Advanced Paediatric Nurse Practitioner

Integrated Care System; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Knowsley is looking for an Advanced Paediatric Nurse Practitioner. The role involves advanced autonomous clinical practice and managing patient care on the wards. Candidates must hold a degree in Advanced Clinical Nursing and be certified in APLS. This position ranges from £55,690 to £62,682 annually depending on experience, with a focus on delivering high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Evidence of life-long learning.
• APLS / PLS certified.
• Significant recent experience in acute/community paediatrics.
• Experience in safeguarding children.

Responsibilities

• Undertake history and physical examination to assess patients.
• Order, interpret, and act upon diagnostic tests.
• Manage life-threatening conditions in clinical practice.

Skills

Advanced clinical skills

Clinical assessment and management

Excellent organisational skills

Ability to work autonomously

Education

Degree in Advanced Clinical Nursing

Teaching qualification or equivalent experience

Master's degree in advanced clinical nursing practice

Job description

Go back Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Advanced Paediatric Nurse Practitioner

The closing date is 12 August 2025

The Advanced Paediatric Nurse Practitioner (APNP) is competent at undertaking advanced autonomous clinical practice working across traditional boundaries using assessment, decision making and diagnostic skills. By case managing patients, including independently ordering and interpreting investigations and prescribing, the APNP will safely and effectively provide care for paediatric patients and their families admitted to the Paediatric wards.

The APNP, although clinical approximately 80% of the time, also has a senior clinical leadership role within the Directorate, striving to constantly improve nursing care on the wards through developing new initiatives, undertaking audit and an active role in education, mentorship and supervision

The post holder will work closely with the Matron and Directorate Manager, Paediatrics and the senior paediatric team to ensure both the Directorate's local governance agenda and the national agenda for nursing and children is fully met

Please note that the job description is subject to change as per AfC review

Main duties of the job

• Undertake history and physical examination to accurately assess the patient's condition. Critically analyse findings to form a diagnosis and develop appropriate treatment plan and discharge patients safely.
• Order, interpret and act upon relevant diagnostic tests and procedures.
• Interpret, convey and relay complex and conflicting information to MDT members/patients/relatives in possibly stressful situations, which may be delicate or offensive in nature i.e. breaking bad news.
• Act as a clinical expert providing continuous support to the nursing staff and other MDT members within and outside designated area of work.
• Undertake advanced (invasive and non-invasive) procedures pertaining to patient need, in accordance with appropriate training and clinical supervision.
• Act autonomously admitting and discharging patients, referring to appropriate specialists/care agencies as appropriate.
• Prescribe medication in accordance with current legislation and trust policy.
• Maintain comprehensive, contemporaneous and accurate nursing/medical records and documentation, utilising information technology where available to facilitate caseload management.
• Effectively manage acute life-threatening conditions in accordance with current ALS/ATLS/APLS/ALERT guidelines (as appropriate to area of work/need).

About us

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Job responsibilities

Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.

Advertising date: 29th July 2025

Closing date: 12th August 2025

Shortlisting date: 13th August 2025

Proposed Interview date: TBC

Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• RSCN/RN Child
• Evidence of life-long learning
• Degree in Advanced Clinical Nursing, preferably Paediatric Advanced Clinical Practice
• APLS / PLS certified
• Teaching qualification or equivalent experience
• APLS instructor
• RN (adult)
• Master's degree in advanced clinical nursing practice

Knowledge

• Significant years recent relevant experience in acute/community paediatrics.
• Demonstrate ability to lead and develop nursing practice and promote excellence in clinical practice
• Evidence of multidisciplinary / multi-agency working
• Evidence of change management experience
• Safeguarding Children experience and sound working knowledge of and ability to implement the Safeguarding and Child in Need agenda.
• Ability to develop fully staff potential through facilitating training, development and education initiatives.
• Working knowledge of all components of clinical governance, including risk management, audit, research, clinical standards, policies, protocols, education, training and human resources
• Clinical credibility and expert specialist knowledge of children's and neonatal nursing
• Working knowledge of current national and local legislation/guidance / NSFs / policies in health, professional nursing issues and children's services agenda
• Advanced knowledge and skills to initiate and evaluate research based practice
• Ability to influence and work together with multidisciplinary / multi-agency teams at a strategic / senior operational level
• Ability to lead and develop nursing practice and promote excellence in clinical practice
• Children's ITU or HDU experience

Skills

• Demonstrate ability to practise advanced clinical skills
• Clinical assessment, planning and management skills, able to case manage, including ordering and interpreting investigations and prescribing (if completed NMP)
• Excellent organisational skills
• Quality/excellence focused
• Ability to work autonomously

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

£55,690 to £62,682 a yearper annum pro rata