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Job summary

Main area
Endocrinology
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
22.5 hours per week
Job ref
284-25-7522125-DMRG
Employer
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Birmingham Children's Hospital
Town
Birmingham
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
19/11/2025 23:59

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Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust logo

Metabolic Bone Specialist Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 6

Flexible working arrangements may be considered and discussions with the recruiting manager regarding this are encouraged.  

Job overview

The post holder will have specialist nursing responsibility for children/young people with Metabolic Bone Disease and their families, incorporating a care co-ordination remit as agreed within the multi-disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be part of the Metabolic Bone Disease multidisciplinary team (MDT), working alongside medics and allied healthcare professionals as part of the wider Endocrinology MDT. They will act as a resource and support for children/young people, and their parents, with Metabolic Bone Disease, and also primary healthcare teams, shared care centres and other multidisciplinary teams at BCH.

Working for our organisation

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.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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.

 When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

 Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NMC registration sub part one children
  • Recognised Teaching and assessing/mentoring qualification
  • Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable criteria
  • NMC registered nurse teacher/willing to undertake
  • Non-Medical Prescribing and patient assessment qualifications or a willingness to undertake

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of working well within the team
  • Ability to motivate and support others
  • Demonstrate an interest in the role of the nurse specialist caring for children and young people with metabolic bone disease.
  • Demonstrate the ability to take responsibility for own on-going professional development
  • Evidence of Band 6 management experience
  • Recent experience of mentoring junior staff/students
  • Ability to access, use and interpret Word, Excel, Powerpoint and PEPR/Lorenzo, or willing to master
Desirable criteria
  • Demonstration of current clinical skills in caring for children and young people with metabolic bone disease
  • Clinical Skills such as venepuncture and cannulation
  • Be a member of/participate in local, regional and national group forums
  • An understanding of local and national service delivery for children and young people with metabolic bone disease

Personal skills and attributes

Essential criteria
  • Ability to organise self and others to work flexibly to deliver clinical training that meets service need
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of equality and inclusion in the delivery of this role
  • Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required to meet service needs
  • Commitment and enthusiasm
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to plan, deliver and review programmes of patient/family education
  • Effective presentation skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jaskiran Sahota
Job title
Senior Metabolic Bone CNS
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0121 333 8188
Additional information

Available Monday - Friday 8am to 4pm

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