Children's Specialist Haemoglobinopathy Community Nurse
CLCH Inner North West Division provides health services for Adult's and Children's Services in the boroughs of Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham, with some complex children's services in Brent and Barnet.
Expressions of interest are requested for Children's Haemoglobinopathy Community Nurse role from suitably experienced people who may be interested in working in this post for a 6 month period from January 2025 to end June 2025.
Main duties of the job
This is a new post to support the delivery of NHS England investment into Haemoglobinopathy Community Services, working with West London Haemoglobinopathy Coordinating Centre and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
The post holder will be allocated a specified borough to cover, working as part of the Community Haemoglobinopathy Specialist Service across the Inner Division of CLCH as well as the boroughs of Ealing and Hillingdon, liaising with specialist medical and nursing provision provided primarily by Imperial at St Mary's and Hammersmith Hospital sites.
About us
Just as we care about our patients' well-being, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
* A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
* Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
* Flexible working options
* Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Job responsibilities
Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* RGN / RN Adult or Child (depending on role)
* Community Nursing Qualification
* NMC Registration
* Evidence of continuous personal and professional development.
* Evidence of post registration education and training including a teaching qualification
* Educated to degree level or equivalent level combination of diploma level education
* Evidence of further education in Haemoglobinopathy
* Pegasus Community Genetics course
* Counselling course / qualification
Experience
* Experience of community nursing
* Experience of haemoglobinopathy nursing
* Advanced clinical assessment skills
* Experience of teaching
* Experience of counselling
* Experience of organising and managing own caseload and supporting others in caseload management
* Experience in venepuncture and performing newborn blood spot testing
* Experience of staff management
* Experience of working collaboratively as part of a multi-professional team and interagency working
* Experience of working with minority ethnic groups
* Experience of care planning
* Experience of audit
* Experience in practice and service development
* Experience of developing, implementing and reviewing of policies, guidelines, protocols, processes and administrative systems
* Experience of haemoglobinopathy nursing / genetic counselling
* Experience of chronic disease management skills
* Experience of risk assessment and management
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.
£54,320 to £60,981 a yearper annum, inclusive of HCAS (pro rata)
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