Job Description
Clinical Nurse Specialist - Paediatric Endocrinology
Band 7
Main area: Paediatrics
Grade: Band 7
Contract: 11 months (Fixed Term)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 213-CAX-6611966
Employer: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: King's College Hospital
Town: London
Salary: £54,320 - £60,981 per annum including HCA
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 20/09/2024 23:59
Job overview
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in South East London is a large teaching hospital and is at the forefront of academic and nursing excellence. We are looking for a highly motivated, flexible and enthusiastic individual to recruit into a band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist role for Paediatric Endocrinology.
This is a well-established role, caring for children with endocrine disorders in the inpatient and outpatient setting, working collaboratively with other specialties.
Your clinical caseload will include young children requiring therapy for early puberty and children on daily growth hormone injections, as well as giving regular advice and education to children and their families with thyroid, adrenal and pituitary disorders.
You will be closely involved in developing clinical protocols, international and national audit, and maintaining a Trust lead in national research studies.
Regular teaching is held at GOSH / ICH and within the South Thames Paediatric Endocrine Group, and opportunities are available to attend regular national endocrine nursing conferences, providing excellent networking opportunities, and also fully supported international endocrine conferences. Further guidance and support will be provided by the Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, and learning from the RCN Career and Competency Framework for CYP Endocrine Nurse Specialists (2019).
To work as an autonomous clinical nurse specialist to co-ordinate and deliver expert nursing care effectively to a defined caseload of children and young people with endocrine conditions and their families across both the acute and community setting.
To lead in the development of evidence-based clinical nursing practice in line with current research and guidelines.
To maintain clear lines of communication with primary healthcare teams in order to increase knowledge and facilitate the care of this group of children, young people and families in the community.
To act as a key resource and source of specialist support to colleagues across primary/secondary/tertiary care settings.
Particular emphasis is put at Kings on the need to ensure that all staff recognize their responsibility to deliver services in a high quality, courteous, patient-focused manner maintaining patient confidentiality at all times.
Working for our organisation
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and around 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
The trust-wide strategy Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we can take Team King’s to another level.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Clinical Practice
- To provide and deliver a specialist nursing service for children and young people with endocrine conditions in both the hospital and community setting.
- To provide expert nursing advice and support to patients, their families and other healthcare professionals following diagnosis and through treatment.
- To ensure continuity of a high standard of evidence-based nursing care, assessing health, health-related and nursing needs of patients and their families and other carers by identifying and initiating appropriate steps for effective care. These can include:
- Managing a patient caseload.
- Making and receiving referrals.
- Admitting and discharging patients for specific conditions and within agreed Trust protocols.
- Prescribing medicines and treatments.
- To accept clinical responsibility for own patient caseload, ensuring all patients have an accurate plan of care which reflects the assessment undertaken and incorporates the issues and recommendations made ensuring clear documentation in the patient’s records.
- To be actively involved in in-patient care requiring endocrine input, specifically following neurosurgery, liaising with neurosurgical staff where appropriate.
- To participate in the paediatric endocrine out-patient clinic and assess appropriate patients.
- To lead in the care of specific patients, within the nurse-led clinic environment, utilising Trust policy patient proformas as appropriate. To provide nurse consultation with all newly diagnosed patients.
- To follow up patients as appropriate and ensure all relevant information is available to enable patients to make informed choice about treatment and management about their condition.
- To be a knowledgeable and visible expert practitioner within the specialty, working with ward/clinic staff to ensure the provision of high-quality evidence-based nursing care for children and young people, and that this is accurately communicated and documented.
- To co-ordinate a seamless service through the development of enhanced multi-disciplinary team (MDT) processes and communication.
Person specification
Education
- NMC part 1 (children).
- A Clinical expert either through formal qualification (degree or masters) and/or extensive clinical experience pertinent to endocrinology.
- Non-Medical Prescribing Course.
Skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Advanced clinical assessment skills, or willingness to develop these.
- Strong leadership skills.
- Basic counselling skills.
Experience
- Ability to build a rapport with patients/families and colleagues.
- Track record of innovating services.
- Knowledge proven interest in working with children.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name: Sarah Latham
Job title: Senior Paediatric Respiratory Nurse Specialist
Email address: slatham1@nhs.net
Telephone number: 02032994640
Dr Ritika Kapoor, Consultant and Lead in Paediatric Endocrinology: ritikakapoor@nhs.net
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