Clinical Nurse Specialist, Children with Medical Complexities

Alder Hey Children's Nhs Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading children's hospital in England is seeking a Band 8a Neonatal Nurse Specialist to lead and innovate care for neonates with complex medical needs. This role includes providing expert clinical leadership, supporting families, and bridging services. Join a team at the forefront of children's healthcare, redefining care pathways and championing excellence in a thriving environment that values individual patient needs.

Qualifications

• Highly skilled neonatal nursing experience.
• Ability to lead and innovate care for complex medical needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert clinical leadership and specialist nursing care for neonates with complex conditions.

Job description

Overview

Are you a highly skilled neonatal nurse looking to lead, innovate, and transform care for babies with complex medical needs? The Northwest Neonatal ODN, in partnership with Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity, is seeking a Band 8a Neonatal Nurse Specialist to deliver a truly groundbreaking service. From antenatal diagnosis to childhood, you will shape care pathways, support families, and champion excellence, bridging neonatal and children’s services across the region. This is more than a nursing role—it's an opportunity to redefine neonatal care for medically complex children.

The Northwest Neonatal Operational Delivery Network (ODN), in partnership with Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children’s Charity, is seeking an exceptional Band 8a Neonatal Nurse Specialist to lead and develop care for neonates with complex medical needs (CMC) across the region.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert clinical leadership and specialist nursing care for neonates with complex, life‑limiting, or long‑term conditions across the Northwest Neonatal ODN.

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust

As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state‑of‑the‑art facility.

Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting‑edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.

We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.