We are looking for a flexible, motivated, and dynamic nurse to join our small, friendly, creative and forward-thinking Haemoglobinopathy team. The newly created vacancy has arisen due to our expanding patient numbers and service needs. Our well-established Thames Valley Specialist Haemoglobinopathy Network cares for approximately 600 adults and children with Sickle cell disease, Thalassaemia, and other Rare Anaemias. The network covers Oxford, Milton Keynes, Swindon, Wexham Park, Reading, and Frimley Health hospitals.
Background
The care of this group of patients and families is determined by national Haemoglobinopathy care standards. Our specialist network is peer-reviewed to the Quality Review Service standards.
In 2019, NHS England reconfigured care for this group of patients and our network. Oxford is a designated Specialist Haemoglobinopathy Team (SHT) and also a Haemoglobinopathy Coordinating Centre (HCC). This means that whilst continuing to manage our own network we also support and have oversight of the Wessex network. Nationally, this is a really exciting time, and we aim to continue to improve access to high-quality care for all patients with these rare and potentially debilitating conditions.
Main duties of the job
This is a fantastic opportunity for a dynamic, motivated nurse to develop the skills to work flexibly with both adult and paediatric services across the network. You will be part of our whole life service and will be an integral team member. As a key point of contact for a defined caseload, you will provide support, education, and information to patients and families. In addition, you will also be supporting the Education Lead nurse to identify, support, and deliver education to stakeholders within our HCC region.
To be our successful candidate, you will have a creative, caring, and compassionate nature, a strong interest in teaching patients and staff, superb interpersonal skills, and the resilience to work in a developing environment. Your excellent communication skills will enable you to engage with clinical staff, patients, and their families in decision-making and self-care and support them in managing their health care needs. While the role is Oxford-based, depending on where you live, we may be able to allocate local hospitals close to your home.
Specific experience within this specialty is not essential as we will ensure you have the orientation, support, education, and training required to develop within this role.
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training, and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington, and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards, and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues, and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement, and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Our network works to a whole of life approach to care, so our paediatric and adult teams are very closely linked, with joint quality and service development organization. The specialist nurses work closely as a team and have many joint projects, such as transition, education, and service development. We work closely with our adult and paediatric specialist nurses in Milton Keynes, as well as community and primary care services across the region. The teams have monthly MDTs, local clinics, and outreach clinics to the network hospitals.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
* Registered nurse: adult and or children's
* First degree in nursing, (HEI Level 5 or 6) or equivalent
* Postgraduate level working evidenced via a continuing professional development portfolio
Desirable
* Completed or completing postgraduate level (HEI level 7) study or willing to undertake
* Teaching / Assessment / Mentoring qualification
Knowledge
Essential
* Demonstrates up-to-date knowledge in the specialty
* Knowledge of the key professional issues and NMC guidelines relating to professional practice
* Evidence of being able to work across organizational boundaries
Desirable
* Experience of applying research evidence to clinical practice
* Experience/knowledge of chronic, lifelong illness and transition
Skills
Essential
* Previous experience of formal/informal teaching of patients and staff
* Demonstrates high-level written and verbal communication skills
* IT skills
Experience
Essential
* Evidence of being able to work across complex multidisciplinary teams
Employer details
Employer name
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Churchill Hospital
Oxford
OX3 7LE
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