An exciting opportunity has arisen for two Advanced Paediatric Nurse Practitioners to join the Developmental Paediatric service and lead on their new, innovative nurse led ADHD pathway. The successful candidates will be dynamic, motivated and highly experienced in this field, with a passion for improving and delivering high quality care as part of the ADHD offer for children and young people in St Helens. This is a full time, community based role, operating Monday - Friday. The team consists of nurses, paediatricians and administrative staff, who are working together to support this newly developed pathway, and are very excited to welcome a new member of the team aboard. 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 Developmental Paediatric service. 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 in the service 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. Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 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, freeing up space for more unwell patients. 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 For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Julie Broughton Job title: Nurse Team Lead Email address: julie.broughtonsthk.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01744457565