Paediatric Trauma & Orthopaedic Clinical Nurse Specialist

We are looking to recruit a Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the Paediatric Orthopaedic Clinical Nurse Specialist team for a fixed term, maternity leave cover, contract for 9 months. We would like the successful post-holder to start in November 2024. The role involves assisting with the provision of expert clinical care, support and advice for children and families/carers under the care of the paediatric trauma and orthopaedic service based at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, throughout the care pathway, ensuring a seamless service for these patients. You will work alongside the established team of Band 7/6 Paediatric Trauma and Orthopaedic Nurse Specialists.

We are seeking a caring, motivated, reliable and dynamic nurse with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills to contribute to the provision of an excellent standard of care to this patient group within the BRHC in-patient and out-patient setting as well as supporting families on discharge. You will need to have recent Band 5/6 experience of nursing children within the paediatric orthopaedic speciality.

Main duties of the job

The CNS will provide specialist nursing advice and support to patients and their families/carers throughout all aspects of the care pathway, to provide a seamless service. The CNS will work with the multi-disciplinary team to provide holistic, high quality, evidence-based care to children and their families with trauma/orthopaedic conditions, including pre-operatively, during in-patient stays, in the clinic setting and supporting patients and families on discharge. The post-holder will provide leadership, clinical expertise, education and support to patients and their families / carer, hospital based professionals as well as being a resource for colleagues in community settings, and will be actively involved in audit and research.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Qualification & Training

Essential criteria

• RN(Child) or relevant children’s qualification
• Current NMC Registration
• 1st Degree in nursing or health related subject, willing to undertake/ working towards
• Qualification in Teaching and Assessing

Desirable criteria

• Qualification / Short course in Asthma management

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

• Appropriate post registration experience in paediatric asthma nursing
• Proven commitment and experience, evidence in teaching

Desirable criteria

• Appropriate proven leadership and management experience
• Experience of undertaking research or audit
• Evidence of commitment to research based practice or evidence of project work undertaken
• Experience as preceptor / mentor

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Organisation and management skills
• Teaching
• Ability to work effectively under pressure
• Ability to problem solve
• Flexibility, adaptability to meet needs of a changing service
• Ability to work alone or as part of a team.
• Ability to cope with emotional issues presented in the course of work and to support others.
• IT skills including use of email and Microsoft office packages
• Act as a role model and as a mentor
• Innovative and participates with practice and policy change
• Awareness of professional responsibilities to self and others
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of national and local specialty specific issues