Job overview
Are you looking for your next challenge that will help shape the future of the CF service in Bartshealth. If so, we are looking to appoint an ambitious Lead Nurse who will undertake the leadership and the management of the CF Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) within Barts Health NHS Trust..
This is an exciting opportunity to develop your leadership skills. We provide a high-quality service caring for both adolescents and adults living with CF. The post holder will support and manage a team of CNS’s and will work closely with the CF medical colleagues, Senior Nurse, General Managers, Service Managers at St Bartholomew’s Hospital.
They will also need to have an interest in participating and in contributing to the service improvement and development. You will need to be highly organised, and have the ability to build a strong working relationship with the multi-disciplinary team. In addition, you will be expected to lead on quality improvement projects and to ensure the agendas for the service are achieved and maintained.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is responsible for providing a seamless specialist cystic fibrosis (CF) site specific service aimed at continuously improving standards of patient care and ensuring a multi-professional approach. This will be achieved by clinical practice, education, research and audit as well as professional activities taking into account corporate and directorate objectives and within a clinical governance framework.
Barts Health NHS Trust is one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers and the largest trust in the NHS. It was created on 1 April 2012 by bringing together three trusts: Barts and The London NHS Trust, Newham University Hospital NHS Trust and Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust. The new trust has a turnover of approximately £1.1 billion and approximately 15,000 employees.
Together our hospitals - Newham University Hospital in Plaistow, St Bartholomew’s (Barts) in the City, The Royal London in Whitechapel, The London Chest in Bethnal Green and Whipps Cross in Leytonstone - deliver high quality clinical care to the people of east London and further afield.
The hospitals offer a full portfolio of services that serve the needs of the local community and are home to some of Britain’s leading specialist centres including cancer, cardiac, trauma and emergency care. Barts Health also has one of the UK’s busiest children’s hospitals and internationally renowned surgical facilities.
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
“We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.”
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Registered nurse
2. RN. Specialist CF experience & qualification
3. Possession of working towards a Masters degree
4. Possession of a non-medical prescribing qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
5. Clinical experience in CF
6. Experience of change management
7. Experience of working with adolescents and families with complex needs
8. Able to analyse and act on research and changing environment
Skills
Essential criteria
9. Clinical leadership skills
10. Clinical expert/reflective practitioner
11. Personal and professional confidence
12. Ability to develop effective local and national networks.
Communication
Essential criteria
13. Ability to work as part of MDT
14. Ability to communicate with patients in an empathetic manner
15. Able to communicate to colleagues from junior to Head of Nursing