Job summary
An exciting new role within the SELSE HCC (South East London and South East Haemoglobinopathy Coordinating Centre) has arisen.
NHS England established ten Haemoglobinopathy Coordinating Centres (HCCs) across England to lead and support networks of care for people living with sickle cell disease and thalassemia. Each HCC provides leadership, coordination, education and administration across its Network.
The South East London and the South East (SELSE) Haemoglobinopathy Coordinating Centre (HCC) is jointly hosted by Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust and King's College NHS Foundation Trust.
This role is for an Education Lead Nurse within the core HCC team. The Network Education Lead Nurse provides senior clinical and professional nursing leadership across the Haemoglobinopathy Network. Through strong visible clinical leadership, the post holder will ensure the delivery of high-quality, safe, equitable and patient-centred care for people with haemoglobinopathies and their families within the Network.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a forward thinking senior nurse who has excellent interpersonal and leadership skills to lead, develop Haemoglobinopathy education in our region.
You must have a proven track record of progressive leadership, development and practice education, be an effective role model and be self-motivated with the passion, drive and adaptability to cope with continuously changing service.
The Lead Nurse will lead on education and training, workforce development service development, quality assurance and patient experience across the Network, working collaboratively with the Network Clinical Leads & Nursing, the Senior Network Manager, local Clinical Leads & Nursing, multidisciplinary teams and external partners, including patient groups.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve .
The South East London and the South East (SELSE) Haemoglobinopathy Coordinating Centre (HCC) is jointly hosted by Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust and King's College NHS Foundation Trust.
The SELSE HCC Network includes:
- Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Lewisham and Greenwich Hospital Trust,
- Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS, Trusts
- University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
- East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
- Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
- Brighton and Sussex University Hospital NHS Trusts.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Core responsibilities of the role include:
- Workforce development, delivering Network- wide education and training, building specialist nursing capability and staff support.
- Provide visible senior clinical and professional nursing leadership across the Network, working closely with the Network Clinical Leads, Senior Network Manager and multidisciplinary teams to deliver consistent high-quality care,
- Lead in the development, integration, and continuous improvement of Haemoglobinopathy services across the Network, ensuring alignment with national standards, NICE guidance and best practice.
- Advocate for equitable, compassionate patient-centred care supporting patients and their families to make informed decisions, improving patient experience across the Network.
- Act as an expert advisor across the Network in service development, quality improvement, audit, innovation, including research and clinical trials as appropriate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Core responsibilities of the role include:
- Workforce development, delivering Network- wide education and training, building specialist nursing capability and staff support.
- Provide visible senior clinical and professional nursing leadership across the Network, working closely with the Network Clinical Leads, Senior Network Manager and multidisciplinary teams to deliver consistent high-quality care,
- Lead in the development, integration, and continuous improvement of Haemoglobinopathy services across the Network, ensuring alignment with national standards, NICE guidance and best practice.
- Advocate for equitable, compassionate patient-centred care supporting patients and their families to make informed decisions, improving patient experience across the Network.
- Act as an expert advisor across the Network in service development, quality improvement, audit, innovation, including research and clinical trials as appropriate.
Person Specification
Additional Information
Essential
- Excellent inter-personal and communication skills with good listening skills.
- High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude.
- Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role.
- Willingness to travel to network sites in SE London and SE England.
Skills/Knowledge/ Ability
Essential
- Well developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams, and have them understand the Trust's and your performance expectations.
- A commitment to improving patient services through an ability to sustain a clear performance focus on achieving demanding goals.
- Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery and partnerships.
- Sound political judgement and astuteness in understanding and working with complex policy, and diverse interest groups, and common sense in knowing when to brief "up the line".
Qualifications/ Education
Essential
- First level registered Nurse.
- Broad clinical experience relevant to the post, including in Haemoglobinopathies.
- Evidence of equivalent knowledge and experience to Masters level.
- A proven track record of operational service management at a senior level in an acute hospital environment, including staff management, financial management and change management.
Desirable
- A Masters level qualification in nursing or a post graduate qualification is desirable but not essential.
- Project management training and qualification such as PRINCE2
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable previous success in leading and delivering change and performance with and through clinical teams, by engaging them in the strategic direction and delivery plans, establishing clear work priorities with them, delegating effectively, ensuring a capability to deliver, monitoring performance and giving feedback.
- Proven ability to analyse complex problems and to develop and successfully implement practical and workable solutions to address them
- Previous experience working as band 7 or higher Haemoglobinopathy Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Experience in designing, delivering and evaluating training sessions/education programs.
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries in the NHS. Demonstrable ability to collaborate constructively with internal and external partners to create the conditions for successful partnership working
Desirable
- Learning and Development /Practice Teacher Qualification
- A good understanding of the changing NHS environment.
Person Specification
Additional Information
Essential
- Excellent inter-personal and communication skills with good listening skills.
- High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude.
- Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role.
- Willingness to travel to network sites in SE London and SE England.
Skills/Knowledge/ Ability
Essential
- Well developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams, and have them understand the Trust's and your performance expectations.
- A commitment to improving patient services through an ability to sustain a clear performance focus on achieving demanding goals.
- Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery and partnerships.
- Sound political judgement and astuteness in understanding and working with complex policy, and diverse interest groups, and common sense in knowing when to brief "up the line".
Qualifications/ Education
Essential
- First level registered Nurse.
- Broad clinical experience relevant to the post, including in Haemoglobinopathies.
- Evidence of equivalent knowledge and experience to Masters level.
- A proven track record of operational service management at a senior level in an acute hospital environment, including staff management, financial management and change management.
Desirable
- A Masters level qualification in nursing or a post graduate qualification is desirable but not essential.
- Project management training and qualification such as PRINCE2
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable previous success in leading and delivering change and performance with and through clinical teams, by engaging them in the strategic direction and delivery plans, establishing clear work priorities with them, delegating effectively, ensuring a capability to deliver, monitoring performance and giving feedback.
- Proven ability to analyse complex problems and to develop and successfully implement practical and workable solutions to address them
- Previous experience working as band 7 or higher Haemoglobinopathy Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Experience in designing, delivering and evaluating training sessions/education programs.
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries in the NHS. Demonstrable ability to collaborate constructively with internal and external partners to create the conditions for successful partnership working
Desirable
- Learning and Development /Practice Teacher Qualification
- A good understanding of the changing NHS environment.
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
