Paediatric Nurse Practitioner Job Vacancy in South Tyneside, England, UK

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has become available to support the expansion of the Nurse Practitioner (NP) team within the Urgent Care Department at Phoenix and New Cross hospital. We are looking for Paediatric clinicians to join our Urgent Treatment Centre is a busy environment and 30% of the patients seen daily are children and young people.Successful NP’s will join an existing experienced team of practitioners working across the Urgent Treatment Centre’s. The position will be on a rostered basis 24 hrs per day, 7 days per week throughout the year.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for suitably qualified and experienced Band 6 and 7 children’s nurses who are passionate about their role, professional development and achieving better outcomes for patients.

Suitable applicants for the Band 7 Senior position will have successfully completed an accredited Health assessment module (or equivalent) and hold a current non-medical prescribing qualification (V300) an accredited minor illness / injury course is desirable. They will have previous experience working autonomously in an Emergency / Acute Care environment and can demonstrate that they have supported the development of junior staff.

Applicants for the Band 6 role should have prior experience working with acutely unwell children and young people. An accredited health assessment, minor illness/ injury qualification is desirable but not an essential requirement for this post. However, there will be an expectation to undertake the health assessment. Minor Illness / injury and V300 module at a later successful NP’s, will assess, examine, diagnose and treat paediatric patients with minor injuries and illness within a defined scope of acuity, presentation and their own professional scope of practice. There is also an expectation to see adult patients (with support and training) and support trainee practitioners and medical staff, wishing to develop their minor injuries / illness skills within the Urgent Treatment Centre.

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.