Specialist Nurse - Children'S Services

NHS Lanarkshire; Wishaw; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 35 days incl public hols

Generous NHS pension

Incremental salary progression

Paid sickness leave with length of svc

NHS discounts and more

Job summary

NHS Lanarkshire is seeking a Paediatric Diabetes Nurse Specialist to lead and develop the Integrated Community Children’s Nursing Service. The role involves autonomous practice, caseload management, and applying specialist knowledge to care for children with complex conditions in hospital and community settings.

You will provide specialist nursing leadership, contribute to governance through evidence-based practice, and support health improvement initiatives within the network.

Qualifications

• Registered Sick Children’s Nurse with NMC registration.
• Degree-level qualification or working towards it.
• Post-graduate expertise in the specialty to lead safety and practice.

Responsibilities

• Lead, supervise and delegate caseload within the multi-disciplinary team.
• Utilise research and evidence-based practice to inform service development.
• Provide specialist nursing advice to managed clinical networks.
• Contribute to Health Improvement activities in the specialty.

Skills

Clinical guidelines knowledge

Education

NMC Registered Sick Children’s Nurse (SICK Children)

Degree-level qualification

Post-graduate expertise in specialty

Job description

The Role

Paediatric Diabetes Nurse Specialist within Integrated Community Children's Nursing Service. To provide nursing leadership for specific Paediatric Specialist Service within NHS Lanarkshire in supporting the delivery of nursing skills and knowledge in the care, management and education of children with specific specialist disorders within the hospital and community setting. This role encompasses autonomous practice, caseload management and a level of specialist knowledge and intervention, required by a specific patient group, their carers and other staff involved in the care delivery process.

In this key role, you will:

• Clinical: Lead, supervise and delegate appropriate caseload work, to members of the multi-disciplinary team.


• Clinical Governance: Utilisation of research material and evidence based practice, to inform and underpin further service development.


• Professional Role: Provision of specialist nursing advice, to the relevant managed clinical networks.


• Public Health: Maintain an ongoing contribution to Health Improvement activities in terms of the specialism.

What You'll Bring

• Registered Sick Childrens Nurse with valid NMC Registration.


• Educated to/working towards/operating at Degree Level.


• Post graduate expertise within speciality / area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently.


• Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the speciality / area of practice.

What we Offer

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays


• Generous NHS pension scheme


• Annual incremental salary progression


• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service


• NHS discounts and more.

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services. We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

Interested?

Full details about the role are provided in the attached Job Description and Person Specification. Unless otherwise stated, the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date.

Contact:

For informal discussion, please contact Katrina Giannicchi, Team Leader ICCNS, Nursing on [e-mail]. If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Adnan Saddique, Recruitment Administrator on [e-mail].

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another. Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children's settings.