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Job summary

Main area
Neurosurgery
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (Fixed funding)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
309-UCLH-5401
Employer
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, UCLH
Town
London
Salary
£44,806 - £53,134 Per Annum Inclusive of HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

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Clinical Nurse Specialist - Complex Spine

NHS AfC: Band 6

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Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated registered nurse to join the Complex Spinal Nursing Team and deliver great care to our patients. This post is an excellent opportunity to develop specialist spinal nursing skills, with a focus on the management of neurogenic bladder and bowel.

The NHNN is an internationally renowned hospital for clinical practice and world-class clinical research in neurosciences. It is also closely associated with the Institute of Neurology (ION). Together, NHNN and ION are regarded as the premier neurosciences centre in the UK. In addition to Neurology and Neurosurgery, the NHNN provides comprehensive services in Neuro-rehabilitation, Neuro-Critical Care and Neuro-Psychiatry. The NHNN receives secondary, tertiary and quaternary referrals from across the UK and internationally.

Main duties of the job

Our Complex Spine service provides input across the disease trajectory from education at onset, pre and post operatively and through complexities. The safe running of this service requires an expert multidisciplinary team where the different disciplines work both autonomously and collaboratively within a detailed clinical governance framework.  The team continually develops and reviews the service in line with evolving research and practice.

 The successful applicant must be passionate about this patient group, highly motivated and enthusiastic about teaching all grades of junior staff within these wards. The candidate must be an outstanding communicator, can demonstrate first-rate organisational and multitasking skills and the ability to prioritise effectively and efficiently in a busy and fast paced work environment. The successful applicant will demonstrate an ability to support, train, develop and educate others as a member of the Complex Spina Nursing team. The successful individual will have a pivotal role in delivering Trust Objectives as well as objectives for this service ensuring that the care delivered reflects the Trust Vision and Values.

Working for our organisation

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research. 

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites: 

  • University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing) 

  • National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery 

  • Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals 

  • University College Hospital Grafton Way Building 

  • Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine 

  • University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre 

  • The Hospital for Tropical Diseases 

  • University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street 

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology. 

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description. 

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff* 

*In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the second year in a row.  

UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. 

Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work. 

Person specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • a. Registered Nurse Part 1, 2 or relevant section of the register
  • c. Honours degree (Level 3/ FHEQ Level
Desirable criteria
  • b. Teaching course
  • 6) d.Post graduate course, Spinal nursing, Orthopaedics or Neurosciences

Experience

Essential criteria
  • a.Minimum 1 year experience Band 6 Staff Nurse
  • b Experience in Spinal nursing
  • c Experience with patients with Neurogenic bowel and bladder
Desirable criteria
  • d. Catheterisation competent
  • e Bowel Management

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • a. Understands importance of audit; able to apply audit processes
  • b. Able to deliver evidence-based practice

Communication

Essential criteria
  • a. Demonstrates awareness of the importance of working as part of a multi disciplinary team.
  • b. Communicates effectively verbally, in writing and in electronic formats
  • c. Communicates with colleagues patients and carers in an empathetic manner
  • d. Demonstrates understanding of good practice in Customer Care
  • e. Able to use IT to disseminate information e.g. e-mail, Power Point, and Excel
  • f. Able to support staff to achieve computer literacy

Personal and People Development

Essential criteria
  • Reflective in Practice
  • Prioritises own workload
  • Able to work on/under own initiative
  • Experience teaching others and responding to learning needs
  • Able to plan and deliver teaching sessions/programmes
  • Articulates reasons for desire to work in this clinical areas
  • Committed to providing safe, effective and timely patient-centred care in accordance with NMC Code of Conduct and Trust Core standards
  • Demonstrates understanding of research- based practice
  • . Able to evaluate the impact of practice development activities
  • Able to support staff in acquisition of essential and expanded clinical skills

Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate understanding of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and/or Knowledge of the NHS obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duties

Ensure the risk of infection to self, colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors is minimised by:

Essential criteria
  • Including infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional development and included in your annual appraisal
  • Taking personal responsibility so far as is reasonably practicable, in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of health care associated infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently.
Desirable criteria
  • Being familiar with, and adhering to Trust policies and guidance on infection prevention and control.
  • Completing all required training and education (both via e-learning and face to face) on infection prevention and control.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jacqueline Mullane
Job title
Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

For further information or an informal discussion, 
Please contact Jacqueline Mullane or Trudy Stewart on 020 3448 3150/3568
Or email:  [email protected] and [email protected]