Paediatric Cardiac Clinical Nurse Specialist

NHS; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen at NHS for a Paediatric Cardiac Clinical Nurse Specialist. The role focuses on providing expert nursing care to children with cardiac conditions. The ideal candidate will enhance patient care through excellent communication, coordination, and leadership skills, working within a diverse and supportive team at a leading healthcare provider.

Benefits

On-site leisure facilities

Flexible working arrangements

Subsidised parking

Qualifications

• Significant acute General Paediatric Nursing experience including cardiac experience.
• Experience in leading a team or routinely coordinating a shift on a children's ward.
• Willingness to undertake advanced communication skills training.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist nursing expertise to children and families affected by cardiac conditions.
• Act as a key worker for the child and family, coordinating treatment pathways.
• Develop Nurse Led clinics within the specialty as part of the role.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Teaching

Leadership

Education

Registered children's nurse

Master's Degree

Teaching/Assessing/Mentoring module

Advanced clinical assessment

Job description

Go back Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Paediatric Cardiac Clinical Nurse Specialist

The closing date is 29 June 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen at CUH to be part of Paediatric Cardiology team on a 12 month secondment covering maternity leave. You will possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and utilise these to enhance patient care and experience. You will be joining a diverse, stimulating and excellent service, to provide specialist care to children, young people and their families affected by cardiac conditions with a focus on congenital heart disease. We care for patients and their families from birth and through to transition to adult services.

Our work is widely ranging and we are well respected both locally and as a regional specialist treatment centre. Our Trust values are kind, safe and excellent. We provide care across medical and surgical specialities. An ethos of holistic family centred care and multi-professional collaboration drives our service.

As part of your role, you will be responsible for providing specialist nursing expertise to the children, young people, families and professional colleagues. You will interface with all relevant professional groups and agencies within and outside the Trust to enhance the delivery of care to families affected by cardiac conditions, providing assessment, guidance and support.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is a recognised expert in the specialty, responsible for providing safe and effective care to all children within a defined paediatric cardiology caseload.

Responsible for providing specialist advice and support to, and liaising with, other staff. This includes the provision of specialist education and training for other staff and students

The post holder will act as a key worker for the child and family, ensuring smooth co-ordination throughout the treatment pathway. This includes from diagnosis to the end of treatment.

The post holder will act as a link between the patient and family and medical teams at Cambridge University Hospital (CUH), local hospitals, specialist centres and primary care teams

Development of Nurse Led clinics within this specialty

About us

Come Nurse with us...

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It's a great place to nurse, work and live.

You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.

Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?

o Our values and reputation for outstanding careo Opportunities to experience a range of specialitieso Career and development opportunitieso Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support teamo Research experience and opportunitieso Lovely location and quality of lifeo Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Please note:- Internal applicants on permanent contracts can only apply for this post as a secondment and must have the approval of your current line manager before applying.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:

- applied for a Graduate visa- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment

If you require sponsorship for a Visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check you are not applying from a Red list country - Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

This vacancy will close at midnight on 29 June 2025

Interviews are due to be held in the week commencing 7 July 2025

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered children's nurse, educated to degree/diploma level
• Teaching/ Assessing/ Mentoring module
• Advanced communication skills/counselling qualification or willingness to undertake
• Master's Degree
• Advanced clinical assessment

Experience

• Significant acute General Paediatric Nursing experience including cardiac experience
• Experience in leading a team or in routinely coordinating a shift on a children's ward.
• Experience working autonomously
• Significant relevant experience in the Specialty and ability to demonstrate expert nursing skills.
• Community Children's Nursing
• Experience in managing a change in clinical practice

Knowledge

• Understanding of chronic disease management
• Knowledge of community support networks available to children, parent and families

Skills

• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Capable of working as an integral member of a small team.
• Adaptable to changing situations due workload and colleagues' needs.
• Ability to undertake teaching of staff and patients.
• Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload; effective time-management.
• Effective interpersonal skills.
• Ability to lead developments in practice.
• Commitment to multidisciplinary working.
• Demonstrates ability to work across organisational boundaries

Additional Requirements

• Good presentation/ clinical teaching skills
• Ability to travel within the region
• Ability to work flexibly
• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.

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.

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust