Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Children's Nurse to join the Paediatric Respiratory & Long-Term Ventilation Team at St Mary's Hospital as a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist.

We are seeking a motivated and compassionate nurse with experience in paediatric respiratory care, complex care, HDU/PICU or long-term ventilation. You will manage a specialist caseload, provide expert clinical advice, support children and families across their care pathway, and work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues across North West London.

The successful candidate will have excellent communication, leadership and organisational skills, a commitment to family-centred care, and a passion for service improvement, education and clinical excellence.

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop specialist expertise within a well-established service while helping to shape and enhance respiratory care for children and young people across West London Children's Healthcare.

Main duties of the job

• Manage a specialist caseload of children and young people with respiratory conditions and long-term ventilation (LTV) needs.
• Provide expert clinical assessment, advice and support to children, young people and their families.
• Work closely with consultants, allied health professionals, community teams and other multidisciplinary colleagues to coordinate care.
• Lead on patient and family education, promoting self-management and supporting transition to adult services where appropriate.
• Provide specialist advice, education and training to nursing and multidisciplinary teams.
• Support the development and delivery of high-quality, evidence-based respiratory and long-term ventilation services.
• Contribute to service improvement, clinical audit, research and quality improvement initiatives.
• Develop strong partnerships across hospital, community and primary care services to ensure seamless care for children and young people.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.  

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme.  Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. 

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly,  part time or job share.  Please talk to  us at interview. 

Environmental sustainability
Climate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people’s health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.