Clinical Nurse Specialist - Paediatric Respiratory Care - Asthma

Employer information

Guy's and St Thomas' is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy's is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas' has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children's Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King's Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King's College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of 'good'. Our adult community services achieved a rating of 'outstanding'.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Paediatric Nurse to join our well-established Paediatric Respiratory and Asthma Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) team at the Evelina London Children's Hospital and Royal Brompton Hospital sites.

The successful candidate will work as a highly specialised nurse working with children and young people with Asthma and other respiratory chronic conditions. The post holder will be expected to deliver care both in the community and in the hospital setting.

The post involves working autonomously with children and families on the ward, in clinics on the Royal Brompton Hospital site and in the community carrying out home and school visits when required. You would also support nursing colleagues in other trusts and in the community as well as supporting the child to access school.

We are looking for a proactive, self-motivated experienced paediatric registered nurse with a passion for their career to take on the role of Clinical Nurse Specialist. Ideally, you will have experience of looking after children with Asthma or other chronic respiratory conditions. You will be sharing our Trust values and are enthusiastic, professional, caring, and compassionate with clinical competence caring for our children.

Main duties of the job

As a member of the Paediatric Respiratory and Asthma team you will utilise your developed specialist knowledge and skills from the ward environment to support specialist advice, counselling and supportive care to patients and their families.

You will support the link between the Asthma service and the ward areas, leading biologic clinics, providing education to both children, families and staff, supporting seamless admission and complex discharges. You will also work to support the wider multi-disciplinary team to optimise condition management in the community; communicating with schools, local hospitals and safeguarding.

The role will develop your skills as an autonomous practitioner whilst developing your specialist knowledge and skills to be able to contribute to service improvements though audit, service reviews, projects, and teaching.

The successful candidate will work in collaboration with an existing CNS team to act as a resource of expert advice for other healthcare professionals and must be competent to deliver health promotion and education to parents, their families, and others.

Educate and empower children and families to learn the skills to self-manage their condition and care.

Working for our organisation

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprise five of the UK's best-known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

Person specification

Values and Behaviour

Essential criteria

• Evidence of understanding and demonstrating the Trust's Values and behaviour
• Experience of delivering patient advocacy

Skills

Essential criteria

• Advanced clinical, managerial and leadership skills in specialty.
• Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues.
• Evidence of teaching skills in particular teaching patients in how to manage their conditions and raise their awareness of their condition.
• Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal & communication skills

Education/Qualification

Essential criteria

• Mentorship course
• Registered Children's Nurse
• Nursing Degree
• Leadership Course

Desirable criteria

• Post Graduate Training in Respiratory conditions
• Experience caring for children with Respiratory conditions
• Masters level qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experienced and competent in the management of patients within the speciality
• Experience in managing a caseload / autonomous working
• Proven evidence of management and leadership skills
• Experience of audit, research & evidence based care

Desirable criteria

• Service Improvement Experience

Additional employer information

Guy's and St Thomas' celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study's at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.

Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

Flexible working

We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual's personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.

Due to recent changes in the UK immigration rules which affect Skilled Worker Visas, Global Business Mobility, Higher Skill Level and Increased Salary Thresholds, please ensure that you are able to meet the requirements to live and work in the UK before applying. Further information about eligibility is available on the UK Government website.

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Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

• Job Description Band 7 (PDF, 296.4KB)
• FRF (PDF, 152.7KB)
• leadership (PDF, 105.7KB)