Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

Purpose of the Role:

The National Model of Care for Neonatal Services (HSE, 2015) envisaged the opening of an 18-bed NICU in the new children’s hospital staffed by a full nursing team, including ANNPs.

These posts will be committed to the development of a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at CHI as the service ramps up to the new National Children’s Hospital and expands its nursing workforce. It is a key step in building a team to deliver neonatal intensive care nursing. It is envisaged that by 2024 (prior to the NCH opening), intensive care provision for neonatal patients at CHI will begin transition to the neonatal service. The new children’s hospital forms part of National Model of Care for Paediatric Healthcare Services in Ireland (HSE, 2016), in support of the delivery of safe and appropriate care to paediatric patients from birth.

These posts are in support of delivering on the National Model of Care for Neonatal Services (HSE, 2015), which noted an increasing workload in both tertiary neonatal centres and in the paediatric hospitals. The model affirmed that increased and specialist nursing staffing is essential to ensure sustainability in neonatal services in Ireland, while improving safety and quality, improving access, and improving cost-effectiveness.

The Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (ANNP) seeks to incorporate the fundamental concepts of nursing with the enhanced knowledge and clinical skills of the nurse practitioner to provide optimal family centred, evidence-based health care in an endeavour to improve clinical outcomes, cost effectiveness and parent satisfaction.

Practising within clinical protocols, the ANNP will work alongside the Neonatal medical team in providing care to premature and complex medical and surgical newborn babies requiring intensive care, high-dependency and ward care under direct or indirect supervision and guidance from consultant neonatologists and senior neonatology registrars. The post-holder will provide clinical advice, support and teaching to the multidisciplinary team.

The ANNP will safeguard the provision of high standards of care to the children and their extended families while ensuring that neonatal care provided at CHI is consistent with the mission, vision, values and strategic plan of the hospital.

In carrying out these duties, confidentiality surrounding the child’s admission and treatment must be maintained at all times.

Eligibility criteria, qualifications and experience:

Mandatory Criteria:

• Be a Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner (Neonatology) with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland.

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• Be a registered nurse prescriber.

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• Have undertaken or agree to undertake the Certificate in Ionising Radiation Prescribing, within an agreed timeframe.

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• Have a Master’s Degree (or higher) in Nursing or a Master’s Degree which is relevant, or applicable, to the advanced field of practice.

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• Have clinical experience at an advanced level in care of the surgical neonate.

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• Candidates must possess the requisite knowledge and ability including a high standard of suitability and clinical, professional and administrative capacity to properly discharge the functions of the role.

How to Apply & Informal Enquiries:

Applications for this post must be accompanied by a cover letter, setting out relevant experience that illustrates how the essential criteria listed above is met.

The criterion for short listing is based on the requirements of the post, as outlined in the eligibility criteria.

* Please note that you must submit a cover letter with your CV, this forms part of your application and CV’s will not be accepted without a detailed cover letter.

The closing date for submissions of CV’s and cover letter is Sunday, 26th November 2023 by 11:59 p.m. Applications must be completed through the advertised post on CHI.jobs by clicking ‘Apply for Job’.

Applications will not be accepted through direct email or any other method.

For informal enquiries for this specialty/department, please contact Jenny Dunne CNM3 Neonatology or Deirdre Hughes ADON for Clinical Directorate C.

Email: Jenny.Dunne@childrenshealthireland.ie

Email: Deirdre.hughes@childrenshealthireland.ie

For other queries relating to this recruitment process, please contact

Email: recruitment@nghg.ie