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The Neonatal Transport service forms part of the Specialist Transport and Retrieval Service for Scotland – ScotSTAR. ScotSTAR incorporates the Scottish Neonatal Transport Service, the Scottish Paediatric Retrieval Service, the Emergency Medical Retrieval Service (EMRS) and the Air Ambulance Service. ScotSTAR is managed by the Scottish Ambulance Service and undertakes approximately 3000 transfers per year. The neonatal service has incorporated technological advances in neonatal intensive care and has capability for the use of HFVO, NCPAP, High Flow and inhaled nitric oxide, phototherapy, and servo-controlled systemic hypothermia during transfers.
The Neonatal Team are looking to expand the Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (ANNP) workforce and looking for highly motivated individuals to join them.
These vacancies will offer qualified ANNP’s educated to Master’s level or working towards this qualification; the opportunity develop the ANNP role within the unique setting of the Neonatal Transport Service.
The post holder will work within the multidisciplinary team to deliver advanced clinical care to neonates and their families, utilising collaborative and independent decision making and management. They are also expected to take an active role in education, audit, supporting quality improvement projects and in the provision of clinical leadership and some managerial duties.
The applicant should have extensive neonatal intensive care expertise working in a level 3 unit and possess transport experience.
Most transfers are done using dedicated road ambulances with a small number being done by fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft, provided by the Air Ambulance Service. The team is composed of experienced Transport Nurses, ANNP’S, Speciality Trainee Doctors, Transport Fellows, and Consultant Neonatologists.
The post will be within in the West and East ScotSTAR teams based at Glasgow Airport and Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
For informal enquiries, please contact Yvonne Gibson at yvonne.gibson@nhs.scot
NHS Scotland is reducing their full-time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay. This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours. However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period, for which you would be paid, until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Hiring Manager.
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.