# Paediatric Rheumatology Specialist Nurse - Peterborough > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-rheumatology-specialist-nurse-peterborough/180d9816-804c-450c-8e88-265ef0697111 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-rheumatology-specialist-nurse-peterborough/180d9816-804c-450c-8e88-265ef0697111.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Peterborough - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 27 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-17T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-03T13:51:56.065Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cambridgeshire/Peterborough/North_West_Anglia_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Paediatric_Rheumatology/Paediatric_Rheumatology-v8056217 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8056217?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Working as part of the children’s nursing team, this role focuses on the provision of direct care to children and their families in an outpatient and clinic environment. The post holder will assist with service delivery, working in conjunction with the Consultant for rheumatology. They will be an advocate for children and their families, promoting child focussed, family-centred care and facilitate effective liaison with the multi-professional team involved with the child’s care. The post holder will act as a role model in the delivery of patient care and support and teach staff contributing to the development of the service. They will identify specific needs in education of patients, relatives and staff and facilitate meeting these requirements while offering an individualised service that respects the many cultural and spiritual backgrounds of our families. *Please Note the advert may close sooner than the date advertised due to levels of interest, closing of the advert will happen with no notice* ### Main duties of the job -To assist with the provision of a specialist, co-ordinated service, utilising nursing skills, expertise and knowledge in the care and management of children under the care of the rheumatology service - Be able to support clinics, alongside the Consultant and other members of the multi-professional team, including physiotherapists and ophthalmologists, and communicate condition-related information to the child and family - Takes an active role in clinical audit and be able to represent the service at governance meetings, disseminating relevant information to the wider multi-professional team. - Able to deal with complex clinical facts and social situations which require analytical skills. - To support the transition of young people from paediatric to adult care, liaising with the adult teams and transitional care specialist nurses, and supporting transition clinics in outpatients - To facilitate the opportunities for department-based training which is dynamic and meets the educational needs of staff delivering care in a specific area ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the job description and person specification for a more in depth description of the main roles and responsibilities of this post. ## Job Details Working as part of the children’s nursing team, this role focuses on the provision of direct care to children and their families in an outpatient and clinic environment. The post holder will assist with service delivery, working in conjunction with the Consultant for rheumatology. They will be an advocate for children and their families, promoting child focussed, family-centred care and facilitate effective liaison with the multi-professional team involved with the child’s care. The post holder will act as a role model in the delivery of patient care and support and teach staff contributing to the development of the service. They will identify specific needs in education of patients, relatives and staff and facilitate meeting these requirements while offering an individualised service that respects the many cultural and spiritual backgrounds of our families. *Please Note the advert may close sooner than the date advertised due to levels of interest, closing of the advert will happen with no notice* ## Job Description -To assist with the provision of a specialist, co-ordinated service, utilising nursing skills, expertise and knowledge in the care and management of children under the care of the rheumatology service - Be able to support clinics, alongside the Consultant and other members of the multi-professional team, including physiotherapists and ophthalmologists, and communicate condition-related information to the child and family - Takes an active role in clinical audit and be able to represent the service at governance meetings, disseminating relevant information to the wider multi-professional team. - Able to deal with complex clinical facts and social situations which require analytical skills. - To support the transition of young people from paediatric to adult care, liaising with the adult teams and transitional care specialist nurses, and supporting transition clinics in outpatients - To facilitate the opportunities for department-based training which is dynamic and meets the educational needs of staff delivering care in a specific area ## Responsibilities Please refer to the job description and person specification for a more in depth description of the main roles and responsibilities of this post. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Minimum of 2 years in acute Paediatric setting - Experience of working with children and young people with Rheumatological conditions - Able to demonstrate advanced nursing skills - Awareness and knowledge of safeguarding procedures - Involvement in quality improvement initiatives and evidence of audit skills - Articulates understanding of prioritising clinical issues **Desirable** - Experience of paediatric nursing in an outpatient setting - Articulates understanding of primary care ### Key Skills **Essential** - Ability to work as part of a multi-professional team - Good communication skills and awareness of professional responsibilities - Accurately record and interpret clinical data - Experience in using hospital data base systems - Adaptable teaching skills in relation to patients, carers and colleagues - Organisational skills applied to self: time management, prioritising own complex caseload, initiative - Good understanding of common medications used and symptom management for children and young people with Rheumatological conditions - Able to undertake a holistic nursing assessment - Experience of policy / service development - Willingness to be actively involved in the East of England Rheumatology network ### Education and Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Childrens Nurse - Willingness to undertake additional training in Paediatric Rheumatology and in-house training - Evidence of continual professional development including safeguarding level 3 training - Awareness and implementation of evidence-based guidelines ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 576.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2886) - [living our values (pdf, 260.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1865) - [we are team nwangliaft (pdf, 8.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2745) - [information for candidates (pdf, 5.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2788) - [paediatric rheumatology specialist nurse - jd (pdf, 336.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10346059) - [paediatric rheumatology specialist nurse - ps (pdf, 488.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10346060) ## 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.