Are you enthusiastic, compassionate, self-motivated and want to develop your skills in Specialty care? If so, this is the post for you We have an exciting opportunity to join our Healthy Futures team as the Specialist Nurse for children with complications due to excess weight. This is an innovative service, funded until April 2027 by NHS England.
The Healthy Futures team are a dedicated Multi-disciplinary Team delivering a high standard of care to these children and their families. They provide specialist outpatient support to children and their families. The role includes training and career development in this specialty as well as leadership and working within the Multidisciplinary team. Ensuring that patient safety is at the heart of everything we do. We are looking for someone who is passionate about patients focused care, with excellent communication skills who is willing to deliver high quality care as part of this team.
If you share our passion for providing best possible care to children and their parents when they need it the most and want to work in a team which consistently strives to provide every patient with the care we want for those we love most then we would like to hear from you.
The successful candidate will work with the Healthy Futures team as well as the rest of the Specialist Nurse team. Patient care will be delivered in mainly outpatient settings as well as providing telephone advice and community support. We would also expect the candidate to undertake relevant training to extend their knowledge and skills in these areas as well as engaging in education for wider clinical staff.
The post holder will be involved with the patients throughout their journey from referral to discharge and will work closely and collaboratively with the wider team, patient and their family to achieve the best outcome.
To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUH's
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
Flexible working hours
Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site
Discounted gym memberships
Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site
Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
On-site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane
On-site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane
Support in career development
Flexible staff bank
Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kat Kitchener Job title: Paediatric Matron for Planned Care Email address: Telephone number:
Ext 2368