Paediatric ENT Specialist Support Nurse | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 04 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 p.a. pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 May 2024 |
| Location: | Cambridge, CB2 0QQ |
| Company: | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6185066/180-E-247143 |
Summary
This is an exciting opportunity to work within the Paediatric ENT team at Addenbrookes!
You will be working alongside a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will have scope to improve your clinical practice and knowledge alongside utilising your already excellent communication and organisational skills. The paediatric ENT service is a fast-growing service with a highly renowned core group of specialist surgeons. The role covers multiple areas across CUH and will encompass inpatient work, outpatient clinics and regional work with a cohort of complex ENT children.
You will be working with a large Multi Disciplinary Team, Surgeons, Trainees, Clinic Nurses, HCAs and Administration staff.
There is a lot of collaborative work with the Long Term Ventilation team also.
You will require excellent clinical assessment skills and a knowledge of airway management including tracheostomies and naso-pharyngeal airways. You should have a good knowledge of and experience in caring for routine paediatric ENT procedures such as adenotonsillectomies.
You wil have experience of caring for a deteriorating child. Possession of an EPALS qualification is preferable or a willingness to gain this qualification.
Experience of teaching in both a formal and informal setting and for a wide range of audiences from patients to professional colleagues. Ideally you will have a teaching or mentorship qualification.
Experience of caring for children with complex health, communication and social care needs. An understanding of the pathway of discharging the complex child from hospital.
You will be able to communicate confidently and effectively with professionals in other secondary and tertiary care centres and should be willing to share support and advice with other teams. This includes maintaining established links as well as forging new contacts for the mutual benefit of patients and clinicians.
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?
• Our values and reputation for outstanding care
• Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
• Career and development opportunities
• Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
• Research experience and opportunities
• Lovely location and quality of life
• Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
A welcome subsidy of £1000 is available to all Band 5 and Band 6 Nurses, Midwives, ODPs and Radiographers taking up substantive employment with the Trust.
Closing date is midnight on 15th April 2024
Interviews are due to be held on 22nd April 2024
Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?
• Our values and reputation for outstanding care
• Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
• Career and development opportunities
• Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
• Research experience and opportunities
• Lovely location and quality of life
• Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)
Benefits to you
We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.
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.
This advert closes on Monday 15 Apr 2024