Latest jobs at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals
Site: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Town: Blackpool
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 13/01/2025 23:59
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining a healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as part-time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time, and flexitime working can be explored.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a TLHC Nurse who will have a pivotal role in the Targeted Lung Health Check programme, contributing to TLHC virtual MDT meetings across all sites (Blackpool, Fylde, Wyre, Blackburn with Darwen, and East Lancashire). They will be the key point of contact between the third-party delivery partners, secondary care, screening participants, and the Cancer Alliance TLHC programme team.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will act as a link between the external supplier’s nurses, local medical teams across both primary and secondary care, and screening participants. The TLHC nurse is expected to contribute to TLHC virtual MDT meetings across all sites, working closely with the TLHC Lead Nurse, TLHC Clinical Director, Respiratory and Radiologist leads, to facilitate a robust assurance and governance process which meets the requirements of the national TLHC team.
The TLHC nurse will work with significant autonomy and be responsible for the delivery of MDT outcomes, encompassing effective communication with patients and the delivery of electronic referrals. This role is predominantly working from home; however, the successful candidate will be expected to attend face-to-face TLHC team meetings and training when required. It is expected that the post holder will work flexibly to meet the needs of the service and have clinical experience in the field of Respiratory and/or Oncology.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Demonstrate clinical knowledge of respiratory disease and preferable experience of lung cancer
2. Be responsible for the day-to-day management of patient referrals
3. Triaging of CT reports
4. Attend TLHC meetings when required
5. Complete timely and efficient referrals
6. Attend weekly MDT
7. Support TLHC MDT coordinators with the organisation of MDT
8. Perform safety netting phone calls with patients, when incidental findings identified on CT scan and update GP with findings
9. Support team in absence of Lead Nurse
10. Maintain accurate, up-to-date patient records and Trust records pertaining to the care of patients in accordance with the Trust policy
11. Observe the provisions of and adhere to all Trust policies and procedures
12. Be aware of local and national protocols associated with TLHC
13. Assist with continuous service development and improvement
14. Undertake audits when directed by Lead Nurse or Responsible Assessor
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
* Registered Nurse (Degree level or equivalent)
* Minimum 2 years post-registration experience
* Advanced Communication Skills
Experience & Knowledge
* Experience in Oncology and/or Respiratory
* Evidence of continued professional development
* Maintain high standard of documentation/record keeping
* Knowledge of policies and standards relating to TLHC programme
* Experience of working at a senior clinical nurse level
* Experience of teaching
Skills & Ability
* Ability to communicate clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing
* Confidence in working with professionals from various backgrounds and levels of seniority
* Able to prioritise workload and manage time effectively
* Ability to work independently
* Flexible and adaptable to change
* IT skills, data input, collection, analysis, audit, evaluation, and use of EXCEL
Any invitation to interview will be sent to the email account stated on your application form.
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