Clinical Nurse Specialist – Endometriosis
Location: The Christie Private Care, Manchester, The Wilsmlow Hospital, Cheshire and Portland Outpatients Department, Hale
Full time hours, 37.5 hours per week - Monday – Friday
Permanent
Salary: Equivalent to NHS Band 7
For a limited time only, we are also offering a £5,000 golden hello for the successful applicant. Full T’s & C’s apply.
We are looking for a Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our Endometriosis service in Manchester. The Service encompasses The Christie Private Care, The Wilmslow Hospital and The Portland Hospital Outpatient Centre in Hale. The service is led by a team of world-leading Endometriosis Specialists and has received provisions accreditation with the British Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy. All services are currently rated “Outstanding” by the CQC.
HCA Healthcare UK has developed a dedicated private centre in partnership with The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester as well as our standalone hospital, The Wilmslow Hospital, and our Portland Hospital Outpatient Department in Hale. Here we treat private patients with a full range of diagnostic, inpatient, surgical, day case and outpatient treatments on site.
The successful applicant will need to be able to work well within a multidisciplinary team, building trust with Physicians and Patients throughout the patient pathway, from pre-diagnosis onwards. You will also play a pivotal role in helping us achieve full BSGE accreditation.
At HCA UK we care about what you care about. We care that you want to deliver the very best care. We care that you want a career you can be proud of. We care that you want working conditions that support your health and wellbeing. Let us care for you and your career, the same way you do for others.
What you’ll do:
Be a key worker throughout the patient pathway, regardless of facility and when the patient is transferred between facilities for different treatments.
Manage a clinical caseload, working to coordinate care and provide easy access for ongoing support for patients.
Work within a clear care pathway, refer to other professionals and signpost to other agencies as appropriate.
Assess the patient’s holistic needs regularly throughout their treatment pathway ensuring that any needs are supported through appropriate signposting
Assess the patient’s information needs and make sure they are aware of the full range of resources and services available within and beyond HCA, including recognised charities.
Support the patient, their next of kin and family/carers delivering excellent evidence based individualised and personalised care.
Enable patients to understand complex medical information to help them make informed decisions regarding their care and treatment.
Demonstrate safe clinical judgement in evaluating, interpreting and documenting the outcomes of nursing and other interventions including the evidence underpinning clinical practice.
Respect patient dignity and privacy at all times, in line with the NMC code of conduct and the HCA privacy and dignity policy.
Contribute to the management and promotion of services, leading to the delivery of high quality, cost effective care
Take responsibility for implementing and monitoring specific delegated improvement projects.
Participate in clinical audit within the department and changing practice where appropriate.
Support in the development of patient focused education, including training to self-manage ongoing consequences of treatment
Responsible for effective communication between all service providers across the care pathway.
Actively participate in multi-professional meetings, acting as patient advocate and representing nursing and AHP views
Provide specialist education and training to other professionals involved in patient care.
Engage with Lead nurses to contribute expertise and experience to supports service priorities.
Responsible for escalating concerns in treatment or care through the appropriate channels
Lead on clinical incident investigations relevant to clinical area, and share learning.
What you’ll bring:
RGN, NMC registered with PIN
Extensive Nursing experience
Exposure within Endometriosis services
Why HCA UK?
Originally founded over 50 years ago by Dr Thomas Frist, HCA has gone on to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers. In the UK, we’re one of the largest providers of privately funded healthcare and have invested over £500 million in the latest treatments, technology, techniques, medication and facilities. Being part of a large multisite, established healthcare group we can offer you unrivalled opportunities for career progression through internal and external courses, as well as working conditions that prioritise both your mental and physical wellbeing.
We believe that by caring for our employees, we empower them to provide exceptional care for our patients. That’s why we offer a host of flexible benefits that reflect the invaluable contribution they make every day. As a Clinical Nurse Specialist at The Christie Private Care, you’ll be eligible for:
25 days holiday each year (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with option to buy or sell leave to suit you
Private Healthcare Insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals
Private pension contribution which increases with length of service
Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work scheme
Group Life Assurance from day one
Critical illness cover
Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
Corporate staff discount for all facilities including Maternity packages at The Portland
Comprehensive range of flexible health, protection and lifestyle benefits to suit you
Discounts with over 800 major retailers
Culture and values
At HCA UK we believe exceptional care starts with our people. We celebrate the unique perspectives and different experiences each of us bring as we know that when you feel seen, heard and supported you can be at your best for our patients, and each other.
Our mission is simple, above all else we’re committed to the care and improvement of human life, a clear statement that extends to both our patients and colleagues. To achieve this, we live and breathe four core values:
Unique and Individual: We recognise and value everyone as unique and individual
Kindness and compassion: We treat people with kindness and compassion
Honesty, integrity and fairness: - We act with absolute honesty, integrity and fairness
Loyalty, respect and dignity: We trust and treat one another as valued members of the HCA UK family with loyalty, respect and dignity
Reasonable adjustments
We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their full self to work and be afforded the same opportunities. As a Disability Confident committed organisation, we’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements to suit your needs as well as offer reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, and in the workplace, to anyone that needs them.
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