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Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Location:
Lancashire, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
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Yes
Job Reference:
45365511a643
Job Views:
7
Posted:
01.03.2025
Expiry Date:
15.04.2025
Job Description:
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Trust as a Lead Nurse in Dermatology based at Ormskirk Hospital.
The post-holder will provide expert leadership and management within a multi-disciplinary team and provide highly advanced specialist/clinical nursing expertise for dermatology patients.
The post holder will be expected to advise primary and secondary care clinicians as appropriate about the setting up, implementation, delivery and evaluation of patient care utilising evidence-based practice. In addition, the post holder will be expected to provide a service in accordance with national, regional and local guidance, standards and protocols and policies to ensure the most positive outcome for the patients are achieved.
The post-holder will contribute to senior management and governance frameworks within the care group and be line manager to band 7 and band 6 nurse specialists/nurse practitioners.
A job plan will be agreed with the post holder and manager to be reviewed annually as part of your appraisal. This will include appropriate clinical supervision.
Main duties of the job
* The post-holder will provide expert leadership and management within a multi-disciplinary team and provide highly advanced specialist/clinical nursing expertise for dermatology patients.
* The post holder will be expected to advise primary and secondary care clinicians as appropriate about setting up, implementation, delivery and evaluation of patient care utilising evidence-based practice.
* The post-holder will contribute to senior management and governance frameworks within the care group and be line manager to band 7 and band 6 nurse specialists/nurse practitioners.
* The post holder will be responsible for the service budget in conjunction with Directorate Manager and ADM.
* The post holder will abide by legal requirements and statutory rules relating to practice and promote and maintain standards of professional practice in accordance with The Nursing and Midwifery Councils (NMC) Code and Professional Conduct and Scope of Professional Practice.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Achievements:
* Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
* Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
* National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Job responsibilities
CLINICAL LEADERSHIP & RESPONSIBILITIES
* To work autonomously, managing a caseload of patients within the specialty whilst working as part of the multidisciplinary team, delivering individualised and personalised direct patient care.
* Be responsible for assessing and recognising emergencies in the specialty.
* Act as an advocate for patients within the department, ensuring a patient-oriented approach to delivery of care.
* Ensure that patients receive high quality clinical care and a good patient experience.
* Actively engage service users through facilitation of user groups and open days.
* Develop and run nurse led clinics where the post holder will co-ordinate the treatment in conjunction with medical staff.
* To work autonomously in nurse led clinics, prescribing specific medications and topical agents for Dermatological conditions.
* To educate and involve patients, carers and relatives in their treatment.
LINE MANAGEMENT/SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
* Supervision of members of staff as required by the service including appraisal and performance management.
* Line manager to band 7 and band 6 nurse specialists/nurse practitioners.
QUALITY
* Facilitate a high-quality, cost-effective specialist service through monitoring and audit and other quality initiatives.
TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES
* Co-ordinate the development of teaching and education programmes in order to impart specialist knowledge, advice and support to colleagues, patients, carers and relatives.
RESEARCH & AUDIT
* Monitor standards of care and lead on the improvement of care through benchmarking/audit/research.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* NMC registration on Part 1 of the Register
* Speciality Related Courses (certificated)
* Educated to Degree Level
* Teaching/coaching/mentoring qualification
* Completed Leadership module at degree level or above
* Independent Non-Medical Prescriber
Desirable
* Educated to Masters Level/commitment to work towards
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
* Minimum of 5 years post registration experience
* Substantial years' experience of working in speciality at band 7
* Experience of multi-disciplinary working Skills
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