Specialist Community Children’s Disability Nurse (PT)

NHS Scotland; Renfrew; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 18,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Learning & development opportunities

27 days annual leave

Job summary

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is seeking a Specialist Children’s Services Nurse to provide high-quality, culturally sensitive care to children and young people with disabilities in the community. You will manage your own caseload, support the CNS/Team Lead, and help develop nursing resources and policy implementation.

The role is fixed-term until March 2027, part-time 10.8 hours per week, based at Aranthrue Centre, with a pattern Monday to Friday.

Qualifications

• Provide education, training and specialist expertise to community children’s nursing staff.
• Support, teach and develop junior staff, learners and colleagues.
• Maintain and develop knowledge and skills in line with the Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF).
• Contribute to clinical supervision and professional development activities.
• Promote best practice across the disability pathway and within community-based children’s nursing services.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care for children and young people with disabilities.
• Manage an allocated caseload and provide ongoing specialist nursing support.
• Support the Clinical Nurse Specialist/Team Lead with caseload management, supervision and the effective deployment of nursing resources.
• Assist with personal development planning and monitoring the implementation of key policy documents.
• Provide specialist clinical support to community children’s nursing staff to help prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and enable children to remain within their communities.
• Support service development through participation in audits, reviews and evaluations.
• Contribute to the delivery of a safe, high-quality, culturally sensitive and patient-centred service.
• Deputise for the Clinical Nurse Specialist/Team Lead in their absence where required.

Skills

Education & training

Staff development

KSF knowledge

Clinical supervision

Best practice

Job description

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is seeking a Specialist Children’s Services Nurse to provide high-quality, culturally sensitive care to children and young people with disabilities in the community. You will manage your own caseload, support the CNS/Team Lead, and help develop nursing resources and policy implementation.

The role is fixed-term until March 2027, part-time 10.8 hours per week, based at Aranthrue Centre, with a pattern Monday to Friday.