Nurse Specialist ENT

NHS; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great flexible working opportunities

Lease car scheme and Home Electronics

Generous annual leave and pension

Extensive staff health and well-being

Job summary

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust in Liverpool seeks an experienced Nurse Specialist ENT (NHS AfC Band 7) to lead and deliver specialist care for the ENT service. The post involves high-level clinical judgment, governance, teaching and supporting colleagues within the MDT.

You will work across hospital and community settings, contribute to audit and service development, and promote patient safety and quality of care for children and young people.

Qualifications

• NMC registrant with ENT specialization or senior role.
• Recent clinical experience in ENT.
• Masters or working towards masters; teaching qualification is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist ENT nursing care and leadership in clinical practice.
• Be highly visible in clinical areas of practice and contribute to MDT objectives.
• Contribute to governance, audits and service improvement within ENT.

Skills

Previous specialist nursing experience

Recent clinical experience in ENT

Teaching qualification

Education

NMC Registrant

Masters or working towards Masters in related subject

Job description

Employer Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Alder Hey Town Liverpool Salary £49,387 - £56,515 pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 23/11/2026 23:59

Nurse Specialist ENT

NHS AfC: Band 7

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

• Great flexible working opportunities
• Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Job overview

The post holder will exercise higher levels of judgement, advice, discretion and decision making in clinical care demonstrated through the Trust competency framework. S/he will provide specialist expertise and advice demonstrating a sound understanding of the issues related to the identification, assessment, treatment and management of the client group. S/he will monitor and improve standards of care through, supervision of practice, clinical audit, evidence based practice, teaching and supporting professional colleagues and the provision of skilled professional leadership. S/he will contribute to clinical governance within the service by undertaking audit and research as part of the MDT within the specialist field.

Main duties of the job

• Role model standards of care and leadership through clinical practice.
• Be highly visible in the clinical areas of practice.
• Contribute to the development of MDT/team objectives for the service/specialty
• Act as a role model with behaviour and professionalism, through commitment to the integration of policies and procedures within role and workplace.
• Contribute to national clinical networks and speciality specific groups, working in partnership with other key professionals.
• Analyse relevant National policy, advise on the impact for service provision, and lead the implementation of changes and evaluation of processes in partnership with the MDT.

Working for our organisation

Sponsorship - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Practice

The post holder will:

• Assess plan and implement programmes of evidenced based care for client group in particular tongue tie babies, children with ear problems and nose bleeds, tracheostomies, nasopharyngeal airways.
• Ensure interventions are undertaken in line with best practice guidance.
• Act as a resource and provide advice, information and support to Trust staff community teams and other trusts care for specific client group.
• Provide specialist advice and support to client group.

• Identify local, demographic, cultural and environmental factors that influence the health and quality of life for their client group.
• Incorporate specialist practice in line with the regulatory framework of the Trust and NMC.
• Ensure that child protection and vulnerable adult legislation is adhered to within own practice and service.
• Work within the team to develop and evaluate policies/guidelines/protocols for speciality clinical practice and for updating and monitoring policies/guidelines/protocols specific to the role.
• Provide a visible clinical profile, having both an advisory and clinical input into patient care .
• Prepare accurate and concise reports both verbally and written.
• Communicate the needs of the client groups effectively within the MDT and the Trust.
• Deploy effective communication strategies to ensure that information and knowledge is imparted sensitively according to the needs of patients, staff and students in training.
• Continually review and evaluate own role and clinical practice informing the annual review process with clinical nurse lead.
• Be an active member of relevant Trust committees and groups contributing to developing/implementing local/national strategy.
• Plan and manage own workload and the workload of the service, in a flexible manner, ensuring that service provision meets the needs of clients.
• Keep relevant records and submit reports in a professionally acceptable manner.
• Promote a positive relationship with all stakeholders within the service.
• Contribute to the clinical governance process, including adverse incident reporting/investigation and the management of complaints, as appropriate.
• Collect and collate data as required by the specialist function in order to inform internal and external professional and operational bodies.

• Aware of risk management issues both locally and nationally and develop strategies to address ENT issues.
• Provide and manage pre-admission and nurse led clinics.

Person specification

• NMC Registrant
• Previous specialist nursing experience or senior role in ENT
• Recent clinical experience in ENT
• Masters or working towards masters in related subject
• Teaching qualification

We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist.

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment.

Should you require any support during your application or require alternative formats of our vacancies, please contact recruiting manager of vacancy or the recruitment team at [e-mail] or call 0151 282 4599

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.