Nurse Specialist (XR07)

Job responsibilities

. JOB PURPOSE/SUMMARY

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, dynamic and experienced nurse to join our Haematology Clinical Nurse Specialist Team in Bexley Wing at St. Jamess Hospital in Leeds, as the band 7 team leader of the Aplastic Anaemia and Paroxysmal Nocturnal Haemoglobinuria (PNH) team.

PNH is a very rare, acquired bone marrow disorder characterised by intravascular haemolysis with resultant anaemia often leading to transfusion dependence, severe disabling symptoms of haemolysis and increased risk of thrombosis. Aplastic anaemia is a rare haematological disorder, characterised by bone marrow failure. There can be overlap between Aplastic Anaemia and PNH.

The PNH service is a nationally commissioned service, which is one of two designated centres commissioned to provide specialist support to patients with PNH and their families throughout the country. The service is delivered from the Haematology department in Bexley Wing, St Jamess University Hospital. The team deliver eight outreach clinics in cities throughout the United Kingdom, requiring the successful candidate to be flexible in their working hours and have a commitment to travel across the UK. This is an excellent opportunity for someone wishing to further their career development and gain experience of working within a nationally commissioned service.

As team leader you will have responsibility for supporting and managing a group of clinical nurse specialists and clinical support workers. The role involves establishing clear lines of communication with the multidisciplinary team, referring hospitals, and tertiary referral centres across the UK, providing advice, support and education where appropriate and to ensure cohesive multidisciplinary management of patients and being committed to the development and delivery of this specialised service. The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, evidence of service development and strong leadership skills. Previous experience within Haematology or oncology is highly desirable.

. PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Acts in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Code of Conduct

Clinical care delivery

- Provide clinical leadership and acts as a role model to the specialist nursing team by delivering high quality care as an expert practitioner

- Undertake clinical procedures where dexterity and accuracy are required

- Maintains a safe working environment

Responsibilities for patient and client care

- Assess, plan, implement and evaluates specialist care and treatments using advanced clinical knowledge and clinical skills

- Plan specialist nursing service provision organising and managing own specialist workload and that of the specialist nursing team.

- Provides specialised advice contributing to the diagnosis and care of patients.

Freedom to act

- Make clinical assessments and treatment decisions within clearly defined policies and protocols

- Refer patients as appropriate to other members of the multi-disciplinary team

- Supervises and assesses the clinical care and outcomes of nurse specialists within own team.

Communication

- Maintains accurate clinical and other records using the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trusts documentation

- Ensures appropriate clinical record keeping within the specialist nursing team.

- Support patients and their families, communicating sensitive or highly sensitive information, ensuring they receive required information to enable them to participate in their care delivery

- Liaise with Community Services (as appropriate) to ensure seamless provision of care delivery

Education and Training

- Provides and facilitates training and education of learners and other junior staff within own speciality area.

- Provides specialist training and education at post-graduate level within the University settings as agreed with Matron.

- Actively participate in the development of own personal development plan and performance review. Ensure all staff within team have appraisal and personal development plan in line with Trust policy.

- Participate in specialist national, regional and local conferences as agreed with Matron.

- Provide education and training to patients and their carers.

- Keeps up to date with developments, advances within the specialty

Leadership and management

- Provide leadership to the clinical team working with Matron, develop new roles/ways of working

- Has responsibility for the line management of the specialist nursing team including recruitment, performance management and workforce planning

- Ensures that workload and performance monitoring data for the team is collected, collated and utilised to ensure the effective and efficient working of the team. Reviews this information with Matron on a regular basis.

- Investigate and respond to accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events

- Work with Matron to promote the development of nurses undertaking the CNO Ten Key Roles as considered appropriate

- Work with Matron to lead the development of nursing practice, reflecting the CMT and Nursing Directorate business plans

- Responsibility for ensuring setting, monitoring and seeking to continuously improve standards and the quality of patient care, including those standards defined in the National Benchmarks for Essential Care

- Implements policies and proposes change to practice for own specialist area.

- Contributes to the development of specialist protocols for specialist area.

- Proposes policy and service change and contributes to the development of the same within and beyond own specialist area.

- Ensure the safe use and efficient management of equipment and supplies and monitors their utilisation within the team.

- Deliver an effective quality service with budgetary constraints, monitors the delegated budget for the specialist nursing team.

- Promote evidence-based practice, wherever possible

- Engage users and carers views on service delivery and development.

Research and Audit

- Contribute to the research agenda. Participate in clinical trials as appropriate

- Undertake audit programmes specific to client group, treatments and developments as appropriate

- Participate in clinical trials as appropriate.

. THE LEEDS WAY VALUES

Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

Patient-centred

Collaborative

Fair

Accountable

Empowered

All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

Additionally, the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:

Commitment to delivering high quality evidence-based care

Commitment to working in a multi-disciplinary team

Commitment to the specialty area, valuing the contribution of all team members, encouraging a positive and creative working environment

Commitment to own personal and professional development and to the development of others within the team.

Other Criteria

Essential

• Excellent written and verbal skills
• IT skills
• Ability to organise and prioritise own and others workload
• Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post.
• IT skills

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (Level 1)
• Post registration qualification in specialty or equivalent experience.
• Recognised teaching/assessing qualification or equivalent experience.
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Willing to undergo training as necessary

Desirable

• Extended/ Supplementary Prescribing

Skills & Behaviours

Essential

• Communication skills
• Teaching and assessment skills
• Organisational skills
• Time management skills
• Change management skills
• Understanding of research-based practice research conscious
• Team player, innovator, motivator
• Conflict management
• Managing stress, assertiveness
• Uses initiative to resolve issues within their own control
• Ability to act professionally at all times.
• Leadership skills
• Recruitment and Selection
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Flexibility, adaptable, capable of lateral thinking

Experience

Essential

• Experience at Sister/Charge Nurse level or equivalent within speciality
• Audit & Standard setting
• Plan specialist nursing provision, including education and training
• Managing Staff
• Experience of service development and or change management
• Current issues in healthcare
• Specialist knowledge relevant to the field of practice underpinned by theory and relevant practical experience
• Standards of professional practice
• Understanding of the local and national nursing agenda
• Understanding of relevant National Service Frameworks (if appropriate)
• Awareness of Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust guidelines and policies
• Understanding of organisational structures

Desirable

• Extended/ Supplementary Prescribing

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

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UK Registration

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