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Trainee Advanced Neonatal Practitioner - NICU
The closing date is 03 June 2025
Ensure the provision of a high standard of family-centred, evidence-based nursing and medical care using advanced clinical skills from pre-admission to discharge of babies on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and the Transitional Care Unit (TC). This includes patient assessment skills and developing care and treatment plans daily.
Support the midwifery team in delivering care to babies across inpatient maternity services, where assessment and care planning may be required. This role sits within the junior doctor tier of the medical roster.
Ensure the NICU Multi-disciplinary Team participates in developing local and network policies, guidelines, action plans, and benchmarks, contributing to the development of the Neonatal Service within the Neonatal Network and Women and Children's Division.
Implement the Neonatal Network and Trust nursing strategy within the Neonatal Unit, providing evidence of integration into practice through audits and advising the Divisional Leadership Team on service developments that support the business plan.
Support the Practice Development Nurse to ensure neonatal staff are educationally supported to deliver family-centred, clinically effective care during the baby's journey through the Neonatal Pathway.
Our Trust Values of Kindness, Wellness, and Fairness guide the behaviour of all colleagues and enable accountability for actions.
Main duties of the job
On appointment, undertake advanced neonatal nurse practitioner training to:
- Promote high standards of advanced specialist nursing and medical care by assessing, planning, delivering, and evaluating the holistic needs of babies, parents/carers, and families through evidence-based practice, following policies and guidelines.
- Respond to maternity services calls to assess babies' conditions and provide specialist advice.
About us
There's never been a more exciting time to join Team QEH. We are building a new state-of-the-art hospital and undertaking significant digital transformation, including a new electronic patient record system from 2026 to improve care safety and integration.
We serve around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs, and South Lincs, offering a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetric, and community services.
Our organisation values kindness, wellness, and fairness, and we strive for continuous quality improvement, demonstrated by our 'Good' CQC maternity inspection rating in 2024. We are a community-focused organisation that rewards and recognises our 4,000 staff and volunteers, fostering a positive team environment and providing modern facilities and training opportunities.
We love working here and believe you will too.
Job responsibilities
For more information, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification Qualifications/training and professional development
- Registered Nurse in Child or Adult, RSCN, or Registered Midwife
- Teaching and Assessing Qualification
- Child Protection Level 3
- MSc in Advanced Neonatal Practice
Experience
- Experience supervising and assessing learners
Skills, abilities, and competencies
- Ability to plan and prioritise neonatal care
- Understanding of the NMC Code of Conduct
- Understanding of safeguarding processes
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Advanced clinical skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This role is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A Disclosure check will be required to identify any criminal convictions.
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS FT
Salary: £37,338 to £44,962 per year, dependent on experience and qualifications, pro rata.