Children's Allergy Specialist Nurse
Closing date: 08 May 2026
Location: Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Main duties of the job
* Work flexibly across a caseload of patients in both hospital and community settings, provide expert advice to health care professionals, and initiate guideline‑based therapies for acute management.
* Contribute to evidence‑based clinical nursing practice through participation in audits.
* Collaborate across organisational, regional, and national boundaries, forming good working relationships within regional networks.
* Deliver specialist nursing skills and manage children and young people autonomously within the Allergy service.
* Ensure patients and families are educated, informed, and supported.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
* NMC registered RN Child/RSCN
* Current practice assessor and supervisor on the live database
* Evidence of ongoing continuous professional development
* Clinically competent within speciality
* Teaching and Assessing qualification/mentorship course
* 1st Level degree or equivalent in nursing or health‑related subject
* Allergy Qualification or equivalent specialist knowledge/willingness to undertake training
* Counselling qualification
Knowledge/experience
* Demonstrates significant experience within a paediatric/allergy role at Band 5 or above
* Significant experience of caring for children and young people with allergies
* Evidence of ongoing professional self‑development
* Knowledge of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
* Responsive to change
* Awareness of research and evidence‑based practice
* Experience of involvement in service development
* Experience of delivering presentations to a wide range of audiences
* Experience of managing a caseload
Communication/interpersonal skills
* Excellent communication & interpersonal skills
* Good analytical and problem solving skills
* Ability to develop and motivate staff
* Proven ability to communicate effectively within a multi‑disciplinary team (both verbally and non‑verbally)
* Good interpersonal skills and demonstrates ability to manage challenging situations
* Ability to develop user‑friendly teaching materials
* Understanding of confidentiality in the workplace
* Awareness of benchmarking and clinical governance
* Proven ability to educate colleagues
* Assertively engages young people and families and carers
* Demonstrates leadership ability
Special/other
* Accepts guidance and supervision from senior colleagues
* Ability to use own initiative
* Positive and enthusiastic
* Reliable
* Effective and capable
* Perceptive and sensitive
* Personal and professional integrity and credibility
* Full driving licence with access to a car
* Ability to work flexibly to meet the demands of the service
We welcome applications from candidates who require Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK, and these will be considered alongside all other applications in line with our commitment to equality and inclusion.
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.
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