Roald Dahl Children with Medical Complexities Nurse Specialist | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 15 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £50,008 - £56,908 per annum incl HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 August 2025 |
| Location: | Slough, SL2 4HL |
| Company: | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7348447/151-SF130 |
Summary
Do you want to make a difference in the lives of children and young people with medical complexity (CMC)? Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting and unique opportunity for a Roald Dahl CMC Clinical Nurse Specialist in partnership with The Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity.
The post holder will be responsible for supporting and developing a collaborative and high-quality service for children and young people (CYP) with medical complexity within the acute children’s service.
The post holder will support effective communication and develop pathways and processes across boundaries and organisations both locally and regionally. They will focus on improving planning and support for CYP with complex medical conditions, including effective pre-admission, transfer, and discharge planning, aiming to reduce hospital stay length and readmission, and promote coordinated, safe, and high-quality care.
To provide leadership and coordination of the acute patient pathway for children with medical complexity (CMC). Ensure a high-quality service meeting the needs of the child and their family.
Work collaboratively with all stakeholders including MDTs, CNSs, clinical teams, Consultants, therapists, and community nursing teams across the Trust/Health Board. Coordinate multidisciplinary assessments meeting the physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual needs of the CYP and their family at times of stability and crisis and develop strategies to address these needs with the multidisciplinary team. Work closely with ward-based nursing and medical colleagues from time of admission to provide a coordinated, seamless, individualized approach, ensuring that families are fully informed regarding care planning and ongoing arrangements to meet their child's clinical needs.
Provide visible and accessible advice and practical support, including teaching when required, to relatives of CMC, acting as a contact point for families throughout the patient’s journey.
Act as an ambassador for the Roald Dahl Marvellous Children’s charity. Act as a voluntary representative of the charity when required to represent and promote the role and links between the NHS Trust and RDMCC. Join and contribute to RDMCC’s internal communication platform (Workplace from Meta) with encouragement from the NHS Trust.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
This advert closes on Tuesday 22 Jul 2025
The post holder will be responsible for supporting and developing a collaborative and high-quality service for children and young people (CYP) with medical complexity within the acute children’s service.
The post holder will support effective communication and develop pathways and processes across boundaries and organisations both locally and regionally. They will focus on improving planning and support for CYP with complex medical conditions, including effective pre-admission, transfer, and discharge planning, aiming to reduce hospital stay length and readmission, and promote coordinated, safe, and high-quality care.
To provide leadership and coordination of the acute patient pathway for children with medical complexity (CMC). Ensure a high-quality service meeting the needs of the child and their family.
Work collaboratively with all stakeholders including MDTs, CNSs, clinical teams, Consultants, therapists, and community nursing teams across the Trust/Health Board. Coordinate multidisciplinary assessments meeting the physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual needs of the CYP and their family at times of stability and crisis and develop strategies to address these needs with the multidisciplinary team. Work closely with ward-based nursing and medical colleagues from time of admission to provide a coordinated, seamless, individualized approach, ensuring that families are fully informed regarding care planning and ongoing arrangements to meet their child's clinical needs.
Provide visible and accessible advice and practical support, including teaching when required, to relatives of CMC, acting as a contact point for families throughout the patient’s journey.
Act as an ambassador for the Roald Dahl Marvellous Children’s charity. Act as a voluntary representative of the charity when required to represent and promote the role and links between the NHS Trust and RDMCC. Join and contribute to RDMCC’s internal communication platform (Workplace from Meta) with encouragement from the NHS Trust.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Frimley Health Trust benefits on Vimeo
For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
This advert closes on Tuesday 22 Jul 2025