Overview
Are you a motivated and compassionate registered children’s nurse looking for an exciting opportunity to develop your specialist skills? We are delighted to offer a 12-month secondment as an Allergy Assistant Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) within the dynamic and supportive Allergy CNS Team at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children.
This is a fantastic chance to gain experience in a specialist nursing role within a nationally recognised paediatric allergy service. The role is open to Band 5 registered children’s nurses who have completed their NHS preceptorship.
Role and responsibilities
As an Assistant Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will play an integral part in supporting children and young people with a range of allergies. You will be working closely with a multidisciplinary team to provide expert care, education, and support to patients and their families.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to enhance their clinical knowledge and build experience in a supportive team environment.
We Are Seeking a Nurse Who Is
* Registered Children’s Nurse
* Enthusiastic, organised, and eager to learn
* A confident communicator with strong interpersonal and written skills
* Passionate about delivering high-quality, family-centred care
* Ideally experience in paediatric allergy or long-term conditions
* Ideally has access to a car as some clinics take place off-site across Bristol
Team and development
The Allergy CNS Team is a small but innovative group committed to improving care for children with allergic conditions. You will be supported with induction, supervision, and learning opportunities throughout your secondment. This post also provides a strong foundation for future career progression into specialist nursing roles.
If you’re ready to take the next step in your career and contribute to an exciting, patient-focused service, we’d love to hear from you and apply today.
About the Trust
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston; join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds—city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.
UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
Contact for further details / informal visits
Name: Alice Bowerman
Job title: Lead Paediatric Allergy CNS
Email: alice.bowerman@uhbw.nhs.uk
Telephone: 0117 3428248
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