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Job overview
The Endocrine service serves the population of the Southwest region. This role will establish you as a key member of the team & help to deliver care to this diverse patient group. Prior exposure to patients with endocrine conditions is desirable but not essential.
Our Patient general endocrine cohort can require specialist diagnostic tests, therapeutic treatments & regular monitoring. The CYPGS patients can require interdisciplinary psychoeducation regarding gender expression & clinial support. The post holder will be part of a team of specialist nurses who provide specialist nursing care, education and advice to both parents/carers and other centres. You will be expected to work with a multitude of professionals, be confident & able to communicate on a wide range of levels.
The Endocrine CNS is often the first point of contact for enquiries from patients, relatives & other professionals.
As part of the role, you will assist in undertaking the Growth Stimulation Tests on the medical day care ward. You will also gain skills in Auxology to help assist us in assessment of the children’s growth.
The successful candidate will need to work within a team but also to work without supervision, using their own initiative, demonstrating problem solving and excellent organisational skills.
You must be able to work flexibly and provide a safe, friendly and efficient service and be conscious of the need to cover the fixed clinical commitments.
Main duties of the job
- Work with the MDT including consultant paediatricians and fertility specialists providing clinical assessment services as part of holistic needs assessment, care planning and interventions
- Interventions for patients including group and individual education regarding puberty and other physical aspects of gender expression.
- Paediatric Endocrinology Nursing Services involving clinical tests and interventions for day patients and inpatients as well as outpatients.
- Liaison with other national Gender Service providers
- Contribution to MDT discussions, understanding and report writing
- Outpatient clinic management including measurement and charting
- Monitoring patient growth and puberty in association with the consultant paediatrician
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Aptitudes
Essential
- Respecting Everyone
- Embracing Change
- Recognising Success
- Working Together
Skills &Abilities
Essential
- Organisation and management skills
- Teaching
- Ability to work effectively under pressure
- Ability to problem solve
- Flexibility, adaptability to meet needs of a changing service -
- Ability to work alone or as part of a team
- Ability to cope with emotional issues presented in the course of work, and to support others
- Awareness of professional responsibilities to self and others
- Knowledge of national and local specialty specific issues
- IT skills including use of email and Microsoft office packages
- Act as a role model and as a mentor/assessor
- Innovative and participates with practice and policy change
- Commitment to the development and provision of high quality nursing care
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills -
- Awareness of current national changes in nursing / NHS
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Appropriate post registration experience in nursing, speciality
- Appropriate proven leadership and management experience
- Proven commitment and experience, evidence in teaching
- Experience as preceptor / mentor
Desirable
- Experience of undertaking research or audit projects -
- Evidence of commitment to research based practice or evidence of project work undertaken
Training, Education & Qualification
Essential
- RGN.1st Level or relevant children’s qualification
- Current NMC Registration
- 1st Degree In nursing or health related subject, willing to undertake/ working towards
- Relevant accredited post registration qualification at level 3
- Qualification in Teaching and Assessing
Desirable
- Willingness to work towards Masters level academic study
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This advert is for Puberty/Endocrine Clinical Nurse Specialist with University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust in Bristol, South West, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Clinical nurse specialist role. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 10 Aug 2026.
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