Paediatric Nurse Practitioner

North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare trust seeks an experienced autonomous paediatric nurse to deliver quality care in a supportive environment. Your responsibilities include assessing patients, adhering to clinical guidelines, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Candidates must have a degree in child health nursing, relevant certifications, and a passion for quality improvement. This position offers a salary between £55,690 and £62,682 annually, pro rata, with additional support for staff development within the organization.

Benefits

Health and well-being initiatives

Opportunities for professional development

Staff recognition programs

Qualifications

• Recent acute paediatric nursing experience is required.
• Completion of MSC level study or experience working as a PNP is necessary.
• Non-medical prescribing qualifications are required.

Responsibilities

• Assess and diagnose children admitted to the Paediatric Unit.
• Work within child protection policies and protocols.
• Contribute to clinical audits and quality improvement.

Skills

Clinical judgment

Effective communication skills

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Education

Registered First Level Nurse or RSCN/RNC

Degree in relevant child health field

Tools

EPLS/APLS certifications

Job description

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.

Main duties of the job

To assess children admitted to the Paediatric Unit's 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.

About us

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

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.

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

Job responsibilities

To adhere to trust policies, procedures and guidelines including Child Protection and Adult Protection.

To work with multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams in order to ensure patients needs are met.

To work within independent/supplementary nurse prescribing or patient group directives that support or enhance patient care.

To contribute to quality improvement within the service.

To assist in clinical audit and the setting and monitoring of standards of care.

To ensure effective communication skills and be able to advise and provide information to patients, carers and their families where appropriate.

Person Specification

Documentation

• Registered First Level Nurse oRSCN/RNC
• Degree in relevant child health field
• Recent acute paediatric nursing experience
• EPLS/APLS provider
• MSC level study or experience working as a PNP
• Non medical prescribing
• Paediatric Clinical Skills
• Non medical prescribing
• PNA

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.

£55,690 to £62,682 a yearpro rata per annun