An exciting opportunity for a Registered Nurse/Prescriber to join our evolving Child Development Nurse Team at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. The successful candidate will have skills and knowledge in the assessment of children and young people supporting a diagnostic framework. In addition, they will have experience of working with a multidisciplinary team to deliver high quality interventions and expert nursing care, advice and support to children, young people and their families.
You must be an NMC Registered Nurse, an Independent Nurse Prescriber (or willing to work towards) and possess a sound knowledge of child and adolescent development. You will work alongside a range of professionals, and a key part of the role will be to undertake the management of pharmacological interventions as a nurse prescriber. You will be expected to manage your caseload effectively in order to improve the experience for the child/young person and family.
You will be supported with training opportunities to ensure high quality interventions, individual development.
The post holder will be working as part of an effective team, providing flexible and comprehensive assessments, treatment. This includes medication management and autonomous prescribing within both the hospital and variety of local community settings across North Derbyshire. The post holder will be working autonomously to carry out specialist assessment of children and young people referred with potential neurodevelopmental disorders.
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a well performing Foundation Trust serving a population of around 441,000 across the Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, North Amber Valley, High Peak and North East Derbyshire districts. With a workforce of around 3,800 staff and good financial control, currently operating with a positive financial surplus and was recently rated “Good” by the CQC.
We are committed to working with our partners in health and social care to deliver long term financial sustainability and resilience in our performance to ensure we provide high quality services and excellent patient care.
This advert closes on Tuesday 14 Apr 2026
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