Specialist Nurse

This is a great new role offering specialist outpatient and inpatient paediatric nursing care. The Children and Young People's Gender Service in the South West (CYPGS) is part of a specialist national service to provide holistic care for children and their families who have with concerns about gender. The role of the specialist nurse will be to gain and use expertise on puberty and wellbeing and be a full member of the multi-professional team providing thorough assessment of need, developing a biopsychosocial formulation and offering a range of interventions to help children and young people live well.

In addition the Specialist nurse will work as part of the team of Paediatric Endocrine Nurses on day case, providing inpatient and outpatient paediatric specialist endocrine care. This split will be 60/40., To provide children, young people, their families and the MDT with specialist nursing knowledge and skills regarding puberty and its management.

To work with the CYPGS MDT to develop biopsychosocial formulations of understanding of complex presentations.

To provide nursing care during outpatient appointments with paediatricians, psychiatrists, fertility specialists and psychosocial professionals.

To contribute to the work of the Paediatric Endocrinology Nursing Team, both out patient and inpatient including undertaking tests., young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children