Paediatric Allergy Nurse

Integrated Care System; Camberley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health care provider in Camberley is looking for an experienced nurse to join their Paediatric Allergy team. The successful candidate will provide specialist care and support for children with allergies, work closely with multidisciplinary teams, and take part in educational initiatives. This position offers a salary range of £40,617 to £48,778 per annum, reflecting the valuable skills and experience needed for this role.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Flexible working hours

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in caring for children with allergies.
• Formal training in caring for children with allergies.
• Demonstrated experience teaching patients and colleagues.
• Has undertaken a foundation leadership programme.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and evaluate care and provide specialist advice to nursing staff.
• Co-ordinate and maintain patient focused care.
• Manage and monitor complaints as per Trust and Directorate policy.
• Support and provide leadership to all team members.

Skills

Experience with allergies

Teaching experience

Leadership skills

Job description

Come and join our team at an exciting time of growth.

We are looking for an experienced nurse with exceptional change leader skills to join our Paediatric Allergy team to work with the consultants in developing our allergy service. You will be supported by our team of consultants, nurse leaders and allied health professionals to support local children and young people with allergies.

We are a team who are open to hearing your ideas and supporting you to take them forward. You will have experience with children with allergic conditions, providing education across a variety of settings, and making effective relationships with CYP and their families.

Main duties of the job

To work within the MDT to ensure safe and appropriate care is delivered and maintained when caring for children with an allergy.

To provide effective, clinical & operational support to the MDT and in support of general management objectives.

To provide teaching to wider members of the clinical team.

To support with allergy clinics, including skin prick testing and forming care plans, as well as oral food and drug challenges.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Job responsibilities

• Deliver and evaluate care and provide specialist advice to nursing staff.
• To undertake audit to evaluate care.
• To co-ordinate and maintain patient focused care.
• Take a lead role in developing nursing practice and education in area of expertise
• Manage and monitor complaints as per Trust and Directorate policy working alongside Matron.
• Liaise with and maintain good working relationships with the University and with all levels within the MDT to ensure high standards of nursing care are maintained. Keep abreast of relevant legislation and communicate change as appropriate.
• Ensure confidentiality of patient records is maintained by developing secure systems of work.
• Assist in the development of policies in relation to your clinical area.
• Ensure high standards of cleanliness are practiced by all team members to ensure infection control standards are promoted and maintained.
• To support and provide leadership to all team members when dealing with complex, difficult and traumatic situations.
• To co ordinate and act upon patient feedback

Person Specification

Experience with allergies

• Demonstrated experience in caring for children with allergies
• Formal training in caring for children with allergies

Experience in teaching

• Demonstrated experience teaching patients
• Demonstrated experience teaching colleagues

Leadership

• Has demonstrated leadership skills
• Has undertaken a foundation leadership programme such as EJ

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.

Lead Paediatric Respiratory Nurse Specialist

£40,617 to £48,778 a yearper annum incl HCAS (pro rata)