Job Description

Children's Services at Homerton Healthcare is looking for a Paediatric Nurse to provide expert and compassionate seamless care to children with Respiratory Conditions and their families/carers. This is a suitable role for someone who is already working as an Respiratory CNS or a B6 working with children who have respiratory conditions and who is ready to take the next step into a specialist role.



You will be working within a team of specialist nurses for children.



You may be expected to work clinically on the ward or in Outpatients so its desirable that you have recent clinical experience in one or both of those areas.



Acute & long term education, advice and liaison for families



Support for MDT clinic



Co-ordination of follow up community/ nurse led appointments



Monitor/manage caseload of patients



Admission avoidance through close monitoring and optimisation of treatment

Multi-professional liaison:

GP, tertiary, social, other specialties



School liaison/ education



Telephone advice



involvement in research and audit



Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.



We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).



Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.



Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.



We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.



Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.



Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.



The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page



The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.