Clinical Nurse Specialist - Childrens Burns and Plastics

Employer Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Employer type NHS

Site Queens Medical Centre

Town Nottingham

Salary £46,148 - £52,809 Per Annum

Salary period Yearly

Closing 14/04/2025 23:59

Clinical Nurse Specialist - Childrens Burns and Plastics

Band 7

Job overview

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced, enthusiastic registered children's nurse to work within the Nottingham Children's Burns and Plastics Team.

The vacancy currently is available on a 6 month secondment.

The successful candidate will join a team of other specialist nurses caring for children who have sustained acute burns and plastics injuries. You will be hospital based with a responsibility to see children in inpatient and outpatient settings and to liaise with families at home.

Main duties of the job

The Nottingham Children's Burns and Plastics Unit is looking for an experienced nurse to join our team. Our busy progressive unit cares for children and young people who have sustained burns and plastics injuries from across the East Midlands.

The post holder will lead the burns and plastics nurse specialists in the care of children and young people.

You will be hospital based with a responsibility to see children in the inpatient and outpatient settings and to liaise with the wider multi-disciplinary team.

You will be a clinical and professional role model with a passion for the delivery of high quality clinical care and the support and development of others. You will be an effective team player, possess excellent communication skills, and have the ability to teach families and health professionals. You will be working as part of a dynamic and forward thinking multi-professional team, offering key opportunities to develop your career as a nurse specialist.

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and personal specification:

• Portfolio demonstrating continuous personal, professional and academic development.
• Recognised mentorship qualification.
• Accredited burns and plastics module or willing to undertake in first year of employment.
• Formal leadership/management training or relevant experience.
• Able to provide highly specialized advice regarding all burns and plastics management.
• Experience of dealing with complex safeguarding cases.
• Teach multi-professional staff within the hospital and community regarding the management of burns and plastics care.
• Able to organise and prioritise own complex caseload of children and young people with burns and plastics injuries, working with multi-professional agencies consistently and continuously.

Person specification

Training and Qualifications

• Registered Nurse Child
• Accredited burns and plastics module or willing to undertake in first year of employment
• Demonstrable teaching qualification
• Emergency Management of Severe Burns (EMSB) course

Skills and Knowledge

• Up to date clinical knowledge of general paediatrics
• Experience in wound care

Communication

• Evidence of supervising and mentoring other clinical staff
• Able to implement change and innovation

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Application Information

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If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:

• Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
• Start an Apprenticeship
• Spend 20 hours or more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

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Consent:

• Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
• Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post may be subject to a DBS check which incurs a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.