Clinical Nurse Specialist - Paediatric SCD stroke prevention

Job overview

As part of Guy's and St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust, Evelina London is there for children, young people & women from London to South East England and provides specialist care for families around the UK and across the world.

Every year, the number of children and young people Evelina London cares for, in our hospitals and throughout our local community, continues to grow. We support families from pre-conception, before birth, throughout childhood and into adult life.

Right in the heart of vibrant London, we benefit from excellent transport links, we have staff working here from the local areas, spanning across London, and further afield into the home counties.

We strive to recruit and retain staff who are motivated to develop and learn with us as we continually strive to ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe, and focused on women, children and their families.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking to recruit a dynamic and innovative nurse with experience and interest in paediatric sickle cell to a fixed-term clinical nurse specialist role, working across the network to ensure children receive timely stroke surveillance and treatment.

As a clinical nurse specialist you will be an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team working together to deliver this specialist service to children and families under the care of Evelina London across the South East network. This will involve travel across the region to local network hospitals, building relationships with network teams and delivering education and support.

You will bring excellent communication, clinical skills and a desire to maintain and role model a culture of continuous improvement and innovation. There is an expectation that you will be able to work autonomously. The role also involves an element of lone working.

You will benefit from excellent support from the existing specialist sickle cell multidisciplinary team & we will offer you a comprehensive range of experience and development opportunities.

If you feel you have the skills, enthusiasm and ambition to take this opportunity to make a positive difference to children with sickle cell across the network, please take this opportunity and contact us.

Closing date: 15th September 2026

Interview date: 28th September 2026

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring every eligible child with sickle cell disease across the SE network receives the surveillance and care they need, and that those at risk of stroke have access to appropriate treatment to improve clinical outcomes.

You will act as a role model for excellent advanced communication skills and expertise, building positive relationships across the clinical network. You will provide clinical supervision to other staff and students, and may take part in research & clinical audits in this specialist area.

The post holder will ensure the safety and wellbeing of service users, and always work in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of person-centred care principles.

Please see the attached Job Description for full details.

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.