Job Description

Are you passionate about the care of patients with spinal deformities? Do you have experience working with adults, children and young people? Have you had experience developing services and participating in research?



An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 12-month secondment within the spinal deformity service. There will be the opportunity to work with adults and children and young people with spinal deformity.



Working alongside senior clinicians, a wider multidisciplinary team and supervised by the clinical nurse specialist you will be able to develop health assessment skills, specialist knowledge and skills relating to spinal deformity and experience the facilitation of nurse led services.



The post holder will work closely with the clinical nurse specialist to deliver an expert nursing service within spinal deformity. The post holder will be responsible for managing their own caseload of patients with support from the clinical nurse specialist. The post holder will work with adults, children and young people within their daily practice, ensuring patients and their families / carers receive relevant information and education about their condition enabling them to make informed choice about their care and treatment options.



The post holder will be required to work within a clinical environment to facilitate and support nurse led clinics. The post holder will be required to use health assessment skills to pre-assess children to ensure pre-optimisation prior to surgical intervention. There will also be an expectation to support the ward round on inpatient areas in both adults and children and young person settings.



There will be a requirement to order / follow up any tests / diagnostics required within their scope of practice and work closely with the administrative and Consultant teams to prioritise patient care. The support nurse will be involved with presenting cases at multi-disciplinary meetings, providing specialist education and training to both staff and families / carers and networking with community services to support discharge.



University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.



All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.



UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.



At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.



Please see job description for further detail and information about the role, responsibilities and person specification.