# Puberty/Endocrine Clinical Nurse Specialist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Bristol
- **Region:** South West
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 26.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-10T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-27T09:24:46.335Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Bristol/Bristol/University_Hospitals_Bristol_Weston_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Paediatric_Clinical_Nurse_Specialist_Puberty_Endocrine/Paediatric_Clinical_Nurse_Specialist_Puberty_Endocrine-v8183663
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8183663?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### 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

## Documents

- [dbs charges information (pdf, 71.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3005)
- [dbs charges information (pdf, 119.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2397)
- [uhbw staff benefits book (pdf, 12.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2131)
- [uhbw behaviours and values (pdf, 299.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2476)
- [policy statement - ex offenders (pdf, 424.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=667)
- [clinical nurse specialist puberty/endocrine (pdf, 824.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10487353)

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