Clinical Nurse Specialist: Paediatric Respiratory and Asthma
Posted 11 hours 20 minutes ago by NHS
We are seeking a dynamic Clinical Nurse Specialist for this exciting role within the West London Children's Healthcare Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and Asthma Service. The service provides multi- disciplinary care for babies, children and young people with complex respiratory conditions.
You will be part of the multi-disciplinary team delivering this service, contributing your expert assessment, intervention and advice to the diagnostic process and patient pathway. This role has an academic research component with 50% clinical time and 50% research and academic time, funded through the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (BRC).
You will be joining a strong team of Nursing, Midwifery, Allied Health Professionals and Pharmacists (NMAHPPs) leading and delivering research at West London Children's Healthcare and will have the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues across Imperial College's Centre for Paediatrics and Child Health (PaeCH).
The role is based primarily at St Mary's Hospital and will work across WLCH sites.
You will have opportunities to lead on both discipline specific and inter-professional development projects, demonstrating your leadership and innovation.
If you have clinical expertise within children's paediatric respiratory care, have leadership experience, are innovative with enthusiasm for development, and an ability to think creatively, this could be your next opportunity.
Main duties of the job- The post holder will act as an expert practitioner in asthma care, providing education, training, and clinical leadership to the wider workforce across both organisations.
- Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues and partner organisations across the NWL ICS, including community services, primary care, education, and public health, the role will promote integrated working and ensure children and young people with asthma are managed in the right setting, at the right time, and in accordance with evidence-based standards.
- As a Band 7 Senior Clinician Researcher the post holder will also provide effective research activities within Paediatric Respiratory.
- This post covers both project planning involving application for ethics or other governance approval, co ordinating and undertaking research projects within a specialist field under some supervision.
- You will instigate, initiate and install systems that support effective development of research activity to comply with good clinical practice and the research governance framework.
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Person Specification Education- Registered Children's Nurse on NMC register
- Relevant BSc Degree in nursing
- Evidence of ongoing, continuing professional development within paediatric asthma care linked to demonstrable clinical competences oNHS England Tier 3 - Asthma in Children and Young People
- Postgraduate study or willingness to work towards; Foundations of Managing Asthma - Level 5 Diploma oMSc in Advanced Practice or Respiratory Nursing
- Relevant post registration accredited clinical course in advanced assessment
- Excellent relevant Paediatric clinical skills including assessment of lung function (PEFR, Spirometry, FeNO), inhaler technique, asthma plans
- Significant post registration experience working with children who have respiratory illnesses, allergies or asthma
- Able to motivate and develop a multi professional team
- Experience of teaching, training, mentoring, and precepting colleagues
- Experience working in the community setting including schools, early years settings and patients homes
- Experience of handling clinical incidents, complaints, and safeguarding issues
- Experience managing a specialist caseload, including complex, high risk, or severe asthma
- Experience in quality improvement or service development projects
- Understanding of resource management, health and safety, clinical risk and quality
- Sound knowledge of specialist paediatric asthma care, including pathophysiology, management protocols, and evidence-based practice
- Ability to work as part of a multi disciplinary team and lead clinical workload.
- Understanding of child protection procedures and safeguarding
- Ability to lead clinical workload and change initiatives, both personally and as a facilitator
- Experience or willingness to participate in audit, research and quality improvement initiatives
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.