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We are looking for a motivated experienced Nurse with either rheumatology experience or transferable clinical skills.
You will be joining a friendly supportive Rheumatology Service for 12 months based at the Queens Hospital Burton. We provide a full range of care from the assessment to treatment of all types of rheumatic disease including disorder of the joints, muscles, bones and tendons such as arthritis, connective tissue disease and degenerative joint disease.
We have a strong work ethic, supported by links with the radiology, neurophysiology, pathology and immunology departments to aid our diagnostic service.
We See Patients With
* Inflammatory arthritis
* Connective tissue disease
* Metabolic bone disease and osteoporosis
* Osteoarthritis & soft tissue problems
* Vasculitis
The Rheumatology Department at Queens Hospital Burton is a busy outpatient area offering a wide range of treatment and follow up care to people with rheumatological conditions. We also have community Clinics in Tamworth, Lichfield and Swadlincote.
If you are applying for an Internal Secondment, please ensure you have spoken to your line manager and have their support prior to your application. Please speak to the Recruitment Team if you have any questions.
We would like to appoint a Nurse Specialist to join our Nursing Team. You will be required to assess, advice and counsel patients who require treatment with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (including biological therapies).
You will be expected to deal with all abnormal blood results in relation to monitoring patients on disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs using the rheumatology database and other Trust IT systems. You will be required to communicate effectively verbally and in writing with patients, carers and other health care professionals.
We offer an induction programme and support from members of the Rheumatology Team. In addition, we encourage all our staff to become members of the British Society for Rheumatology which offers additional training and national networking opportunities.
Closing date of applications: 1 May 2025
Interview date: 15 May 2025
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In Return We Will Offer
* Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
* On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
* Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts
* We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
* We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
* An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
* Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
* Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
* We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
* We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
* UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Katie Owen Job title: Lead Rheumatology Clinical Nurse Specialist Email address: katie.owen5@nhs.net Telephone number: 01283511511
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