Paediatric Infectious Diseases/HIV Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced nurse to join our Paediatric Infectious Diseases and HIV CNS team on a fixed-term basis to provide maternity leave cover.

This is an exciting opportunity to deliver specialist nursing care to children, young people and their families affected by infectious diseases and HIV. The successful candidate will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, providing expert clinical support, care coordination, patient education, and advocacy across inpatient and outpatient settings.

Applicants should be a registered children's nurse with significant paediatric experience. Previous experience in infectious diseases, HIV, or a specialist nursing role is desirable. Excellent communication, organisational, and leadership skills are essential.

Join a supportive and dynamic team committed to delivering outstanding patient-centred care and improving outcomes for children and young people.

Main duties of the job

• Provide specialist nursing care and advice on all matters relating to the prevention, diagnosis and management of Paediatric Infectious diseases across Children’s Services, young adult HIV transition services, Maternity and Neonatal services and adult Hepatology services.
• Demonstrate expert knowledge as a visible, accessible resource for children, families and professional colleagues both within and outside the trust
• Work with colleagues to ensure a consistent approach to Paediatric ID nursing across all areas of responsibility, through teaching, audit, collaborative working and the development of shared procedures and guidelines
• Manage various patient caseloads within Paediatric ID, including organising and following-up on clinical investigations; developing individual care-plans; supporting treatment adherence; facilitating multi-disciplinary and multi-agency collaboration; co-ordinating admissions and outpatient appointments; supporting discharge and communicating information to young people and families
• Work on a one-to-one basis with individual children and young people, to obtain consent for investigations, provide age-appropriate information about diagnosis, treatment and prevention of onward transmission; to promote engagement with and adherence to treatment; to identify safeguarding concerns and to prepare young people for transition to adult care

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 overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

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.