Metabolic Bone Specialist Nurse

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Birmingham is seeking a Metabolic Bone Specialist Nurse to join their multidisciplinary team. The role involves supporting children and their families affected by Metabolic Bone Disease, as well as coordinating care with other healthcare professionals. Candidates must have NMC registration in children's nursing and a demonstrated ability to mentor and support others. A commitment to continuing professional development is essential. This full-time position includes flexible working hours to meet service needs.

Benefits

Commitment to inclusion and diversity

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• NMC registration in children's nursing.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Recent mentoring experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Act as a resource for children with metabolic bone disease.
• Coordinate care within the multidisciplinary team.
• Support training for families and staff on care practices.

Skills

Team collaboration

Mentoring

Clinical skills in venepuncture and cannulation

Ability to motivate and support others

Organizational skills

Education

NMC registration sub part one children

Teaching and assessing/mentoring qualification

Continuous professional development evidence

Tools

Word

Excel

Powerpoint

PEPR/Lorenzo

Job description

Metabolic Bone Specialist Nurse

The closing date is 19 November 2025

The post holder will have specialist nursing responsibility for children/young people with Metabolic Bone Disease and their families, incorporating a care co-ordination remit as agreed within the multi‑disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be part of the Metabolic Bone Disease multidisciplinary team (MDT), working alongside medics and allied healthcare professionals as part of the wider Endocrinology MDT. They will act as a resource and support for children/young people, and their parents, with Metabolic Bone Disease, and also primary healthcare teams, shared care centres and other multidisciplinary teams at BCH.

About us

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world‑class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world‑leading neo‑natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family‑centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NMC registration sub part one children
• Recognised Teaching and assessing/mentoring qualification
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• NMC registered nurse teacher/willing to undertake
• Non-Medical Prescribing and patient assessment qualifications or a willingness to undertake

Knowledge and Experience

• Evidence of working well within the team
• Ability to motivate and support others
• Demonstrate an interest in the role of the nurse specialist caring for children and young people with metabolic bone disease.
• Demonstrate the ability to take responsibility for own on‑going professional development
• Evidence of Band 6 management experience
• Recent experience of mentoring junior staff/students
• Ability to access, use and interpret Word, Excel, Powerpoint and PEPR/Lorenzo, or willing to master
• Demonstration of current clinical skills in caring children and young people with metabolic bone disease
• Clinical Skills such as venepuncture and cannulation
• Be a member of/participate in local, regional and national group forums
• An understanding of local and national service delivery for children and young people with metabolic bone disease

Personal skills and attributes

• Ability to organise self and others to work flexibly to deliver clinical training that meets service need
• Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of equality and inclusion in the delivery of this role
• Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required to meet service needs
• Commitment and enthusiasm
• Ability to plan, deliver and review programmes of patient/family education

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.

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust