Paediatric Nurse Practitioner

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Tees Valley is seeking an autonomous practitioner to provide quality patient services in the Paediatric Unit. Responsibilities include assessing and treating children, making clinical judgments for appropriate care, and ensuring adherence to guidelines. The organization values supportive workplace initiatives and recognizes staff contributions, making it a great place for personal and professional development.

Qualifications

• Autonomous practitioner with experience in pediatric care.
• Ability to assess, diagnose, treat, and discharge patients using clinical judgment.

Responsibilities

• Assess children admitted to the Paediatric Unit.
• Provide evidence-based treatment and care.
• Discharge patients home within agreed pathways.

Job description

Role Overview

To work as an autonomous practitioner practicing within agreed guidelines and protocols to deliver quality patient services, which is evidence based including assessment, diagnosis, treatment, transfer to children’s ward or discharge.

Clinical Responsibilities

• Assess children admitted to the Paediatric Unit as an autonomous practitioner and using own clinical judgment diagnose, treat, refer or discharge patients.
• Exercise a higher degree of personal and professional autonomy using advanced skills to include clinical interventions.
• Admit to children’s ward or discharge home within locally agreed pathways, guidelines and protocols.

Organisational Culture and Staff Support

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

Values

We recruit for values and "Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool"