Holds own defined caseload. To contact, assess, monitor, and support patients/clients and their families ensuring holistic health needs assessment as well as TB medication compliance, TB treatment and follow up. Communicate highly sensitive and complex condition related information to staff, patients and relatives that can have more than one treatment option; the post holder will be required to give expert opinion to inform on the correct treatment. The information is not of a routine nature; it is highly sensitive, frequently contentious, and confidential and needs to be communicated in a manner that is easily understood by patients/clients and their family and staff. Liaise with the Professional clinical lead for Tuberculosis, East of England Health Protection team, Medical Microbiologists, GPs, and community staff as required. Attend/participate in Tuberculosis Incident Management Team meetings as directed. To investigate, support and screen contacts of TB infection in nurse led clinics. Collect laboratory data and clinical information. To develop individual care plans in partnership with clients based on a shared assessment of need. To review/update Tuberculosis Service Policies in collaboration with TB Service Head. To deputise for the Professional clinical lead (tuberculosis) on several committees as required. To act as the lead Tuberculosis Specialist when a more senior TB team member is not available. Attend in service training courses and study sessions as appropriate to maintain own competencies. Plan, implement and evaluate Tuberculosis training to students and other members of ECCH staff. To act as a source of expert advice regarding Tuberculosis infection prevention control information to patients, contacts, and members of the public. Maintain contemporaneous and accurate written and electronic records in partnership with clients and in accordance with policies and procedures. Take responsibility for management of team members as required. Write reports and participate in audit on service delivery, as required for manager and ECCH Board. Collaboratively devise local protocols for specialist working and ensure implementation as required. All roles within East Coast Community Healthcare CIC (ECCH) require staff to demonstrate our Values and Signature Behaviours in the care and service they provide to patients, service users, stakeholders, and colleagues. All members of staff should consider these as an essential part of their job role. Our Values outline the core behaviours that we can all achieve and are summarised as an acronym within the word CARE. These stand for: Compassion, Action, Respect and Everyone. Underpinning our Values are our Signature Behaviours which highlight by taking the right actions we continue to build a strong culture. Our four Signature Behaviours are: Compassion - We Listen, We Learn, We Lead| Action - My Accountability, My Responsibility | Respect - Respect Our Resources: People, Time and Money | Everyone - Work Together, Achieve Together.