# Paediatric Infectious Diseases/HIV Clinical Nurse Specialist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-infectious-diseaseshiv-clinical-nurse-specialist/9fed381d-5753-40c5-9ad9-8ff998506e82 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-infectious-diseaseshiv-clinical-nurse-specialist/9fed381d-5753-40c5-9ad9-8ff998506e82.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - **Location:** St Mary's Hospital (The Bays) - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 pa inclusive pro rata - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term: 12 months) - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-15T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-01T12:51:34.454Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Imperial_College_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Paediatrics/Paediatrics-v8263530 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8263530?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.imperial.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Proven leadership skills through experience of leading a team - Commitment to improving patient services with a clear focus on achieving performance goals - Expert clinical skills and excellent knowledge base pertaining to speciality - Organisational and people management skills **Desirable** - Willingness to broaden clinical skills to support clinical role ### Education **Essential** - Registered Nurse, RN Child /RSCN - Educated to degree level in relevant subject area or equivalent experience - Recognised teaching/assessing qualification - Evidence of continuing professional development **Desirable** - Post registration qualification in specialty - Recognised leadership qualification or equivalent experience ### Experience **Essential** - Minimum of 2 yrs at Band 6 within specialty or equivalent experience - Sound knowledge and understanding of current issues in specialty - Experience and knowledge of quality, standard setting and audit - Experience developing and writing local and national guidelines **Desirable** - Experience working with children and young people with mental health problems - Experience running support groups with children / young people / families - Experience working with refugees and Asylum seeking Families and Unaccompanied Minors ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 527.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10579908) - [our strategy 2023-25 (pdf, 230.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=427) - [functional requirements (pdf, 272.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10577590) ## 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.