We are looking for a dynamic, innovative and enthusiastic individual to join our Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (ANNP) team here at Northumbria Healthcare. Our ANNPs demonstrate excellence in providing high quality, compassionate and holistic care for newborns in our level 1 Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU), delivery-suite and postnatal wards.
For over twenty years our existing ANNPs have had clinical responsibility and leadership of the neonatal unit with support from the Consultant Paediatricians.
Working on a nurse led unit, the ANNP is responsible for maintaining the critically ill baby without onsite medical support at times and attending high-risk deliveries for the resuscitation, stabilization and safe transfer of newborn infants.
The post holder will need to role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which engages, enables and empowers others as well as facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
The Special Care Baby Unit is based at The Northumbria Hospital and is a level one neonatal unit, comprising of 12 special care cots. The team provide high dependency care and stabilise infants requiring intensive care, prior to transfer.
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