Clinical Site Practitioner

Overview

In this role you join the Clinical Site Practitioner team at GOSH to lead advanced clinical assessment and operational leadership across the Trust. You will help manage deteriorating patients, coordinate emergency responses and support patient flow to ensure safe, high-quality care in a fast-paced paediatric environment. You will work with multidisciplinary teams to enable timely escalation and expert clinical decision-making, contributing to the hospital’s mission as a leading paediatric centre. This is a high-impact role that combines clinical excellence with system-wide operational leadership.

Responsibilities

• Perform advanced clinical assessment and expert intervention across the Trust
• Provide operational leadership to maintain safe, high-quality paediatric care
• Manage deteriorating patients and coordinate emergency responses
• Support patient flow and hospital-wide operational management
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to enable timely escalation and complex decision-making
• Offer expert advice to clinical areas across GOSH
• Act as a senior clinical resource and role model for professional practice

Key requirements

• NMC registered Childrens Nurse with current registration
• Post-registration qualification in Paediatric Critical Care, High Dependency or Emergency Care
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• EPLS/APLS or equivalent paediatric resuscitation qualification
• Significant clinical experience within paediatric healthcare
• Experience working autonomously in a clinical role
• Knowledge of clinical governance, safeguarding, quality improvement and risk management

• Strong clinical credibility and ability to provide expert professional advice
• Highly developed clinical leadership and decision-making skills
• Visible leadership and role modelling for Trust values
• Paediatric critical care / high dependency knowledge
• Emergency care / paediatric resuscitation capability (EPLS/APLS)
• Clinical governance, safeguarding, quality improvement and risk management

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