Paediatric Plastic Surgery Clinical Nurse Specialist

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job description

Paediatric Plastic Surgery Clinical Nurse Specialist

We are offering an exciting opportunity for an experienced paediatric nurse to lead on improving care and services for our children under the Paediatric Plastic Surgery Team at The Royal London Hospital. The Royal London Children's Hospital is a specialist tertiary paediatric hospital with 109 inpatient beds, a bustling medical and surgical day care and a large specialty, surgical and general paediatrics outpatient service.

The post holder will work as an expert/autonomous CNS, delivering a specialist service for trauma and elective paediatric plastic surgery patients, whilst also working in collaboration with the multidisciplinary and community teams. The CNS will take a lead role as an expert practitioner providing advice, information, support and holistic care to patients and their families from the point of referral, through treatment and post op period at The Royal London Hospital.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead on service improvements by developing and improving follow up pathways for paediatric patients utilising community nurse-led wound reviews and dressing changes following injury or surgery.

The post is based at The Royal London Hospital located in Whitechapel, London. This is a 12 month, fixed term, full-time post with consolidated hours, but flexible working requests may be considered if they are in line with the needs of the Hospital.

Main duties of the job

1. To provide high quality, individualised care to paediatric patients and their parents / relatives / carers being treated under the Plastic Surgery team at Barts Health.
2. To ensure an efficient and well-managed pathway for all paediatric plastic surgery patients from referral to discharge, in line with local and national performance targets and to improve their overall patient experience and clinical outcomes.
3. To develop and improve follow up pathways for paediatric patients utilising community nurse-led wound reviews and dressing changes following injury or surgery.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• Educated to degree level
• Evidence of further study since qualification.
• Masters or willingness to undertake
• Non-medical prescribing qualification or willingness to undertake

Experience/Knowledge

• Extensive experience a Band 6 or above
• Experience working in a plastic surgery or acute paediatric setting
• Advanced knowledge of wound care and dressings - particularly in relation to paediatric patients
• Able to demonstrate professional and clinical knowledge and skills commensurate with the post
• Have a clear understanding of clinical governance
• Experience in change management
• Experience in patient advocacy
• Good working knowledge of paediatric treatment pathways
• Experience of developing and delivering training and education packages
• Demonstration of involvement in innovations and the introduction of new practices
• Experience of working in paediatric trauma and elective plastic surgery settings
• Experience in Quality Improvement

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.