Paediatric Allergy Clinical Nurse Specialist - Band 7
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
An opportunity has arisen to join the paediatric allergy team as a full time paediatric allergy clinical nurse specialist. You will work within our allergy multidisciplinary team to deliver excellent holistic care and education to children from 0-17 years who have diseases across the atopic spectrum. This role delivers allergy care within the hospital setting and off site in a clinic setting. You will be a confident, experienced nurse who is able to work autonomously.
You will be a registered children's nurse and have experience working in paediatric allergy, asthma or dermatology and be willing to learn new skills. We are a friendly team who work closely together and share a vision of improving allergy care for our local children.
Main duties of the job
1. Supporting multidisciplinary allergy clinics on-site and off-site.
2. Skin prick testing, patch testing, phlebotomy, respiratory function testing.
3. Running nurse-led allergy clinics.
4. Education - food allergy management, rhinitis management, device training (autoinjectors, inhalers, nasal sprays), eczema management.
5. Food challenges and supervised feeds.
6. Reviewing children admitted following allergic reactions or anaphylaxis.
7. Service improvement.
8. Working cohesively with the wider paediatric clinical nurse specialist team, medical and nursing teams, dietetic team and primary care services.
We are proactive in the development of our team and will support your development in the role with mentoring, support and opportunities to study.
About us
Development and staff wellbeing
Your growth and personal happiness matter to us. We are committed to fostering your professional and personal development with a supportive, empowering environment. Whether you're just starting your career or looking to advance further, we provide you with the tools and opportunities you need to succeed. We actively support colleagues to take part in research, quality improvement and innovation, whatever their role or level in the organisation.
To support your wellbeing, we offer an extensive range of resources, including on-site staff nursery at Kingston Hospital, wellbeing practitioners, regular wellbeing classes, dedicated staff physiotherapist, comprehensive occupational health services, 24/7 employee assistance programme, and a range of other support and activities.
We also take every opportunity to thank and recognise the work our teams do, through weekly "shoutouts" and patient feedback, monthly and staff awards.
These words are important reminders, but it's our behaviours that tell people who we are. We expect all colleagues to bring values to life in their work.
* Inclusive
* Inspiring
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document and person specification which contains more information about the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* RN Child/ RSCN
* Advanced Assessment module
* Prescribing module
* Allergy study days or courses
Experience
* Significant years of relevant post registration experience
* Previous Allergy role experience
Skills & Knowledge
* Up to date and evidence based paediatric allergy knowledge
* Proven ability to organise workload and allocate resources accordingly
* Awareness of governance & incident reporting
* Skin prick testing and food challenge skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
£51,883 to £58,544 a year per annum incl HCAS pro rata
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