Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse – Interstitial Lung Disease.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Responsibilities

Patient/customer care (both direct and indirect)

To be hospital based providing direct care, education and support for patients and acting as a specialist resource when liaising with and facilitating the best use of all available services.

To deliver remote support to patients, families, professional and lay carers using telephone and internet services.

To assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care for patients with ILD and sarcoidosis.

To facilitate and monitor the management of care for patients with ILD who inpatients and support discharge in conjunction with the ward team and MDT are.

To act as a resource for patients and their families, giving advice, education and support that is appropriately planned to meet each individual's needs.

Empower patients to manage their treatment regimes, to recognise any deterioration or acute episodes requiring immediate specialist attention and how to access the necessary support.

To develop and maintain clinical skills and knowledge of the specialty of ILD that is evidenced based aiming to achieve a 'best practice' principle.

To mentor post registration and pre-registration students as requested.

To participate in the in-house adult education programme and to undertake informal teaching of ward nursing staff as required.

To support Link Nurses on each ward/unit.

To act as a role model and clinical resource for staff providing education as appropriate.

To work in partnership with colleagues, having accountability for decisions made (in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct).

To develop professional practice through reflection, participation on post registration courses and attendance at meetings and conferences.

To identify and be responsible for your own professional development in liaison with the Matron and clinical nurse specialist.

To ensure the provision of safe effective care to all patients with ILD conditions.

To assist in developing the quality and availability of ILD related information for families and community health care professionals.

To support and work with the ILD multidisciplinary team in the introduction of changes.

To be actively involved in the development of ILD related protocols and procedures in conjunction with other members of the multidisciplinary team.

To keep up to date with new advances treatment and new developments in the world of ILD research.

To work within the ILD team to manage a caseload guided by best practice, trust policies, guidelines and support from colleagues.

To ensure treatments with thresholds are administered within guidance.

To ensure all resources are used responsibly.

Be aware of and act in accordance with current local and national Policy, procedure and guidance including NICE quality standards for IPF.

To be aware of and act in accordance with the British Thoracic Society Guidelines, Joint European and American Respiratory Society (ERS/ARS) for managing the diffuse lung diseases.

To participate promptly and effectively with the investigation of complaints and incidents in line with Trust policy and procedure.

To maintain high standards of nursing care within own practice and monitor the standard care for patients requiring admission in collaboration with senior ward nursing staff.

To ensure accuracy of documentation and to maintain an efficient and accurate record system with relevant information in agreement with the ILD team.

To access and utilise patient information through relevant IT systems.

To effectively manage and active email account and to manage the ILD email account in conjunction with the ILD CNS.

To maintain an active awareness of clinical and professional developments within ILD and to disseminate that knowledge to all colleagues.

Contribute to an annual audit of agreed areas.

To be involved in multidisciplinary research studies of relevance to the care of patients with ILD conditions.

To assist in introducing and applying research findings along with members of the ILD team to enhance the care of patients.

To be involved with conferences and meetings developing presenting skills in the national setting.

To network with other ILD Nurse Specialists throughout the UK, joining appropriate organisations in order to collaborate, share and benchmark practices and initiatives.

To contribute to the presentation and publication of relevant research and best practice initiatives.

Person Specification

Qulaification and Education

Essential

• 1st level registration with NMC. Mentorship Qualification

Desirable

• Post Registration qualification in the relevant specialty

Previous Experince

Essential

• Experience in respiratory nursing. Experience & knowledge of working independently

Desirable

• Experience of lifelong condition management Palliative care experience

Skills/Knowledge/ Ability

Essential

• Counselling skills. Expert communication skills across a variety of media, with particular relevance to face to face and spoken work. Effective team skills. Teaching and assessing skills. Research & audit skills Advanced keyboard skills Able to manage difficult situations. Team working skills

Desirable

• Project management skills

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Brompton Hospital

Fulham Road

London

SW3 6NP

Employer's website

https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)