Band 6 Child Branch Specialist Nurse - Paediatric Dermatology

A new and exciting substantive vacancy has arisen within University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust for a part-time Band 6 Paediatric Dermatology Clinical Nurse Specialist.

The successful candidate will be required to work in collaboration with our Paediatric Dermatology Consultants, existing clinical nurse specialist, children's services staff, children, young people and their families. The role is for 17 hours per week and will deliver care and support to children and young people across Solihull and Heartlands Hospitals, seeing patients within outpatient and ward areas. This may at times also extend to Good Hope Hospital reviews.

Some children have a problem that affects more than just their skin. We work closely with other specialists in and out of the hospital setting such as paediatricians, rheumatologists, ophthalmologists, dietitians, other Clinical Nurse Specialists, GPs, physiotherapists and local mental health service providers to ensure we are always providing the best possible care.

We are looking for a highly motivated children's nurse who has experience with children and young people, training and educating parents/ carers and has an understanding of long term skin conditions.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent skills in communication, organisation and time management and will be expected to participate in regular clinical supervision, Appraisal NMC Revalidation.

Our Dermatology service provides friendly, timely and high-quality care to children who have problems with their skin, hair or nails. Usually, we know what is wrong just by listening to the patient and examining the skin, but sometimes we need to do blood tests, urine tests, X-rays or special tests. An empathetic and problem-solving approach is essential.

We may advise medicines, creams, lotions or dressings and our nurse will be expected to demonstrate how to apply them, advise on general skin care, administer and teach parents/ carers to administer injection therapy and will also support the Consultant team with systemic clinics and Haemangioma monitoring.

Our specialist nurses support patients and families with the emotional aspects of their skin condition, helping them to understand it and empowering them to deal with it effectively. We provide a telephone and email support service for our patients and give advice to parents/ carers, schools, community nurses and GPs.

We welcome enquiries and informal visits to anyone interested in this role.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people.

As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

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Person specification

Essential

• Registered Child Nurse on the NMC Register (Field dependent upon role)
• Evidence of post registration CPD / Post registration qualification appropriate to area of speciality
• Recognised mentorship course
• Evidence of completion of/ working towards completion of appropriate identified competencies specific to the speciality.

Desirable

• To have or working towards advanced health assessment module -- where applicable to the role

Essential

• Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
• Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development/ competence.
• Demonstrate expert knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to speciality.
• Experience and enthusiasm for developing educational programmes and teaching / assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting.
• Working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment.
• Experience of patient service user advocacy role
• Can demonstrate expert nursing…