Job overview
North Central London TB Service is a well established, networked TB service providing world class care to patients and their carers across the five north central London boroughs.
We are a nationally recognised, team of nurse specialists, outreach staff and administrators who work closely with the respiratory and infectious diseases teams at the Whittington, Royal Free London, (Pond Street and North Middlesex sites) and University College London, hospitals.
We are looking for a highly motivated, dynamic Network Screening Lead Nurse to join our team and help shape the future of TB control. There will be opportunity to drive innovation and improvements in service delivery. You will have the freedom and support to explore new ideas, challenge existing processes and implement creative solutions to improve patient outcomes. This is a rare opportunity to work in a dedicated specialist role in TB control.
You will possess excellent communication skills to support and advocate for patients who may have difficulty accessing healthcare. You will enjoy managing people, supporting staff and service development.
You will be well supported by the Senior Nursing team and the wider MDT. A comprehensive induction will be provided and your training and development needs will be supported where appropriate.
You will regularly work across hospital sites and in the community setting. This is a permanent, part time contract working 30 hours/week.
Main duties of the job
To work as part of the Tuberculosis (TB) Nursing Team to coordinate the complete and timely contact investigation for TB incidents and outbreaks in congregate settings, across the North Central London TB Network through:
·Identifying setting where contacts require screening
·Identifying at risk contacts
·Liaising with the Health Protection Team (HPT)
·Coordinating and supporting the screening of contacts
·Collecting and collating screening outcome results
·Presenting screening outcomes at cohort review
Working for our organisation
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To act as an expert resource in the management and screening of all TB contacts ensuring a consistent approach to risk assessment of TB contacts and incidents across the network in line with local and national guidelines.
To be responsible for leading and developing innovative models of screening TB contacts across the network, improving the accessibility of the service, increasing the number identified and screened, reviewing and developing protocols and ensuring local and national TB performance management targets are achieved.
To strengthen the pathway of communication between UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) HPT and NCL TB service.
To be a specialist resource in supporting cluster investigations.
To lead, in collaboration with the MDT and UKHSA on the integration of whole genome sequencing (WGS) data into clinical practice to improving contact tracing activities, including incident and outbreak investigations, and the early detection of drug resistance ensuring early change to appropriate treatment regimens.
To provide Senior TB Nurse leadership to the TB team and develop and lead on initiatives relating to workforce organisation & innovation to develop contact tracing clinical practice.
To work with colleagues to develop the strategic direction of the TB service in line with national and local targets, working closely with the MDT.
The post-holder will be flexible in their approach to their working day and will routinely work across sites and organisational boundaries.
See attached full Job Description
Person specification
Whittington Health Core Values
Essential criteria
1. Demonstrate ability to meet trust values: Innovation, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence.
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
2. Requires NMC registration on relevant part of the register
3. Diploma/ First level Degree
4. Evidence of continuing Professional development
5. Specialist TB Nursing course or post graduate professional qualification
6. Paediatric qualification/experience
Desirable criteria
7. Post graduate degree or willingness to work towards
8. Teaching/Mentoring course
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
9. Sound knowledge of current nursing and health care issues
10. Ability to be self-directed but also participate as a team member
11. Demonstrate the ability to prioritise own workload to pressure and meet deadlines
12. IT literate
13. Excellent written and verbal English demonstrated through written and verbal communication
14. Teaching and presentation skills
15. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills for communication with patients, TB team members, internal and external partners.
16. Good negotiation and influencing skills
17. Able to manage conflict
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
18. Extensive post graduate experience working within TB services.
19. Multi – professional working
20. Experience of staff line management in a clinical/community setting
21. Awareness of key challenges in TB nursing/TB control in the UK.
22. Able to provide leadership.
Desirable criteria
23. Experience working for UKHSA in a TB related nursing role
24. Staff recruitment and retention
25. Experience of presenting, representing services at regional/national meetings
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
26. Effective nursing role model demonstrating values of innovation, care, respect and pride
27. Polite, helpful and diplomatic
28. Proactive, visible & approachable
29. Good attention to detail relating to both written and verbal communication
Other
Essential criteria
30. Flexible - able & willing to travel and work across sites and in the community
31. Positive attitude to innovate & change
32. Able to work with and gain trust of key stakeholders and promote close working relationships
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:
33. Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
34. Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
35. Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
36. Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
37. Participate in required training and supervision.
38. Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.