Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist (XR07)

NHS; Leeds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a Childrens Nurse in Leeds to co-ordinate the vascular access service. The successful candidate will have strong organisational skills and experience in specialty nursing. Responsibilities include providing clinical care, supporting nursing teams, and implementing best practices for children requiring vascular access. Competitive salary and professional development opportunities available.

Qualifications

• Significant and recent relevant experience working as a Band 6 Nurse or equivalent.
• Experience in specialty nursing.
• Proven ability to provide specialist nursing care and treatment.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate the vascular access service for Children.
• Provide patient-centred and evidence-based clinical care.
• Support the development of interdisciplinary service working.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal skills

Ability to organise and prioritise workload

Education

Registered Nurse (RN Child for childrens areas)

Recognised teaching/assessing qualification

Evidence of continued professional development

Job description

Anexciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, proactive ChildrensNurse to co-ordinate and develop the Childrens Vascular Access service.

Weare looking to recruit an individual with excellent organisational,networking and communication skills who has experience and enthusiasm to makea difference. Project management experience, leadership skills and a passionto educate and motivate individualsand teams to build and sustain new pathwaysfor children who Vascular access and line care.

Excellentorganisational and communication skills are key elements for this positiontogether with enthusiasm to build and sustain a childrens lines service.

Expected ShortlistingDate

01/10/2025

Planned InterviewDate

15/10/2025

Main duties of the job

Therole involves working with anaesthetists, surgeons, Interventional radiology,ACP for Childrens Surgery and nursing and management teams to ensure we havea sustainable Childrens vascular access service.

Workingto develop and implement pathways and best practice for Children that requirevascular access. The post holder will co-ordinate the service and work withthe ACP for Childrens surgery to embed the processes for safe lineassessment, planning, insertion and ongoing care.

Thepost holder will co-ordinate the data collection for vascular access inChildren.

About us

The post holder will work closely withboth Childrens Anaesthetists, surgical, interventional radiology andmanagement teams, to ensure a co-ordinated Childrens vascular access serviceis delivered for all children who require a line.

Thepost holder will work closely with the ACP for Childrens surgery to developthis service and pathways.

Supportwill be provided by the matron, which includes preceptorship period, regular1:1 meetings, team meetings, and appraisal for the upcoming year.

Come& join our team in Leeds & become part of The Leeds Way sharing ourvision & values. Leeds Childrens hospital is rated as GOOD & theTrust is recognised for our staff engagement, great care & rated GOOD bythe Care Quality Commission.

LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.

Job responsibilities

Thepost holder will be practising as an independent specialist clinicalpractitioner providing patient-centred and evidence-based clinical care, withinan agreed scope of competence and practice. The jobholder will be responsiblefor co-ordinating the vascular access service for Children. The jobholdercarries continuing responsibility for the assessment of care needs, thedevelopment, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and thesetting of standards of care.

Thejobholder will provide specialist nursing care, treatment and advice to aspecific patient group and will contribute to the development of the specialityservice. The jobholder will ensure cost effective use of resources. The jobholder will support the development of interdisciplinary and whole serviceworking. As a role model they willpromote the sharing of good practice and delivery of high quality, effectiveand efficient care. The job holder will provide training and education to staffgroups, patients and families/carers.

Thepost holder will work in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) toimplement and improve the patient pathway and will be expected to develop newskills to further enhance the quality of the service delivered. Whereappropriate, the role will include the day to day leadership and management.

Please see the attached job description for further information.

Person Specification

Experience

• Significant and recent relevant experience working as a Band 6 Nurse or equivalent post registration experience within speciality.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (RN Adult for adult clinical areas or RN Child for childrens areas (Level 1 or 2)
• Recognised teaching/assessing qualification or equivalent experience of teaching and assessment
• Evidence of continued professional development

Skills & behaviours

• Excellent written and verbal skills.
• Ability to organise and prioritise own and others workload

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.