Job overview
Are you looking for an exciting new challenge in a place to take your career to the next level? Would you like to join a friendly, progressive, innovative team and play a part in the transformation of pathology services across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw? Do you want to work in a fully UKAS-accredited, modern laboratory environment where you can make a difference?
A vacancy has arisen in the Clinical Chemistry department for a Clinical Liaison Nurse to join our Newborn Screening team based at the Sheffield Children's site, within South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Pathology. The screening laboratory is one of the busiest newborn screening laboratories in England. The region covered is from South Yorkshire to Northamptonshire. Newborn Bloodspot Screening is performed on around 70,000 babies each year.
This is an essential role that links the work of the laboratory to the management and care of patients. The successful postholder will act as the primary point of contact for patients and their families with the laboratory, both for newly referred families, and those with PKU who are followed up for life. There is also a significant element of community working within this role, and attendance at clinics at other trusts within the region which may take the postholder away from base for a large proportion of their working time.
Main duties of the job
1. Maintaining the efficiency of sample collection and transmission throughout the Region (Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, South Humberside and South Yorkshire). Population 5 million.
2. Ensuring timely transmission of positive results from all the screening tests to the relevant health professionals.
3. Particular responsibility in the transmission of positive screening results for phenylketonuria (PKU), in conjunction with the relevant health professionals, to parents and monitoring the subsequent progress by home visits and clinic attendance.
4. To participate in aspects of cystic fibrosis (CF) screening, in particular, the timely transmission of results for suspected carriers of CF to parents by a home visit.
5. To actively participate in the long-term management of patients with PKU in the Region.
Duties will also include the communication of screening results and the provision of specialist education, training, advice and information to patients, families and other members of a multi-disciplinary team.
The postholder will be based in the department but must have the flexibility to travel throughout the region, sometimes at short notice. It is essential that the successful applicant holds a full UK driving licence, and has access to a car. Mileage costs can be reclaimed in full in line with Trust policies.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
STHFT operates with a budget of £1.2 bn, has a workforce of over 18,500 employees, covers five hospital sites, provides care from over forty community settings, and has an excellent reputation for research.
As an organisation we value and respect our staff and the community we serve. We provide excellent staff benefits; this includes commitment to professional development but also many initiatives to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
The SYB Pathology network includes:
6. Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (STHFT)
7. Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (BHFT)
8. Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (DBTHFT)
9. The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT)
10. Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT)
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Education an Qualifications
Essential criteria
11. Registered Nurse (Child) or Registered Health Visitor or Registered Midwife
12. Evidence of continued CPD including relevant courses with regards to H&S, leadership, quality, or training
13. Professional knowledge of newborn bloodspot screening including how to collect samples & understanding of the disorders being screened, attained from short courses, experience, or specialist training
14. ECDL or evidence of short courses in all core Microsoft Office Applications (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
15. To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
Desirable criteria
16. Registered Nurse (Adult)
17. Evidence of post registration academic development
18. Additional professional course/qualification relevant to the speciality
Experience
Essential criteria
19. Experience working within cystic fibrosis (CF) and phenylketonuria (PKU) screening, and MCADD or comparable area, or willing to take local required training
20. Substantial post registered experience in a managerial or leadership role
21. Detailed understanding of job content
22. Ability to work with other colleagues to improve and develop working practices
23. Experience in demonstrating leadership qualities
Desirable criteria
24. Experience of working in the community
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
25. Knowledge of current nursing issues
26. Have an awareness of Health & Safety practises
27. Can communicate effectively with patients, families and other members of multi-disciplinary team.
28. Knowledge of IT systems and databases
29. Evidence of effective time management skills and with a methodical approach
30. Counselling Skills
31. Basic keyboard and IT skills
32. Teaching Skills
33. Ability to work individually and part of a team.
34. Maintains composure in pressurised situations
35. Ability to plan and prioritise allocated work
Desirable criteria
36. Knowledge of the newborn screening service and biomedical sciences.
37. Knowledge of the newborn screening service and biomedical sciences.
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
38. Understand and follow clear instructions.
39. Hold a full UK driving licence with access to a car
40. Commitment to: Speciality, Self-development, Evolution of practice, Management of change
41. Flexibility in relation to the workload requirements that are unpredictable.
42. Commitment to role
Values and Behaviours (PROUD)
Essential criteria
43. Patients first - Understanding of how laboratory services are part of the patient pathway and impact on patient care
44. Respectful – Developed interpersonal skills and ability to communicate at all levels
45. Ownership – Understand the need to accept responsibility for own actions and ensure accuracy and attention to detail
46. Unity – Ability to work as part of a team
47. Delivery – Ability to work within defined timescales
Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here.
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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
48. Job Description (PDF, 536.3KB)
49. Personal Specification (PDF, 600.5KB)
50. Candidate Application Best Practice Guide - please read before completing your application (PDF, 236.3KB)
51. Information for Candidates (PDF, 496.3KB)
52. Getting to Work at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals (PDF, 305.0KB)
53. Applicants - How We Use Your Information (PDF, 87.4KB)
54. Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 124.0KB)
55. Staff Benefits (PDF, 2.7MB)
56. A Guide to Using Artificial Intelligence and With Your Personal Statement (PDF, 163.6KB)
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Further details / informal visits contact
NameLynette ShakespeareJob titleDeputy Director of Newborn ScreeningEmail addressl.shakespeare@nhs.netTelephone number0114 271 7302Additional information
Harry Benn
Chief Biomedical Scientist
0114 271 7346