Paediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist - Neurosurgery

Job summary

• Neurosurgery CNS
• Band 6/7 depending on qualifications/experience
• Maternity Cover, 12 months. 1.0 WTE.

A unique opportunity has arisen to join the Paediatric Neurosurgery Nursing team as a band 6/7 CNS for 12 months Maternity leave Cover.

The post holder will work alongside our advanced practitioners, and neurosurgery colleagues providing a range of care for Children within the speciality of Neurosurgery. This is a great opportunity to further develop skills and knowledge within the speciality, and to develop more independent working styles in an established team.

Main duties of the job

• Develop and sustain appropriate collaborative relationships, partnerships, and networks to influence and improve health outcomes and healthcare delivery systems.
• Maintain adequate patient documentation to NMC requirements and contribute to clinical activity/data collection as required.
• Use advanced communication skills to impart sensitive, complex, and potentially distressing information to patients and their families/carers and provide them with advice and emotional support.
• Act as a ward or nursing representative at local and wider meetings as required.

About us
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. 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.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. 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.

Details
Date posted: 21 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £56,515 a year per annum pro rata
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 387-W&C1472-GE
Job locations: Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Upper Maudlin St, Bristol, BS2 8BJ, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential

• RGN / RSCN / RN Child
• Teaching & Assessing qualification

Desirable

• Non-Medical Prescribing qualification or desire to complete
• Paediatric Assessment and Clinical reasoning (PACR) or equivalent

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Essential

• Excellent relevant neurosurgical paediatric clinical skills
• Assertive, autonomous; proactive; flexible and adaptable
• Good managerial, leadership, negotiating and organisational skills
• Awareness of professional responsibilities to self and others; commitment to high-quality nursing care; awareness of current national changes in nursing and the NHS
• Able to problem solve, initiate change, manage difficult situations and lead on change management and quality improvement
• Good time management skills to support periods of lone working
• Ability to delegate and prioritise and to work across professional team and organisational boundaries
• Excellent verbal and written communication and listening skills
• Excellent teaching, training, and preceptorship skills
• Ability to perform speciality-specific clinical activities; medication administration competency including intravenous medication
• Computer literate
• Quality improvement, practice, and service development skills

Experience
Essential

• Appropriate post-registration experience in nursing and speciality
• Demonstrates knowledge of child protection procedures
• Demonstrates evidence of clinical governance understanding and engagement

Desirable

• Experience of undertaking research or audit projects; evidence of commitment to research-based practice or project work undertaken

Personal Qualities
Essential

• Able to work autonomously, collaboratively and as part of a multi-professional team
• Demonstrates general good health and awareness that the role can be stressful and emotional at times
• Takes responsibility for own actions
• Acts as a role model, mentor, and assessor; innovative and participates in practice and policy change
• Treats others with courtesy and respect always
• Embraces Bristol NHS Trust's core values: Caring, Ambitious, Respectful, Supportive

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
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.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Upper Maudlin St, Bristol, BS2 8BJ, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Advanced Practitioner Vicki Harris, victoria.harris38@nhs.net

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