Job overview

You will be working as part of the Children’s Unit Nursing team -  this role focuses on the provision of direct care to children and their families in an outpatient and clinic environment. The post holder will work with children and young people with varying health and social care needs.

The post holder will be an advocate for children and their families, promoting child focussed, family-centred care and facilitate effective liaison with the multi-disciplinary team and other professional colleagues and agencies involved within the child’s care.

The post holder will act as a role model in the delivery of patient care, support and teach staff contributing to the development of the service.

Please note that we can only consider applications from individuals with a live NMC registration or UK nursing students awaiting their PIN, as we are currently unable to support OSCE.

Main duties of the job

Please refer to the band 5 job description and person specification for a detailed overview of the role.

Primarily, the role of the children's nurse in Outpatients is to be part of the nurse-led clinic team and support the HCAs on shift. The nurse led clinic is an independently run nurse clinic as part of a wide MDT. Referrals are taken from both in-house speciality teams and teams from the wide range of tertiary centres that we share patient care with. We provide a range of care for our children and young people including: blood tests, renal reviews, prolonged jaundice screens, endocrine testing and injections.

Working for our organisation

Priority will be given to colleagues identified as at risk through the Trust’s redeployment process.