Clinical Nurse Specialist Spinal Deformity Service - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
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Birmingham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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To support the paediatric spinal deformity service to deliver highly specialised care to the child and family that require spinal surgery.


This care will be in an in-patient setting on ward 5 or ward 15 annex at the Birmingham Childrens hospital site and as an out-patient setting at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital (ROH) NHS Trust and Birmingham Children's Hospital.


The post holder will support good symptom management, emotional support and access to appropriate services and advice, providing specialist knowledge and advice and an understanding of the issues relating to the treatment management for the client group.


You will undertake specialist clinical assessments that are required for the child and family and will work in collaboration with the spinal consultants and other members of the multi-professional team to assess, plan and implement effective transition through the spinal care pathway.


The post holder will plan, manage, and organise their own specialist workload in accordance with local protocols for spinal deformity patients.

The post holder will work within the surgical division in the spinal deformity service.


The multi-professional team is based at Birmingham Children's Hospital for pre-admission and in-patient care and The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital for out-patient care.

You will offer advice in the speciality of spinal deformity, which supports health professionals, patients and carers.


Work in collaboration/support the other clinical nurses in the service and the trusts, this will involve working in the clinical ward areas and outpatient's settings.

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK.

Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families.

Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work.

Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.


Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.


Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust.

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