Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist - Outpatient Practitioner
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Nurse Specialist within the Outpatient Department.
Main Duties of the Job
1. Supporting services within the Outpatient setting.
2. Educating staff with Outpatient procedures/Nurse led clinics.
3. Updating protocols.
About Us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
1. Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can.
2. Offering our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reaches their true potential, achieves their ambitions and thrives in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job Responsibilities
*Please Note: For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description.*
Person Specification
Qualifications
* *Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration.
* *Evidence of post-registration CPD/post-registration qualification in appropriate area of speciality or professional knowledge supplemented by specialist experience and short courses to FHEQ Level 6.
Experience
* *Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC.
* *Significant post-registration experience, with evidence of passion/enthusiasm and knowledge for the associated area of specialist practice.
* *Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of ongoing professional development/competence.
* *Demonstrate specialist knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to specialty.
* *Experience and enthusiasm for teaching/assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting.
* *Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and cross-agency work environment.
* *Demonstrate understanding/experience/willingness to be a practice-based supervisor/assessor as detailed in the NMC.
Additional Criteria
* *Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload and developing skills, knowledge and competence.
* *Willingness to achieve competence in a range of clinical skills and expanded practices.
* *Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance.
* *Ability to adapt behaviour to changing circumstances.
* *Ability to work a varied shift pattern where required and ability to work across UHB sites or off-site in NHS premises where required.
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.
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