East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Clinical Nurse Specialist (CYP Learning Disability and/or Autism)
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Clinical Nurse Specialist (CYP Learning Disability and/or Autism)
We are recruiting for a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CYP Learning Disability and/or Autism) who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
We are in the unique and privileged position of having our acute, community and continuing care services together in one Trust and this brings with it so many benefits for our children and young people (CYP) in terms of the way we understand each other’s services and work seamlessly across acute and community services really getting to know our CYP and their families.
They know what they need, and we love to listen. We get our best ideas for improvement from our CYP and their families and this is one of them.
Together we have secured funding for this very exciting new role, and we are really looking forward to welcoming someone who shares our passion and our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our CYP with Learning Disabilities and/or Autism and support to their families and carers.
Role Overview
This role will demonstrate drive and commitment to advocate for CYP; sharing knowledge and experience as a sustainable approach to benefit all Children and Young People accessing services across East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
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Key Responsibilities
- Act as the clinical expert and professional resource to children and young people (CYP) with learning disabilities and/autism, and their families and carers, as well as to the multi-professional teams involved in meeting care needs.
- Enable CYP, alongside their family/carers and multidisciplinary teams to be able to optimise health outcomes.
- Increase CYP knowledge and understanding of individual health needs as they transition into adulthood.
- Using their excellent communication skills and specialist expertise, the CNS will work collaboratively and across teams with internal and external key stakeholders to lead on the review and improvement of access pathways and accessibility of quality care delivery.
- Support a culture and environment within ENHT that is conducive with understanding individual needs of CYP with Learning Disabilities and / or autism, and to support those CYP and their families/carers to have a voice and to feel supported, informed and engaged in their health care. To advocate for CYP with a learning disability and/or autism.
About Us
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
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Hospitals We Run
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work-life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Fay Clark
- Job Title: Head of Nursing and Quality for Women and Children
- Email Address: fay.clark2@nhs.net
- Telephone Number: 01438 28 6431
For an informal visit or for further information, please do not hesitate to contact Fay Clark.
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