Employer: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: LUHFT- Royal Site
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 18/11/2024 23:59
Clinical Haematology Nurse Specialist
Band 7
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and dynamic Nurse to join our Clinical Haematology team as part of our Red Cell service. The ideal candidate will possess extensive clinical expertise and be a registered non-medical prescriber.
Working in the inpatient, outpatient and day case setting, the successful candidate will assess patients, plan, deliver and monitor the care and management of patients with Red Cell disorders, in particular our Haemoglobinopathy patients. LUHFT hosts the Specialist Haemoglobinopathy Service for Cheshire and Merseyside jointly with Alder Hey Children's Hospital, and the successful applicant will be a core member of this team.
Main duties of the job
* Assess patients and plan, implement and evaluate care using specialist clinical knowledge and skills.
* Review patients and provide care in inpatient, outpatient and day ward settings.
* Contribute to multidisciplinary approach to patient management.
* Provide education and support to patients, carers and colleagues.
* Participate in audit, research and service development within the Haematology service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Perform specialist assessment of patients' nursing needs, plan, implement and evaluate care delivery using advanced clinical knowledge and clinical skills.
* Lead clinical care by managing a patient caseload providing expert assessment, planning and evaluation.
* Co-ordinate and manage nurse-led clinics (within Speciality).
* Contribute towards a multi-professional approach in the management of patients within the specialist area, especially in relation to ongoing care needs and discharge arrangements.
* Establish and maintain effective communication with patients and carers/relatives.
* Support patients and their families and ensure that they receive the required information to enable them to self-manage, lead or participate in their care delivery.
* Recognise changes in patients' condition that require the intervention of others and refer on as appropriate.
* Support, assist and encourage the multi-disciplinary team in resolving patient problems, by the provision of new and innovative models of case management.
* Lead the specialist nursing contribution to the service, in the delivery of high standards of patient care.
* Act as a role model and expert nurse providing in-depth specialist clinical knowledge to colleagues through MDT meetings, for patients and carers/relatives.
* Undertake clinical supervision of nursing colleagues on an individual or group basis.
* Act as a resource for health care professionals by being visible, available, and accessible for support and advice in relation to the management of patients in the speciality.
* Provide leadership to the team of nurse specialists and work with the service lead to develop new roles/ways of working (High Impact Changes).
* Ensure the effective and efficient use of physical and financial resources.
* Lead consultations on and develop strategies for delivering effective care within a changing environment that improves the quality of care and health outcomes in the specialist area.
* Responsible for monitoring health, safety and security of self, the team and others and promote best practice in the ward area.
* Ensure systems are in place for risk assessment and minimisation including promoting “no blame“ cultures in order that near misses and incidents are reported.
* Take the lead in the investigation of incidents/complaints when required, including detailed reports/letters to complainants.
* Act as an innovative, enthusiastic role model providing leadership, guidance and advice to staff on operational and professional issues promoting an open and honest and transparent culture.
* Demonstrate clinical leadership and challenge speciality and directorate boundaries to enhance and support the patient’s journey.
* Identify and develop proposals and business cases as required for future service innovation.
* Take the lead and develop and influence the development of practice/services in the clinical area through the business planning process/service development and in conjunction with Matron, General Manager, Lead Clinician and Assistant Chief Nurse.
* Manage own and other resources effectively ensuring efficient service delivery.
* Undertake performance development reviews including reviewing the performance measures framework.
* Monitor sickness, absence and competence issues in line with Trust Policy.
* Lead recruitment and selection of staff in line with Trust Policy.
* Ensure that high standards of nursing care are given and maintained and act when standards are not being met.
* Involve patients and carers in the planning and delivery of care.
* Act as the patients' advocate and ambassador.
* Lead the development of a patient-focused education and information-giving strategy within the speciality.
* Recognise, prevent and diffuse potential areas of conflict and take a key role in the management of the outcome.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse / Midwife
* Post-basic specialist Qualification relevant to speciality
* Recognised Teaching Qualification
* First Degree
* Research qualification
* Masters
Experience
* Demonstrable Post-Reg. experience
* Evidence of undertaking the relevant speciality successfully at Band 6
* Extensive clinical experience
* Evidence of the application of management/leadership skills and managing staff
* Experience as Specialist Sister
* Participation in research
Knowledge & Skills
* Teaching/assessment skills
* Organisation and negotiation skills
* Evidence of audit and change management ability
* Ability to motivate self and others
* Evidence of leading and facilitating change
* ECDL
Other
* Evidence of continued professional development
* Diplomatic
* Assertive and confident
* Personal and professional maturity
* Recognition of own limitations
* Ability to work both on own initiative and within a team
* Flexibility
* Able to travel between sites
Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community.
This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.
All employees (and volunteers) are expected to maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.
If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.
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