Job overview
An exciting opportunity has come up to join the haematology team at Bedford Hospital as a Lymphoma Clinical nurse specialist.
The role is to provide a holistic, patient-focused service delivering evidence based information and advice to patients with lymphoma, supporting them and their families throughout diagnosis, treatment and ongoing care. By providing specialist, expert clinical knowledge to clinical colleagues, patients, carers and relatives. As an expert practitioner, liaise, guide and advise the multi-disciplinary team and external agencies in the provision of optimum patient care and lead the development of clinical services within the specialist field.
Main duties of the job
1. To perform an effective key role within the MDT to deliver cancer waiting times targets and pathways communication.
2. To attend and co-ordinate MDT meetings if appropriate to the role ensuring all patients are represented
3. To deliver a seamless service through the development of enhanced Multidisciplinary team (MDT) processes and communication
4. To act as a specialist resource for patients and the clinical team by providing comprehensive advice, information, teaching and training both within the Trust and externally.
5. Update own clinical and specialist knowledge. Contribute in audit processes. Undertake, where appropriate, nursing research with published outcomes.
6. Promote excellence in clinical practice, and the setting of quality standards within specialty.
7. Active involvement in the development of the service locally and nationally.
Working for our organisation
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Job Description and Person Specification are attached to this job, please review for the full details and responsibilities
8. To support the in-patients who are suspected Lymphoma and to navigate their investigation pathway.
9. To support the lymphadenopathy service
10. To be present at new diagnosis of Lymphoma.
11. To follow-up patients as appropriate and ensure all relevant information is available to enable patients to make an informed choice about their treatment
12. Deliver evidence based individualised patient care according to patients changing health care needs, through holistic needs assessment (HNA).
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
13. 1st level Registered nurse
14. Educated to degree level. (BSc Hons Nurse Practitioner) or working towards this level.
15. Post-registration qualification in specialist area
16. Independent prescribing qualification or willing to undertake
17. Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
18. Teaching qualification
19. Recognised counselling qualification
20. IRMER Training
21. Advanced communication skills
Experience
Essential criteria
22. Relevant post registration experience in the speciality of oncology/ haematology
23. Experience of successful multi-agency working
24. Experience of teaching and assessing in the clinical area
25. Experience of developing and undertaking clinical audit.
26. Participation in service development and implementation of change
Desirable criteria
27. Experience of clinical leadership
28. Experience of requesting imaging as a NMQR
Knowledge
Essential criteria
29. Knowledge of professional issues and policy relating to specialist area.
30. Demonstrate knowledge and application of Clinical Governance
31. Demonstrates knowledge of Clinical audit and research
32. Demonstrates knowledge of Risk Management
33. Clinical Issues – assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care
Desirable criteria
34. NHS IT Systems
skills
Essential criteria
35. Excellent Interpersonal and communication skills
36. Able to be a positive and effective team worker in the multidisciplinary team
37. Able to work autonomously
38. Ability to prioritise workload, demonstrate good organisational skills and work effectively within a management structure
39. Ability to adapt to change within the working situation
40. Ability to support and care for patients who have received a life threatening diagnosis.
41. Intermediate IT skills eg Microsoft office
Desirable criteria
42. Able to perform advanced clinical skills
43. Able to analyse data and provide written reports.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.