Clinical Nurse Specialist - Paediatric Neurosciences (TANDeM Service)

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking an experienced Clinical Nurse Specialist to join their Paediatric Neurosciences service. This full-time role involves managing patient care, providing leadership, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. The ideal candidate must be a registered nurse with excellent teaching skills and extensive experience in a relevant specialty. The position offers opportunities for professional growth and a supportive work environment.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience working autonomously at an advanced level.
• Experience in delivering change management and audit.
• Ability to influence staff effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex patient cases within the multidisciplinary team.
• Provide evidence-based interventions and medications.
• Ensure high-quality care and good patient experience.

Skills

Teaching skills

IT Skills

Clinical leadership

Education

RN1 or RN Child Registered Nurse

Post registration qualification in relevant specialty

Job description

Go back Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Nurse Specialist - Paediatric Neurosciences (TANDeM Service)

The closing date is 16 October 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Paediatric Nurse to join our Neurosciences service for 9 months as a full- time Clinical Nurse Specialist working within the TANDeM Service at the Evelina London Children's Hospital . The service provides a comprehensive diagnostic and management service for children affected by tics and Neuro-developmental Movements. Our clinic is part of the children's neurosciences centre at St Thomas' Hospital, the largest children's neurosciences service in Europe.

The service is a longstanding and well-regarded tertiary centre which has a national (and international) reputation and receives referrals from districts in the whole of the South East region and UK more broadly.

We are looking for a motivated Clinical Nurse Specialist with a keen interest in working with children, young people and families with tics, movement disorders and/or neurodevelopmental conditions.

Closing Date: Midnight 16th October 2025

Interview Date: 27th October 2025

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will contribute to multidisciplinary complex assessment clinics and provide evidence-based direct and indirect intervention to children, young people and families with tics and other movement disorders, including medication monitoring. This is an interesting and varied role with scope to develop further specialist knowledge and skills within the context of the multi-disciplinary team. You will be working with a Consultant Neurologist, Consultant Neuropsychiatrist and Clinical Psychologists. Supervision will be provided by an experienced practitioner and there are good opportunities for professional development. We are a dedicated and supportive team with a commitment to research, audit and evaluation and there are many active projects within the department.

About us

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.

We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities

Job responsibilities

Clinical and Patient Care

• Independently manage a group of patients within the specialty whilstworking as part of the multidisciplinary team, delivering specialisedindividualised 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.
• Responsible for the correct administration of prescribed medicationincluding transfusion of blood and blood products
• Be responsible for assessing and recognising emergencies in thespeciality. To interpret information and take appropriate action and to lead others to do the same.
• Act as an advocate for patients within the department, to ensure a patient orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards withinthe NHS Plan and other relevant guidelines.
• Ensure that patients receive high quality clinical care and a good patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs and doctrines.
• Recognise and avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of the individuals.
• To provide leadership, support and guidance to staff in monitoring theplanning delivery and evaluation of individualised specialist care.
• Is wholly accountable for his / her practice in line with the NMC code of professional conduct and takes every reasonable opportunity to sustain and improve his / her knowledge and professional competence.
• Ensure safe and effective care for complex patients requiring advanced specialist clinical skills and responsible for carrying out specialist nursingprocedures to area.
• To be responsible, for maintaining a safe environment for patients, visitors and other staff within the clinical environment.
• Ensure that sensitive patient records are stored appropriately.Ensures the cultural and spiritual needs of patients are recognised and accommodated within resources available.
• Support and enable patients and carers to make informed decisionsrelating to their treatment and management.
• Participate in case conferences in relation to the management of patients, ensuring the coordination of ongoing care.
• Ensure staff take precautions to minimise the risk of cross infection inrelation to the safe disposal of body fluids (including blood).
• A key member of the multidisciplinary team in supporting patients and their carers during the delivery of bad news such as caring for the terminally ill patients and the event of death.
• Assess educational and information needs for patients and families, and devise plans to ensure need are met.
• To be an effective communicator with patients/carers/families regarding disease treatment and management.
• Promote high quality clinical care, and assist in the development of the specialist service, through the use of evidence based practice and clinical standards
• Provide a seamless, high quality service from referral through to assessment,diagnosis, treatment and review.

*For more detailed responsibilities please refer to the Job description and Person specification attached*

Person Specification

Qualifications

• RN1 or RN Child Registered Nurse on the NMC register. To hold the appropriate level for the area of speciality.
• Post registration qualification in appropriate area of speciality or equivalent post qualification experience.

Skills

• Evidence of teaching skills in particular teaching patients in how to manage their conditions and raise their awareness of their condition.
• IT Skills
• Ability to clinically lead & influence staff

Experience

• Extensive experience of working autonomously at an advanced level within the specialist area delivering effective patient focused care.
• Experience of delivering change management both personally and as a facilitator
• Experience of audit, research & evidence based care

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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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