Evidence of ongoing, dynamic continuous professional development, with demonstrable clinical capabilities, relevant to the area of clinical practice.
• Non-Medical Prescribing qualification or willingness to undertake.
• Completed Advanced Paediatric Life Support (EPLS) or similar, NLS, or willing to do so.

Desirable criteria

• Assessing & mentoring qualification.
• Attendance on a clinical leadership programme.
• Teaching Qualification.

Experience/Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Relevant experience at a senior level in a relevant children’s healthcare environment.
• Experience of taking charge of a department and of leading & managing teams.
• Experience of undertaking & utilizing research/audit.
• Experience as a trainee advanced clinical practitioner.
• Evidence of working with children/young people and families to improve patient experience.
• Experience of supporting trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioners and other training professionals eg resident medical staff.
• Experience of leading on developing practice, standards, clinical audit, benchmarking and clinical/quality improvement.
• Thorough knowledge relevant to the specialty/department/field of practice.
• Detailed understanding of change management, audit and research methodologies.
• Knowledge of clinical governance and improvement agenda.
• Ability to work with families in challenging situations, when there may be professional or family disagreement.
• Awareness of evidence-based practice and current research.
• Competence in the professional responsibilities in noting and taking forward safeguarding concerns of children and adults.
• Ability to articulate a personal philosophy of healthcare & the role of the Advanced Clinical Practitioner.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of handling clinical incidents and complaints and implementation of subsequent learning.
• Publishing papers and presenting at conferences. Dissemination of practice.

Skills/Abilities

Essential criteria

• Demonstrates compassion in practice.
• Professional credibility, excellent relevant advanced paediatric clinical skills.
• Excellent leadership & organisational skills.
• Demonstrable interpersonal, leadership negotiation and influencing skills.
• Advanced communication and listening skills.
• Excellent written and presentation skills.
• Able to contribute to the development of and implementation of the trust strategic Trust Vision.
• Effective team leader, able to motivate and develop a team and maintain constructive working relationships.
• Evidence of personal insight and sound judgment.
• Able to solve problems and initiate change.
• Self-discipline and good time management to support periods of lone working.
• Appraisal skills.
• Ability to delegate and prioritise.
• Excellent teaching, training and preceptorship skills.
• Able to utilise audit and research evidence to support changes in practice.
• Able to work across professional team and organisational boundaries.
• Computer literate (word processing, PowerPoint).
• Quality improvement, practice development and service improvement skills.
• Able to demonstrate embedding of 6Cs and professional standards into clinical practice.
• Able to work autonomously, collaboratively and as part of a multi-professional team.
• Flexibility to work a variety of shifts, which may include days/weekends, as required dependent on service needs.
• Ability to deal with conflict situations.
• Ability to show resilience at work & seek appropriate support as needed.
• Ability to understand moral distress, when support is needed, and how to access support for self and others.
• Ability to initiate, manage and sustain change.

Desirable criteria

• Able to contribute to the development of and implementation of the trust clinical strategy.