Advanced Paediatric Nurse Practitioner

Primary Care 24; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Primary Care 24 is recruiting an Advanced Paediatric Nurse Practitioner to join Alder Hey Children's Hospital on a 6-month fixed term contract, with full-time or part-time bank options. The APNP will deliver autonomous, child-centred care and assess and manage undifferentiated illnesses in young patients.

Applicants must hold Full NMC registration with no restrictions, Non-Medical Prescriber V300, and clinical examination competencies.

Qualifications

• Full NMC Registration with no restrictions.
• MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice is desirable; working towards is encouraged.
• Non-Medical Prescriber V300.
• Clinical Examination and Diagnostics Level 7.
• Experience of working autonomously.
• Experience of urgent care or primary care.

Responsibilities

• Deliver autonomous, high-quality care to children and young people.
• Assess, diagnose and prescribe where appropriate within scope.
• Maintain excellent professional relationships with hospital and primary care teams.
• Provide care under four pillars: clinical practice, leadership, education and research.

Skills

Autonomy

Clinical assessment

Pediatric care

Education

Full NMC Registration

MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice (desirable)

Non-Medical Prescriber V300

Clinical Examination and Diagnostics Level 7

Job description

Job summary

Are you an Advanced Paediatric Nurse Practitioner? Primary Care 24 (PC24) are seeking highly skilled and motivated APNPs to join our workforce with Alder Hey Hospital to support with the care of our young patients. We are recruiting for full time and part time posisiotns for a 6 month fixed term contract.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver quality individualised care to children and young people with a high level of autonomy underpinned by the four pillars of Clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective, and plan clinical care accordingly.
• Within your professional boundaries you will assess, diagnose and prescribe where appropriate, providing advice and care for children and young people presenting with undiagnosed and undifferentiated illnesses
• Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national/local protocols and within scope of practice.
• You will practice autonomously whilst demonstrating a child and young person-centred approach to meet PC24 patient health care needs. The position will require the ability to establish and maintain excellent professional working relationships with hospital, primary care and wider stakeholder colleagues

About us

Primary Care 24 (PC24) is a not-for-profit social enterprise established in 2004, predominately delivering NHS contracts. The majority of our surplus is reinvested in patients and staff. We believe that primary healthcare should be accessible for everyone and are committed to delivering the best quality care we can, challenging social exclusion and working locally, where and when we can, to support our communities. We combine the best of the NHS with social enterprise innovation, developing solutions for NHS primary care and caring for our clinicians so that they can, in turn, care for our patients. Come join our proud team!

Job responsibilities

• Salary: £64,876.00 - £69,845.00 per annum (pro rata)
• Location:Alder Hey Children's Hospital
• Shifts: Full time/part time bank positions available
• We currently have available -
• Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday 9am - 9pm.

Qualifications Essential

• Full NMC Registration with no restrictions
• MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice is desirable; candidate who are working towards this qualification or who have relevant experience are encouraged to apply
• Non-Medical Prescriber V300
• Clinical Examination and Diagnostics Level 7
• Experience of working autonomously
• Experience of working in urgent care and/or primary care

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).