Haematology Nurse Specialist, Band 6

Job description

Job responsibilities

In partnership with the senior specialist nursing team provide a quality specialist nursing service that meets the needs of patients in accordance with national and local policies and initiatives

Act as a Keyworker and provide support to patients with haematological cancer and their family/carers attending Cheltenham General Hospital and Gloucester Royal Hospital.

Knowledge and skills to include:

- 1st level Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery council

- Post registration experience including appropriate years within haemato-oncology

- Ability to work both independently and as part of the team

- Enhanced communication and interpersonal skills, with well-developed negotiation, decision making, problem solving and conflict resolution skills for patients suffering life threatening illness and those who may be imminently dying.

- IT skills, including the use of email, databases and word applications. Able to input and retrieve patient information from computer based systems.

- Meet patients at their first contact and provide support along the patient pathway.

- Provide an opportunity to follow up this meeting to further provide written and verbal information

- Provide support, education and advice to members of the multidisciplinary team

- Use specialist nursing skills to assess the patients physical, emotional and social needs.

- To have contact with patients and their relatives, who may be highly distressed and anxious, and use advanced communication skills to provide supportive listening and assess psychological needs, providing practical and emotional support

- Provide a telephone contact for patients, carers and health professionals.

- Work independently without direct supervision in an autonomous style.

- Assess patients symptoms and advise on interventions, refer to specialist practitioners as appropriate.

- With additional training deliver advanced clinical practice including bone marrow trephine and biopsy

Additional Contact Details

A further point of contact will be :

Michele Wheeler (Lymphoma Clinical Nurse Specialist)

Please call 0300 422 5278 and she will call you back

Person Specification

Qualifications, Experience and Skills

Essential

• RGN 1st level
• Current NMC Qualification
• Significant relevant clinical experience
• Appropriate years haematology experience
• Up to date knowledge of nursing theory and best practice particularly within Haematology
• Effective communication skills-verbally and written to staff , patients and relatives including in situations of conflict or distress
• Ability to prioritise complex situations
• The ability to lead and influence change
• Ability to cope with emotional issues presented within the course of work and to support others
• Flexibility, adaptability to meet needs of a changing service

Desirable

• Relevant post registration study at degree or masters level
• Evidence of recent teaching experience
• Experience of research and/or audit

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.

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

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide (Cheltenham Hospital and Gloucester Hospital)

Gloucestershire

GL1 3NN

Employer's website

https://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)