Allergy Clinical Nurse Specialist

Are you an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated Registered Nurse looking to develop your career within one of the UK's leading specialist allergy services?

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) Allergy Service as a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist. This is an exceptional opportunity to become part of a nationally recognised tertiary service delivering specialist care to both adult and paediatric patients with allergic disease. Working within a highly skilled multidisciplinary team, you will contribute to the delivery of outstanding, evidence-based care while supporting innovation, education, research and continuous service improvement.

The post holder is a recognised expert in the specialty, and will be responsible for...

Assessing, developing and implementing specialist nursing care programmes and undertaking specialist nursing procedures

Providing specialist advice and support to, and liaising with, other staff. This includes the provision of specialist education and training for other staff and students

Implementing a clearly defined integrated approach to patient care encompassing new treatments and evidence based care

You will be Required to undertake research and lead clinical audits in own specialist area and provide line management to junior nurses within the team and other members of the team as required.

• Registered Nurse educated to Degree level or willingness to undertake
• Post registration qualification in speciality
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Teaching qualification
• Advanced communication skills/counselling qualification or willingness to undertake
• Advanced clinical assessment
• Significant relevant experience in the Specialty and ability to demonstrate expert nursing skills
• Accept personal accountability for own practice
• Experience of formal/informal teaching
• Experience of initiating change
• Understanding of evidence-based practice
• Understanding of Clinical Governance
• Understand of patient pathways its complexities and how to support the patient through this
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Capable of working as an integral member of a small team
• Flexible and adaptable to changing situations due workload and colleagues’ needs
• Ability to undertake teaching of staff and patients.

• Research Module.
• Masters Degree
• NHS Experience
• Advanced Communication Skills

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.