Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced registered nurse to join the Hepatology clinical nurse specialist team. The successful candidate will take the nursing lead in coordinating the hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) surveillance programme for the Humber and North Yorkshire (HANY) region. This post involves collaborative working within the Humber Health Partnership, York & Scarborough teaching hospitals and the Humber and North Yorkshire Cancer Alliance. Liver cancer is the fastest-rising cause of cancer related deaths in the UK. The most common form of liver cancer is hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) which makes up 85% of all liver cancers. We are looking for a confident nurse to lead the service, help engage patients on HCC surveillance attend their appointments, create and manage a registry, and coordinate patient care.
Main duties of the job
Responsibilities include the implementation, up keep, and maintenance of HCC surveillance registry for identified patients under the care of Hepatology services.
Development of new protocols and pathways for HCC surveillance to streamline care across the region.
Proactively engage patients to attend surveillance appointments, to improve the uptake of HCC surveillance in at risk patient groups in line with national targets.
Collect and submit data as required by the cancer alliance.
Directly line manage band 4 care navigators within the HCC surveillance service.
Collaborative working with Hepatology services across the region.
Create patient information to improve patient's understanding HCC surveillance.
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. You can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. You can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Professional clinical knowledge acquired through at least 5 years' post basic experience with at least 1 year at a level requiring supervision of other qualified nurses
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development and training in liver/gastroenterology
- Ability to manage change in a healthcare environment
- Understanding of the local and national nursing agenda and priorities
- Understanding of relevant National Service Frameworks / national guidance
- Understanding of evidence based practice
Desirable
- Presentations in national or international conferences or publications in peer reviewed journals
- Experience of clinical audits both internal and external
- Experience of staff management and development, clinical supervision and mentoring
- Competent to perform advanced skills within the parameters of Scope of Professional Practice;
- Knowledge of, and experience of applying, the Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care, and of clinical trial regulatory and ethics processes;
Qualifications
Essential
- First level registered nurse
- Degree level education or equivalent
- Current professional Registration
- Demonstrable CPD Evidence of research activity/Other liver related specialist activity
- 2 years post registration gastroenterology/Live r clinical experience
- Teaching qualification or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Post registration qualifications
- Postgraduate qualifications or equivalent
- Non-medical prescribing
- Master's or MPhil
- Willingness to undertake further education and training
- Research GCP training
Skills, Knowledge and Ability
Essential
- Advanced communication and interpersonal skills in dealing with complex, sensitive and emotional situations
- Demonstrate effective clinical judgment and problem solving
- Effective time management skills
- Work without supervision in a managed role
- Ability to develop training methods and materials
- Ability to interact directly with patients who may be recently diagnosed with serious or terminal illness, and their family members
- Able to liaise with consultants, other medical staff and health professionals to ensure satisfactory communication with patients and seamless delivery of care
- Receive complex information about participants from consultants, GPs and others involved in their care
- Communicate complex information, which may sometimes be highly sensitive to patients
- Maintain accurate records
- Maintain database of Liver patients/Ability to use advanced software to collect data, create reports and manage data
- Ability to use a range of IT programmes including web applications and MS Office applications, database management
- Ability to make judgements about a range of clinical issues or complex patient conditions
- Ability to develop and implement training materials and courses
- Ability to analyse and understand statistical / research outcomes and queries
- Ability to make judgements about best way to achieve complete treatment plan in line with protocols
- Ability to deal with telephone enquiries from staff, patients and carers, using judgement to respond or refer to appropriate personnel
Desirable
- Cannulation
- Phlebotomy
- Fibroscan
Other Requirements
Essential
- Excellent Interpersonal Skills - demonstrable ability to build and maintain effective relationships.
- Proven ability to lead and motivate others
- Proven ability to work in challenging intellectual situations
- Personal and professional credibility
- Ability to prioritise and work on own initiative
- Have a confident approach and the ability to instill confidence
- Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
- Flexible approach to working
- Openness - shares information and good practice appropriately
- Professional appearance
- Enthusiastic, Willingness to develop own knowledge
- Be able to provide professional and emotional support
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Professional clinical knowledge acquired through at least 5 years' post basic experience with at least 1 year at a level requiring supervision of other qualified nurses
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development and training in liver/gastroenterology
- Ability to manage change in a healthcare environment
- Understanding of the local and national nursing agenda and priorities
- Understanding of relevant National Service Frameworks / national guidance
- Understanding of evidence based practice
Desirable
- Presentations in national or international conferences or publications in peer reviewed journals
- Experience of clinical audits both internal and external
- Experience of staff management and development, clinical supervision and mentoring
- Competent to perform advanced skills within the parameters of Scope of Professional Practice;
- Knowledge of, and experience of applying, the Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care, and of clinical trial regulatory and ethics processes;
Qualifications
Essential
- First level registered nurse
- Degree level education or equivalent
- Current professional Registration
- Demonstrable CPD Evidence of research activity/Other liver related specialist activity
- 2 years post registration gastroenterology/Live r clinical experience
- Teaching qualification or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Post registration qualifications
- Postgraduate qualifications or equivalent
- Non-medical prescribing
- Master's or MPhil
- Willingness to undertake further education and training
- Research GCP training
Skills, Knowledge and Ability
Essential
- Advanced communication and interpersonal skills in dealing with complex, sensitive and emotional situations
- Demonstrate effective clinical judgment and problem solving
- Effective time management skills
- Work without supervision in a managed role
- Ability to develop training methods and materials
- Ability to interact directly with patients who may be recently diagnosed with serious or terminal illness, and their family members
- Able to liaise with consultants, other medical staff and health professionals to ensure satisfactory communication with patients and seamless delivery of care
- Receive complex information about participants from consultants, GPs and others involved in their care
- Communicate complex information, which may sometimes be highly sensitive to patients
- Maintain accurate records
- Maintain database of Liver patients/Ability to use advanced software to collect data, create reports and manage data
- Ability to use a range of IT programmes including web applications and MS Office applications, database management
- Ability to make judgements about a range of clinical issues or complex patient conditions
- Ability to develop and implement training materials and courses
- Ability to analyse and understand statistical / research outcomes and queries
- Ability to make judgements about best way to achieve complete treatment plan in line with protocols
- Ability to deal with telephone enquiries from staff, patients and carers, using judgement to respond or refer to appropriate personnel
Desirable
- Cannulation
- Phlebotomy
- Fibroscan
Other Requirements
Essential
- Excellent Interpersonal Skills - demonstrable ability to build and maintain effective relationships.
- Proven ability to lead and motivate others
- Proven ability to work in challenging intellectual situations
- Personal and professional credibility
- Ability to prioritise and work on own initiative
- Have a confident approach and the ability to instill confidence
- Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
- Flexible approach to working
- Openness - shares information and good practice appropriately
- Professional appearance
- Enthusiastic, Willingness to develop own knowledge
- Be able to provide professional and emotional support
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).
