Job summary
Employer heading
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia Clinical Nurse Specialist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
Due to Maternity leave, an exciting secondment opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic nurse to join a highly specialist and passionate team. This is an ideal role for someone looking for a change or new challenge and gain experience in a clinical nurse specialist role.
The current CLL population is estimated to be around 900 patients under the care of the CLL service at NUH.
The role will involve delivering a high quality, specialist service within the CLL team acting as a source of advice and information for patients, carers, and health professionals and work in collaboration with the Lead CLL CNS.
Main duties of the job
As the CLL CNS, you will work alongside the Lead CLL CNS and CLL consultants to see all new patients on diagnosis to offer further information and contact details.
The role will involve taking part in nurse led clinics seeing patients on active monitoring, mid treatment blood monitoring and counselling for patients needing further support and treatment planning. As well as two further telephone clinics for those not requiring face to face appointments, Holistic needs assessments and treatment follow up.
The role will involve maintaining and developing a quality service with specialist CLL nursing care and being part of the multi-disciplinary team.
Along with the medical team and other members of the MDT as appropriate, ensure patient care plans are updated and changes implemented in good time.
· To be involved with development of the service, contribute to strategic planning of team projects, identify potential impacts on resource requirements, make adjustments as necessary.
In addition to this overview, you need to familiarize yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.
The post holder will be an advocate for patients, carers and their families, promoting patient focused care and act as a resource for the multi-agency team.
Working for our organisation
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For detailed job description and main responsibilities please refer to the documents attached within this post.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Current registration with appropriate professional body.
- • Nursing/ AHP diploma or degree or equivalent experience
- • Significant experience working in Haematology
- • Teaching and assessing qualification / have completed teaching and assessing supervisor training.
- • Completion of all local competency packages or has undertaken WINW packages essential to role and specialty
Desirable criteria
- • Degree in health/nursing related studies
- • Formal leadership / management training
- • Research training / experience
- • Supplementary Prescriber
- • History Taking and clinical assessment course
- • ENB 237 or equivalent specialist qualification in cancer care
- • Advanced Communication skills training course or willingness to undertake
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Significant post registration experience, in Clinical Haematology.
- • Can demonstrate professional autonomy and effective decision making skills when managing caseload, seeking support when appropriate
- • Experience in supervision of registered, non-registered staff and students
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of audit or research within the clinical area
- • Experience of managing risk, handling clinical incidents and complaints
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Helen Knight
- Job title
- CLL CNS
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07812275355
- Additional information
Amelia Daibell
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