Job overview
We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Paediatric Allergy Nurse Specialist to join our specialist paediatric allergy service for a period of maternity cover.
This is an excellent opportunity to work within a well-established, dynamic multidisciplinary team providing high quality, evidence-based care to child and young people with allergic conditions.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work autonomously and collaboratively to deliver a comprehensive allergy service, including nurse led clinics, eczema management, immunotherapy, and drug provocation challenges.
Main duties of the role
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- Undertaking independent nurse led allergy clinics. Including assessment, diagnostic support, management planning, and patient education.
- Leading the paediatric eczema clinic – Providing specialist advice, treatment planning, and support for families with complex eczema with the support of the referring allergy consultant.
- Coordinating and delivering subcutaneous and sublingual immunotherapy service to tree pollen, grass pollen, and house dust mite. Ensuring treatment is administered safely and in line with local and national guidance.
- Leading on drug provocation challenges – including specialised procedures such as administration of yellow fever vaccine.
- Participating in service development, clinical governance, audit and guideline development.
Working for our organisation
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
·University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
·National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
·Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
·University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
·Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
·University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
·The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
·University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.