Job summary
Expected Shortlisting
Date
20/06/2025
Planned Interview
Date
07/07/2025
We
are seeking an experienced and compassionate Paediatric Haemophilia &
Bleeding Disorders Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our multidisciplinary
team. This part-time role (8.5 hours per week) offers a unique opportunity to
provide expert nursing care, education, leadership, and support to children
with haemophilia and other bleeding disorders, and their families.
Key
Responsibilities:
Deliver
high-quality, specialist nursing care to children and young people with
haemophilia and other bleeding disorders.
Provide
clinical leadership within the service, promoting best practice and
supporting the development of nursing staff.
Act
as a clinical expert and advocate for patients and families.
Provide
education and training to patients, families, and healthcare professionals.
Collaborate
with the multidisciplinary team to coordinate care plans and treatment
pathways.
Support
patients through diagnosis, treatment, and long-term management.
Participate
in audit, research, and service development activities.
Be
part of a specialist paediatric haemophilia and bleeding disorders service
with access to expert colleagues.
Opportunity
to take a leadership role and influence service development.
Flexible
working hours supporting work-life balance.
Opportunities
for professional growth and development.
Main duties of the job
The
post holder will be practising as an independent specialist clinical
practitioner providing patient-centred and evidence-based clinical care,
within an agreed scope of competence and practice. The jobholder is
responsible for the management of a defined caseload. The jobholder carries
continuing responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development,
implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and the setting of
standards of care.
The
jobholder will provide specialist nursing care, treatment and advice to a
specific patient group and will contribute to the development of the
speciality service. The jobholder will ensure cost effective use of
resources. The job holder will support the development of interdisciplinary
and whole service working. As a role
model they will promote the sharing of good practice and delivery of high
quality, effective and efficient care. The job holder will provide training
and education to staff groups, patients
and families/carers.
The
post holder will work in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT)
to implement and improve the patient pathway and will be expected to develop
new skills to further enhance the quality of the service delivered. Where
appropriate, the role will include the day to day leadership and management.
About us
Leeds
Childrens Hospital is one of the largest childrens hospitals in the UK and
is part of the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Based in one of the
fastest growing and most vibrant cities in the UK, we provide secondary and
tertiary care to children, young people and their families from Leeds,
Yorkshire and the North of England. The Childrens and Teenage Oncology and
Haematology service incorporates a Principal Treatment Centre for Children,
and for Teenagers and Young Adults (TYA) with Cancer. We have a JACIE
accredited Stem Cell Transplant Unit for children and young people, which
forms part of the West Yorkshire Bone Marrow Transplant programme. We care
for children and young people with a range of non-malignant haematological
disorders; Leeds is a Comprehensive Care Centre for Haemophilia and a
Specialist Centre for Haemoglobinopathy.
The
Leeds Childrens Hospital is Aiming High; Delivering the Best
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'
members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts
are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove
adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the
shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this
process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any
questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
jobholder will provide specialist nursing care, treatment and advice to
children and young people with haemophilia or bleeding disorders and will
contribute to the development of the speciality service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
jobholder will provide specialist nursing care, treatment and advice to
children and young people with haemophilia or bleeding disorders and will
contribute to the development of the speciality service.
Person Specification
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Compassionate and caring, Capable of lateral thinking, Motivator of self and others
- Positive approach to change, Communication skills, Leadership skills, Teaching
- Recruitment and Selection, IT skills, Plan specialist nursing provision, including education and training
- Excellent written and verbal skills. Ability to organise and prioritise own and others workload.
Desirable
- Skills and knowledge required to lead and develop team members
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary), including clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy
- Ability to travel in between Trust premises and patient homes for posts that involve community visits
Experience
Essential
- Significant and recent relevant experience at Band 6 or equivalent within an appropriate specialty
- Clinical audit and standard setting
- Experience of managing a team staff
- Current issues in healthcare
Desirable
- Experience of clinical audit and standard setting
- Service development and/or change management
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse RN Child for childrens areas (Level 1)
- First Level Degree or equivalent demonstrable experience
- Recognised teaching/assessing qualification or equivalent demonstrable experience of teaching and assessment
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Post registration qualification in specialty or equivalent demonstrable experience
Desirable
- Willing to undergo training as necessary
- Master Level Degree Education or equivalent experience
- Extended/ Supplementary Prescribing
Person Specification
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Compassionate and caring, Capable of lateral thinking, Motivator of self and others
- Positive approach to change, Communication skills, Leadership skills, Teaching
- Recruitment and Selection, IT skills, Plan specialist nursing provision, including education and training
- Excellent written and verbal skills. Ability to organise and prioritise own and others workload.
Desirable
- Skills and knowledge required to lead and develop team members
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary), including clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy
- Ability to travel in between Trust premises and patient homes for posts that involve community visits
Experience
Essential
- Significant and recent relevant experience at Band 6 or equivalent within an appropriate specialty
- Clinical audit and standard setting
- Experience of managing a team staff
- Current issues in healthcare
Desirable
- Experience of clinical audit and standard setting
- Service development and/or change management
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse RN Child for childrens areas (Level 1)
- First Level Degree or equivalent demonstrable experience
- Recognised teaching/assessing qualification or equivalent demonstrable experience of teaching and assessment
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Post registration qualification in specialty or equivalent demonstrable experience
Desirable
- Willing to undergo training as necessary
- Master Level Degree Education or equivalent experience
- Extended/ Supplementary Prescribing
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
