Clinical Nurse Specialist Team Leader in Leeds

Leeds Children's Hospital is seeking an enthusiastic, experienced and highly motivated Clinical Nurse Specialist Team Leader to lead our Children's Nutrition IBD and Gastroenterology Specialist Nursing Services. This is an exciting opportunity for an autonomous and confident nurse with extensive experience in Paediatric Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Service Leadership. The successful postholder will provide expert clinical care as a Nutrition Nurse Specialist whilst leading and managing the specialist nursing teams supporting Parental Nutrition (PN), Enteral Nutrition (EN), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and General Gastroenterology. Working within a nationally recognised tertiary gastroenterology service, the post holder will play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care for Children and Young People across Yorkshire and Humber., The postholder will provide expert clinical leadership within the Children's Nutrition Service, supporting patients receiving parental and enteral nutrition. Line manage and professionally lead the Children's PN, EN and IBD Clinical Nurse Specialist teams. Support the development, implementation and review of clinical guidelines, policies, care pathways, audit programmes and patient information resources. Lead the development and delivery of education and training programmes for patients, families, carers and healthcare professionals. Work collaboratively with local hospitals and community nursing teams across the Yorkshire and Humber region, providing specialist advice, support and education relating to Paediatric Artificial Nutrition. Actively contribute to the wider Paediatric Gastroenterology Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) and participate in governance, quality improvement and patient safety initiatives. Provide clinical leadership for nasogastric (NGT) safety across Leeds Children'sHospital, supporting ongoing education, governance and quality assurance to maintain the highest standards of patient safety. Support service development and innovation across Nutrition and IBD services, ensuring care is responsive, effective and aligned with local and national priorities., Leeds Children's Hospital is seeking an enthusiastic, experienced and highly motivated Clinical Nurse Specialist Team Leader to lead our Children’s Nutrition IBD and Gastroenterology Specialist Nursing Services.

This is an exciting opportunity for an autonomous and confident nurse with extensive experience in Paediatric Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Service Leadership. The successful postholder will provide expert clinical care as a Nutrition Nurse Specialist whilst leading and managing the specialist nursing teams supporting Parental Nutrition (PN), Enteral Nutrition (EN), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and General Gastroenterology.

Working within a nationally recognised tertiary gastroenterology service, the post holder will play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care for Children and Young People across Yorkshire and Humber.

Why you should join our Team

Leeds Children's Hospital is one of the largest Children’s Hospitals in the country.

Leeds Children's Hospital has state of the art treatments, facilities and a comprehensive development programme for Nurses.

What you will bring to the role

The postholder will provide expert clinical leadership within the Children’s Nutrition Service, supporting patients receiving parental and enteral nutrition.

Line manage and professionally lead the Children’s PN, EN and IBD Clinical Nurse Specialist teams.

Support the development, implementation and review of clinical guidelines, policies, care pathways, audit programmes and patient information resources.

Lead the development and delivery of education and training programmes for patients, families, carers and healthcare professionals.

Work collaboratively with local hospitals and community nursing teams across the Yorkshire and Humber region, providing specialist advice, support and education relating to Paediatric Artificial Nutrition.

Actively contribute to the wider Paediatric Gastroenterology Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) and participate in governance, quality improvement and patient safety initiatives.

Provide clinical leadership for nasogastric (NGT) safety across Leeds Children’s Hospital, supporting ongoing education, governance and quality assurance to maintain the highest standards of patient safety.

Support service development and innovation across Nutrition and IBD services, ensuring care is responsive, effective and aligned with local and national priorities.

Work closely with consultants, allied health professional, managers and wider MDT Colleagues to identify service challenges and implement improvement plans where required.

Foster a positive team culture that values professional development, continuous learning and staff wellbeing.

Support and encourage colleagues to achieve their personal and professional development goals through mentorship, supervision and career planning.

The successful candidate will be encouraged to participate in regional, national and international professional networks relevant to paediatric nutrition and gastroenterology. This will provide opportunities to contribute to service development, share best practice and attend educational events and conferences.

The Leeds Way

The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.