Clinical Nurse Specialist - Red Cell Services

Job summary

Are you an enthusiastic, hard-working and motivated Registered Nurse with good communication skills looking for your next opportunity? Are you passionate about delivering high standards of patient care as part of a multi-disciplinary team? If you are able to answer yes to these two questions, then you could be the person that we are looking for!

We are excited to be able to offer an opportunity to join the Haematology Clinical Nurse Specialist Team at ESNEFT in our Haematology service.

We are a dynamic team of nurses that strive to deliver high standards of specialist care for Haematology. We have a wealth of experience in the team to support you and we will welcome your skills and experience. Your development is also important so there are opportunities for your continued professional development.

The role will be based at Ipswich Hospital, however cross site working to Colchester Hospital will be required.

Main duties of the job

• Provide a comprehensive service for patients with Red Cell diseases. You will provide expert care, advice and support to patients receiving treatment on an in-patient and out-patient basis and to their families and as a resource to other staff.

• This roles includes clinical duties, the development and leadership of nurse-led clinics to provide for the needs of the patients and their families. You will also work closely and support the Oncology/Haematology day unit manager.

• The haematology clinical nurse specialist sits within the wider nurse specialist team and you will be expected to provide cross cover across the wider Haematology specialties.

• You will maintain an up to date knowledge base and will be expected to facilitate the professional development of nurses within the Division.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person specification

Experience

Essential

• Significant proven post registration experience in Haematology nursing.
• Experience of teaching and assessing in clinical practice.
• A broad range of experience working with Haematology patients and their families who have complex psychosocial needs
• Understanding and management of patients undergoing Haematology treatments.
• Experience of audit and research
• Competencies relevant to care group.
• Understanding and experience of malignant Haematology and Acute Oncology services.

Desirable

• Proven previous band 6/7 experience
• Can demonstrate evidence of leading service development.
• Experience of enhancing patient care.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse recorded on the NMC register
• Teaching and assessing in clinical practice qualification
• Evidence or relevant post registration study to include at least one of the following: ENB 237/equivalent (Oncology), ENB 931/equivalent (Palliative Care), UKONS SACT Passport
• Advanced communication skills
• Psychological Care Level 2
• Evidence of studying at a minimum of level 6 (first degree) with a willingness to study towards level 7 ( Masters)
• Evidence of ongoing CPD.

Desirable

• MSc level or working towards
• Non-medical prescribing
• Leadership Qualification course
• Counselling Skills
• Consent training
• Consultation and assessment course

Knowledge

Essential

• Able to demonstrate highly specialist knowledge of patients undergoing treatment for Red Cell Diseases
• Awareness of national guidance relevant to own specialties - NICE, Consent for treatment.
• Excellent knowledge of current evidence based practice.

Desirable

• Use of relevant pharmacology to provide advice to patients/carers/other professionals