Clinical Nurse Specialist - Eosinophilic Oesophagitis/Upper GI
NHS AfC: Band 7
Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Clinical Nurse Specialist who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
As a nurse specialist, you will be supporting and developing the trust eosinophilic oesophagitis (EOE) service (60%) with an additional role in diagnostic upper GI endoscopic procedures (up to 40%). Training will be provided for both parts of this role according to prior experience.
The trust has a rapidly expanding cohort of approximately 300 patients with EOE who are now cohorted under a lead Consultant. The role will involve supporting patients via the dedicated email support network, coordinating with emergency and ENT departments and Gastroenterology team to help identify patients early after bolus obstruction, helping maintain an active database and timely appointments, supporting the research team in current and future EOE studies and clinical audit, liaising with the early diagnosis capsule sponge team.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
You, in conjunction with the lead consultant, will manage:
* Eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoE) – ongoing development of the EOE service at East and North Herts
* Nurse run EOE clinic (tele/face to face)
* Develop dietary therapy service with existing team and local Dieticians
* Email based patient support line and development of patient information materials
* Support EOE research and Audit
* Diagnostic Endoscopy service lists (once trained). Weekend service lists may be required.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
* The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
* New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
* Hertford County, Hertford
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work-life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications / Training
* First level degree or equivalent experience / knowledge
* Evidence of continuous professional development
* Teaching or mentoring qualification
* Graduate diploma or MSC in nursing or equivalent higher professional qualifications in nursing/Specialist area
* Post registration qualification in specialty or willingness to complete
* Advanced communication course /or willingness to be trained
Previous Experience
* Relevant experience in Gastroenterology/Endoscopy
* Evidence of mentorship/preceptorship roles
* Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
* Accept personal accountability for own practice
* Understanding of evidence based practice
* Understanding and knowledge of specialist field some knowledge of Gastroenterology or Endoscopy
* Experience of formal/informal teaching
* Understanding of Clinical Governance
Skills
* Independent JAG accredited Upper GI Endoscopist or willingness to undertake the training
* Good verbal and written communication skills
* Capable of working as an integral member of a small team
* Ability to undertake teaching of staff and patients
* Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload
* Effective time management.
* Effective interpersonal skills
* Commitment to multidisciplinary working.
* Flexible and adaptable to changing situations due to both workload and colleagues needs
* Nurse prescribing
Knowledge
* Basic understanding of Endoscopic procedures.
* Knowledge of upper GI disease and care related to symptom management / treatment
* Standard setting and audit
* Understanding of patient pathway and how to support patients through it
* Joint Advisory Group (JAG)
* Health promotion
* Understanding of resource management
* Understanding of clinical governance
Our values
We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.
Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.
Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.
Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.
Committed to our Community
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce.
We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.
We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing resourcing.enh-tr@nhs.net
We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.
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Secondments/Fixed term
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Angela Griggs
Job title: Deputy Director of Nursing - unplanned care
Email address: angela.griggs@nhs.net
Telephone number: 07442 682797
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