# Clinical Nurse Specialist in Paediatric Endocrinology > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Barts Health NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-nurse-specialist-in-paediatric-endocrinology/0cff3a2b-c5c1-4fc9-af2d-2eb9464f15ad - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-nurse-specialist-in-paediatric-endocrinology/0cff3a2b-c5c1-4fc9-af2d-2eb9464f15ad.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Barts Health NHS Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £54,320 - £60,981 per annum inc. - **Contract type:** 12 months (Although this position is a 12 months fixed-term contract, the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 12 months. Maternity Cover) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2024-11-21T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2024-11-07T17:00:41.009Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Barts_Health_NHS_Trust/Childrens_CNS_Spec_Medicine_Team/Childrens_CNS_Spec_Medicine_Team-v6785173?_ts=1 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/6785173?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced children’s nurse with knowledge of caring for children with various endocrinological diagnoses to join our specialist team at The Royal London Hospital. Our specialties include, but not limited to Hypothyroidism, Cushing’s syndrome, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, and familial endocrine tumour syndromes. The Royal London Children’s Hospital is a specialist tertiary paediatric hospital treating children with many specialties including gastroenterology, diabetes, oncology, neurology, respiratory, trauma/surgery amongst others. We are located in Whitechapel with excellent links to public transportation.   The successful candidate will require excellent communication skills and will be expected to work autonomously, with the support of the multi-disciplinary team. The candidate should have previous CNS experience of caring for patients with endocrinology disorders and an interest in working with a specialist team. They will demonstrate a willingness to enhance their skills and knowledge and the vision and enthusiasm to contribute to the specialist nursing service and its patients. The candidate should be able to work both autonomously and with the wider team and external partners/network. If you are looking for a new challenge and are a highly motivated paediatric nurse, we would like to hear from you.  For further information, please contact Christine Headley- Senior Nurse Specialty Paediatrics- \[email protected\] ### Main duties of the job To lead a team in an innovative approach to the development, implementation and evaluation of a seamless service within Paediatric Endocrinology, which is aimed at continuously improving standards of patient care, advancing the boundaries of professional nursing practice and facilitating multi-professional working. This will be achieved through the initiation of clinical practice, management, education, research and audit activities taking in to account directorate, corporate and national policy and within the clinical governance framework. ### Detailed job description and main 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. ## Job Details An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced children’s nurse with knowledge of caring for children with various endocrinological diagnoses to join our specialist team at The Royal London Hospital. Our specialties include, but not limited to Hypothyroidism, Cushing’s syndrome, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, and familial endocrine tumour syndromes. The Royal London Children’s Hospital is a specialist tertiary paediatric hospital treating children with many specialties including gastroenterology, diabetes, oncology, neurology, respiratory, trauma/surgery amongst others. We are located in Whitechapel with excellent links to public transportation.  The successful candidate will require excellent communication skills and will be expected to work autonomously, with the support of the multi-disciplinary team. The candidate should have previous CNS experience of caring for patients with endocrinology disorders and an interest in working with a specialist team. They will demonstrate a willingness to enhance their skills and knowledge and the vision and enthusiasm to contribute to the specialist nursing service and its patients. The candidate should be able to work both autonomously and with the wider team and external partners/network. If you are looking for a new challenge and are a highly motivated paediatric nurse, we would like to hear from you. For further information, please contact Christine Headley- Senior Nurse Specialty Paediatrics- \[email protected\] ## Job Description To lead a team in an innovative approach to the development, implementation and evaluation of a seamless service within Paediatric Endocrinology, which is aimed at continuously improving standards of patient care, advancing the boundaries of professional nursing practice and facilitating multi-professional working. This will be achieved through the initiation of clinical practice, management, education, research and audit activities taking in to account directorate, corporate and national policy and within the clinical governance framework. ## 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 ### Skills **Essential** - Excellent verbal and written communication - Excellent interpersonal skills - Presentation and teaching skills - IT literate including use of Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint - Organisational skills – able to incorporate priorities and work to deadlines when required - Ability to facilitate reflective practice and carry out tasks with minimal supervision - Ability to motivate, inspire and support practitioners in changing practice **Desirable** - Ability to perform IV cannulation, phlebotomy and injection of subcutaneous and intramuscular medications ### Knowledge **Essential** - Excellent understanding of local and national service delivery for children and young people with endocrine conditions - Evidence of commitment to educational initiatives to ensure the delivery of evidence based clinical practice and high quality care **Desirable** - Demonstration of current expert clinical skills caring for children and young people with endocrine conditions ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of providing multi-professional teaching/ education - Evidence of experience at Band 6 or Band 7 with knowledge in Endocrinology specialty - Evidence of working well within a team **Desirable** - Experience of running nurse-led clinics/ attending endocrine clinics - Experience of working at an equivalent band in a relevant post - Experience of being involved in clinical audit and evaluation ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Sick Children’s Nurse/ Registered Nurse (Child) - Up to date registration with the NMC - Recognised Teaching and assessing/mentoring qualification **Desirable** - Relevant 1st degree or degree at Masters level - Non-Medical Prescribing - Specialist Clinical Course ## Documents - [jd & ps (pdf, 390.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=8982907) - [our values and behaviours (pdf, 334.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1119) - [candidate information pack (pdf, 549.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2446) - [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 92.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1120) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.