Job overview
Our Children’s Urology service leads the way in the care of children and families living with urological conditions, we work collaboratively with our Bladder and Renal Specialist teams as many children require the service of all three specialties.. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a clinical nurse specialist to join our specialist multidisciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work in the outpatient and day-unit setting to provide holistic care and diagnostic services to children with a broad spectrum of Urological and Bladder conditions. The successful candidate will work one clinical shift on the renal / urology ward per 4 week rota to maintain clinical skills and facilitate collaborative working
It is desirable that you will have experience of conducting diagnostic tests and are able to catheterise children.
The children's Urology service is dedicated to supporting staff to develop and progress, and this post will present the successful candidate with numerous learning opportunities.
Working for our organisation
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
Evelina London is at the heart of a network of children’s health services in Lambeth and Southwark and across south east England.
We provide a comprehensive range of children’s health services, so that we are able to look after patients from antenatal diagnosis through childhood, into adolescence and on into adult services. We are the only hospital in London to have highly specialized women’s and children’s services on one site. This means that our youngest patients can get the specialist care they need on the same hospital site as their mothers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Independently manage a group of patients within the specialty whilst working as part of the multidisciplinary team, delivering specialised individualised and personalised direct patient care
Demonstrate appropriate practice and specialist advice in the assessment,
planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care. This includes
history taking, physical examination and the requesting of agreed
diagnostic procedures/clinical investigations
Support and enable patients and carers to make informed decisions
relating to their treatment and management.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
2. Evidence of professional/clinical knowledge in area supplemented by specialist clinical, managerial training and CPD
3. BSC/1st degree (health related) or equivalent qualification/training and experience
4. Post registration qualification in (appropriate area of speciality)
5. Mentorship Course
6. Child Registered Nurse or Adult trained nurse with Paediatric experience
Desirable criteria
7. Leadership course
Skills
Essential criteria
8. Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients/clients and give relevant advice/information to patients and relatives.
9. Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues.
10. Evidence of involvement and leadership in teaching and mentoring learners
11. IT skills- able to use digital platforms to access patient records and document
12. Demonstrates ability to influence and negotiate with others. Ability to organise and plan own time and that of junior staff and learners.
Desirable criteria
13. able to catheterise patients
Values and Behaviour
Essential criteria
14. Demonstrates the application of trust values and behaviours in practice
Experience
Essential criteria
15. Post registration experience within relevant speciality
16. Experienced and competent in the management of patients within the speciality
17. Experience of teaching/ assessing/ supervising others in a clinical setting.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.