Job summary
Do you have a passion for TB nursing and the skills required make a difference to patients accessing the TB service? An opportunity to join the growing and dynamic TB Nursing Team at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust. Including the Outreach worker and administrative staff to provide the TB Nursing service to the City of Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire area
You will support the service in actively managing positive TB cases and their contacts and supporting them to complete their treatment, seeking cases of latent TB and run nurse led clinics managing subsequent positives, supporting TB incidents.
You will need to demonstrate excellent leadership skills with a sound knowledge base and possess the experience and skills required to positively contribute to the TB team and TB caseloads. The successful candidate will ideally be educated to degree level or equivalent and have at least 3 years post qualification nursing experience. It is essential that you have the ability to work collaboratively at all levels and across disciplines and agencies.
You will need to have excellent communication skills and the ability to work well with colleagues, patients, children and young people, and those from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. You must be able to work autonomously with minimum medical supervision ensuring the complex physical, psychological and social needs of individuals being investigated or treated for tuberculosis are met.
Main duties of the job
You will be highly motivated, conscientious and an organised nurse with the ability to be efficient in a busy clinical environment. An individual who is enthusiastic about improving patient care and is willing to go the extra mile to ensure our patients' receive the highest quality care. You will be joining a proactive and supportive team who work closely with the lead TB Consultants and pride themselves on their high quality care. Our job would provide predictable weekday hours and could be tailored to provide flexibility within the week if required.
You will be expected to travel and engage with our local community and support the management of our patients within their homes, clinics and also offering specialist support at our acute hospital New Cross Hospital.
About us
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as"Good"by CQC. We have achievednumerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As part of a team caring for TB patients you will exercise high levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in clinical care than at initial registration
The post holder will be able to:
Care for patients with suspected or diagnosed TB, supported by the TB team
Support the three local prisons.
Take responsibility for managing BCG clinics and contact screening clinics
Make differential diagnosis within level of competence, supported by the TB team
Plan and provide treatment in collaboration with others as appropriate, to include monitoring of treatment as well as managing Directly Observed Therapy regimens.
Work independently, but also as part as a multi-disciplinary team
Use their knowledge and clinical judgement to decide whether to refer patients for investigations, such as a chest X-ray.
Ensure the provision of continuity of care including follow up visits, which may be in patients homes, community clinics etc.
Car owner essential
Job description
Job responsibilities
As part of a team caring for TB patients you will exercise high levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in clinical care than at initial registration
The post holder will be able to:
Care for patients with suspected or diagnosed TB, supported by the TB team
Support the three local prisons.
Take responsibility for managing BCG clinics and contact screening clinics
Make differential diagnosis within level of competence, supported by the TB team
Plan and provide treatment in collaboration with others as appropriate, to include monitoring of treatment as well as managing Directly Observed Therapy regimens.
Work independently, but also as part as a multi-disciplinary team
Use their knowledge and clinical judgement to decide whether to refer patients for investigations, such as a chest X-ray.
Ensure the provision of continuity of care including follow up visits, which may be in patients homes, community clinics etc.
Car owner essential
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree Registered Nursing
- Respiratory Knowledge
Desirable
Skills and Experience
Essential
- Relevant Experience as a Qualified Nurse
- Clinical Judgements and decision making
Desirable
- Phlebotomy
- Supervising others
Communication skills
Essential
- Positive and enthusiastic role model
- Ability to communicate with, and other professions, patients/carers
Desirable
- Presentation skills to small and large groups
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree Registered Nursing
- Respiratory Knowledge
Desirable
Skills and Experience
Essential
- Relevant Experience as a Qualified Nurse
- Clinical Judgements and decision making
Desirable
- Phlebotomy
- Supervising others
Communication skills
Essential
- Positive and enthusiastic role model
- Ability to communicate with, and other professions, patients/carers
Desirable
- Presentation skills to small and large groups
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).
