About this role
Job summary
Are you passionate about improving children's health and reducing the impact of environmental exposures on illness and wellbeing? We are seeking an experienced, innovative and highly motivated nurse to join and help develop our Children's Environmental Health Clinic at The Royal London Hospital.
This is an exciting opportunity to take a leading role in delivering specialist care for children and young people whose health may be affected by environmental exposures in the home, school or wider community. The post holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide expert assessment, care coordination and practical support for children with complex needs, while helping to shape and develop this growing specialist service.
The successful candidate will manage a defined patient cohort and play a central role in coordinating care across hospital, community and partner services. This will include undertaking home visits, contributing to multidisciplinary assessment and care planning, coordinating referrals, supporting follow-up, and helping families to understand and reduce environmental risks that may be affecting their child's health. These responsibilities are adapted from the attached role's focus on independent cohort management, MDT working, pathway development and cross-setting coordination.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity to join a developing Children's Environmental Health Clinic and wider children's respiratory and environmental health service.
The post holder will work as part of the multidisciplinary team to deliver specialist assessment, monitoring, advice and care coordination for children and young people whose health may be affected by environmental exposures in the home, school or wider community.
The post holder will manage a defined caseload of children and young people under the Children's Environmental Health Clinic, working autonomously within agreed pathways and escalating complex issues to senior colleagues as required. They will assess clinical and environmental risk, support the development and implementation of management plans with the wider MDT, and contribute to home and community-based assessment, education, audit, quality improvement and service development.
The post holder will provide specialist advice and support to families and professionals, helping ensure children are managed safely and appropriately through effective referral processes, pathways and follow-up
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description Job responsibilities
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 below.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
oRSCN / RN (Child) oDegree in Nursing BSc oLevel 3 safeguarding training oGCP Training
Desirable
oEPLS /APLS oSpecialist course in respiratory nursing or asthma
Experience Essential
oSignificant post registration experience oExperience of working within paediatrics. oExperience of caseload management. oExperience of working in a multidisciplinary team. oExperience of using clinical judgement to assess, plan and evaluate care. oExperience of working within paediatric research studies
Desirable
oExperience of working in the community setting. oExperience of supporting children with respiratory conditions. oExperience of working with students and supporting learning needs. oExperience of research or audit activity. oExperience of service improvement or quality improvement work.
Skills Essential
oAbility to work as part of a multidisciplinary team and manage clinical workload within agreed priorities. oCompetent IT skills, including use of Excel, Word and PowerPoint. oAbility to communicate effectively with children, families and professionals. oAbility to prioritise, organise workload and meet deadlines. oProven oral and written communication skills. oAbility to maintain accurate and complete clinical records.
Desirable
oExperience in group teaching or public speaking. oAbility to audit and survey to improve clinical and non-clinical outcomes. oAbility to use initiative appropriately. oAbility to contribute to service development.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Barts Health NHS Trust
Address Royal London Hospital
London
E1 1FR
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)